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Fundamental Neuroscience (Squire,Fundamental Neuroscience) 3rd Edition

Consciousness is one of the most enigmatic features of the universe. People not only act but feel: they see, hear, smell, recall, plan for the future. These activities are associated with subjective, ineffable, immaterial feelings that are tied in some manner to the material
brain. The exact nature of this relationship—the classical mind-body problem—remains elusive and the subject of heated debate. These first-hand, subjective experiences pose a daunting challenge to the scientific method that, in many other areas, has proven so immensely fruitful. Science can describe events micro-
seconds following the Big Bang, offer an increasingly detailed account of matter and how to manipulate it, and uncover the biophysical and neurophysiological nuts and bolts of the brain and its pathologies. However, this same method has as yet failed to provide
a satisfactory account of how first-hand, subjective experience fits into the objective, physical universe.
The brute fact of consciousness comes as a total surprise; it does not appear to follow from any phenomena in traditional physics or biology.
https://www.hse.ru/data/2013/10/09/1280379806/Fundamental%20Neuroscience%20(3rd%20edition)%202008.pdf