Prescribed Books for Mind, Brain and Behaviour 2011

The prescribed books for Mind, Brain and Behaviour in 2011 are as follows:

Damasio, Antonio (1994). Descartes’ Error. London: Vintage or New York: Penguin*

Deacon, Terence (1997). The Symbolic Species. New York: Norton

Searle, John (1997). The Mystery of Consciousness. New York: New York Review of Books.

(*Available in electronic formats, such as Kindle Editions, ePub and PDF)

It is probably easiest and cheapest to order the books online now (i.e. January/ early February) so that they arrive in time for use a little later in the course. The first book we need is the Damasio text - we'll need to read chapters in preparation for seminar 5 on 22 March. So that leaves plenty of time if you order the books now.

My personal recommendation for purchasing the books is www.take2.co.za. Delivery is by courier to your door at a flat rate of R35. As of Tuesday 18 January, all three books together plus delivery will come to about R380. Follow the links below to see the prices and availability of each text on Take2:

http://www.take2.co.za/books-the-mystery-of-consciousness-paperback-732372.html

http://www.take2.co.za/books-descartes-error-paperback-1601118.html

http://www.take2.co.za/books-the-symbolic-species-paperback-759673.html