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Loading... The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soulby Douglas R. Hofstadter
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Member recommendations:P_S_Patrick recommends The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics by Roger Penrose, "Both books deal with consciousness. Where the Mind's I is provocative and intentionally interesting, it lacks the objective truths that The Emperor's New (see more) Mind ascertains about consciousness. These books will not necessarily appeal to the same readers, as ENM is heavily technical, while TMI takes a more playful and questioning stance. But if you have a serious interest in consciousness, and a good level of mathematical and physical understanding, and enjoyed The Mind's Eye, then you should find Emperors New Mind a satisfying read too." ( see more recommendations and anti-recommendations for this book )
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0553345842, Paperback)Brilliant, shattering, mind-jolting, The Mind's I is a searching, probing nook--a cosmic journey of the mind--that goes deeply into the problem of self and self-consciousness as anything written in our time. From verbalizing chimpanzees to scientific speculations involving machines with souls, from the mesmerizing, maze-like fiction of Borges to the tantalizing, dreamlike fiction of Lem and Princess Ineffable, her circuits glowing read and gold, The Mind's I opens the mind to the Black Box of fantasy, to the windfalls of reflection, to new dimensions of exciting possibilities.(retrieved from Amazon Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:03:18 -0400) |
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