A World Appears Within: Consciousness, Identity, and the Mystery of Experience

By Larry Pollman

What is consciousness-and how does a world arise inside it?

In A World Appears Within, Larry Pollman delivers a sweeping, intellectually rigorous exploration of one of the deepest questions in science and philosophy: why does it feel like something to be alive? Blending neuroscience, cognitive psychology, philosophy of mind, and cutting-edge research, Pollman examines how the brain constructs reality, how the self takes shape, and why subjective experience continues to resist full explanation.

From the neural correlates of awareness to competing theories such as Global Workspace Theory, Integrated Information Theory, and predictive processing, this book guides readers through the evolving science of consciousness. Along the way, it confronts urgent frontiers-animal minds, artificial intelligence, altered states, and radical proposals that challenge materialism itself.

Yet this is not only a scientific inquiry. It is also a human one. Pollman explores how consciousness shapes identity, grounds moral responsibility, fuels creativity, and deepens compassion. If awareness is the field in which all meaning appears, then understanding it reshapes how we see ourselves and the world.

Clear, compelling, and thought-provoking, A World Appears Within invites readers to rethink reality from the inside out.

Because before we ask what the universe is made of, we must ask: what is it like to be here?

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GNDXZMGT
• ISBN13: 9798233633386
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Pollman Publishing House
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"