Acknowledgments

I would like to wholeheartedly thank the following friends and colleagues: those with whom I have had in-depth discussions on the topic of consciousness; those who have read the manuscript in full or in part; and all those who have made important comments on the text, including Joshua Amaru (managing editor at Academic Language Experts), Emanuel Berman, Adir Cohen, Anna Glicklich, Yitzhak Hadani, Steven Miller, Aviva Rakover, Moti Rimor, and two meticulous anonymous reviewers. Heartfelt thanks to the English editor of the book, Jemma Dunnill, of Academic Language Experts, who did an excellent job, and those at Academic Language Experts who professionally prepared the indexes.

Special thanks to Steven Miller (editor of John Benjamins’s Advances in Consciousness Research) and Ymke Verploegen (acquisition editor at John Benjamins) who supported this project all the way through and offered assistance every time I needed help. I am grateful to the Research Authority of Haifa University for partial funding of the English language editing. Now, all that is left to say is this: If mistakes remain in the book, no one can be blamed because the errors were made unconsciously.

Chapters 3 to 9 are extensive developments based on my ideas, which were published in the following articles: