Key References:

Neil Degrasse Tyson 'Astrophysics for People in a Hurry' 2017

John Searle 'The Mystery of Consciousness' 1997

Richard Dawkins 'The Greatest Show on Earth' 2009

David Chalmers 'The Conscious Mind' 1996

Francois Jacob 'The Statue Within' 1995

Rene Descartes 'A Discourse on Method' 1637

Gilbert Ryle 'The Concept of Mind' 1949

Patricia Churchland 'Neurophilosophy' 1986