Thinks . . . by David Lodge, Secker & Warburg, £16.99, ISBN
0436445026
HE IS a cognitive scientist. She is a novelist. This being a David Lodge
tale, you should know already that sparks will fly. Bright sparks, in this case,
in an intelligent, thoughtful and provocative love story. What defines
consciousness? How do you know what someone is thinking? Is the conscious mind
simply the product of a bag of neurons, or something ineffably more? Thinks
. . . questions these mind-twisters in increasingly imaginative ways.
She maintains that consciousness is the province of fiction and people read
it to…
