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it is time that serious notice was taken of Paul Ableman.?Anthony Burgess, author of A Clockwork Orange
This book is about you. How does your brain work and where do your thoughts and dreams come from? How can you harness their creative power? Ableman posits a crucial relationship between language and memory and thus between language and self-awareness. Most startlingly he maintains that the human 'person' is essentially the language component of a large-brained animal. Ableman has researched his theory using existing data derived from the malfunctioning mind as manifested in schizophrenia, sleepwalking, autism, 'out of body' experiences and nightmares. His revolutionary claims constitute an exciting and persuasive theory of mind which orthodox science could - and should - test.
Paul Ableman is the author of many novels, including I Hear Voices, VacTornado Pratt and science fiction?Twilight of the Vilp?as well as over twenty stage and broadcast television scripts.
'The novel reads so accurately and is precisely attuned to the details of madness that it leads us to suspect that something must be at least slightly askew with its creator. This, by the way, is a compliment."?Woodstock Times
Paul Ableman's I Hear Voices and Tornado Pratt have just been reissued by McPherson & Company.
Combines the accessibility of Steven Pinker's How The Mind Works with the startling originality of Sherwin Nuland's Wisdom of the Body.
From the Author
not just a book but also a scientific theory
My book is not just a book. It is also a scientific theory, which I have called the "Twin-Data-Stream Theory", concerned with perhaps the most important and intriguing subject of our time: the nature of consciousness. Although most readers seem to find the work well-written, clearly far greater implications than purely literary ones inhere in such a book. The proof, or disproof, of its claims could have an effect on many branches of human culture and activity. I am naturally convinced that my theory is true but realize that my conviction is not proof. The theory, however, is very susceptible to scientific verification. Its central claim concerns the nature of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep and this could be initially proved or disproved at minimal expense and in quite a short time. However, I am not in a position to undertake or to commission such work myself. I therefore appeal to any scientist interested in the mind-brain complex to read my book and, if they agree that it deserves testing, help me to achieve it. this is NOT an appeal for funds but for assistance in getting access to the help and facilities needed for a modest programme of sleep-laboratory tests. I suspect that many brain scientists, if they read "The Secret of Consciousnes" with an open mind, will be sympathetic to this request. I may say that my theory is fascinating in itself. But far more important is the fact that if it tests true it will have profound implications for, in particular, the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders, including schizophrenia. It is also (as, to my surprise, I found myself) somewhat alarming in that it seems to show that human beings are closer to being electro-chemical automata than has been previously realized. The book therefore includes a chapter called "Towards a Philosophical Context" tht may help readers to assimilate some of the implications of the theory.
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