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🧬 Mind Brain Identity

Philosophical works grappling with the theory that mental states simply are brain states—and the profound implications if consciousness is nothing more than matter in motion.
Mind
by John Rogers Searle • 2004
Neither ghost nor computer: consciousness is a biological fact and its feel can't be explained away.
3.86
883
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind💡 Consciousness Studies🎯 Intentionality
Mind Summary
Mind 93%
Neither ghost nor computer: consciousness is a biological fact and its feel can't be explained away.
by John Rogers Searle 2004
3.86
883 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind💡 Consciousness Studies🎯 Intentionality
Descartes' Error
by António Damásio • 1994
A railroad foreman's brain injury revealed that reason depends on emotion, not pure logic.
3.95
10k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🦵 Embodied Cognition
Descartes' Error Summary
Descartes' Error 92%
A railroad foreman's brain injury revealed that reason depends on emotion, not pure logic.
by António Damásio 1994
3.95
10k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🦵 Embodied Cognition
The Biological Mind
by Alan Jasanoff • 2018
Your brain isn't a computer: it's an organ shaped by body and neighborhood, not just neurons.
3.70
237
🧠 Embodied Cognition🔗 Mind-Body Connection🔬 Neuroscience Critique
The Biological Mind Summary
The Biological Mind 92%
Your brain isn't a computer: it's an organ shaped by body and neighborhood, not just neurons.
by Alan Jasanoff 2018
3.70
237 ratings
🧠 Embodied Cognition🔗 Mind-Body Connection🔬 Neuroscience Critique
Minds, Brains and Science
by John Rogers Searle • 1984
Consciousness is biological, not computational. That is why no program will ever think.
3.76
626
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🧩 Mind-Body Problem🔬 Cognitive Science
Minds, Brains and Science Summary
Minds, Brains and Science 92%
Consciousness is biological, not computational. That is why no program will ever think.
by John Rogers Searle 1984
3.76
626 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🧩 Mind-Body Problem🔬 Cognitive Science
Synaptic Self
by Joseph E. LeDoux • 2002
Your self is built from synapses: how memory, emotion, and consciousness circuits create identity.
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5k+
🧠 Neuroscience Of Self🔄 Neuroplasticity📸 Memory And Identity
Synaptic Self Summary
Synaptic Self 92%
Your self is built from synapses: how memory, emotion, and consciousness circuits create identity.
by Joseph E. LeDoux 2002
4.00
5k+ ratings
🧠 Neuroscience Of Self🔄 Neuroplasticity📸 Memory And Identity
The Mind’s I
by Douglas R. Hofstadter • 1981
Borges, Turing, a headless mystic: the anthology where the self dissolves one essay at a time.
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6k+
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind👁️ Consciousness Studies🤖 Artificial Intelligence
The Mind’s I Summary
The Mind’s I 92%
Borges, Turing, a headless mystic: the anthology where the self dissolves one essay at a time.
by Douglas R. Hofstadter 1981
4.15
6k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind👁️ Consciousness Studies🤖 Artificial Intelligence
Surfing Uncertainty
by Andy Clark • 2015
Reality is the brain's best guess, and action is how the body makes it come true.
4.09
381
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🔮 Predictive Processing
Surfing Uncertainty Summary
Surfing Uncertainty 92%
Reality is the brain's best guess, and action is how the body makes it come true.
by Andy Clark 2015
4.09
381 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🔮 Predictive Processing
The Experience Machine
by Andy Clark • 2023
Your brain guesses reality instead of recording it, and the mismatch shapes everything.
3.91
1k+
🧠 Predictive Processing💭 Consciousness Studies🦾 Embodied Cognition
The Experience Machine Summary
The Experience Machine 92%
Your brain guesses reality instead of recording it, and the mismatch shapes everything.
by Andy Clark 2023
3.91
1k+ ratings
🧠 Predictive Processing💭 Consciousness Studies🦾 Embodied Cognition
An Alchemy of Mind
by Diane Ackerman • 2004
A poet's tour of the brain: how 100 billion neurons invent your reality.
3.96
1k+
🧠 Neuroscience🔬 Cognitive Science💭 Consciousness Studies
An Alchemy of Mind Summary
An Alchemy of Mind 92%
A poet's tour of the brain: how 100 billion neurons invent your reality.
by Diane Ackerman 2004
3.96
1k+ ratings
🧠 Neuroscience🔬 Cognitive Science💭 Consciousness Studies
The Consciousness Instinct
by Michael S. Gazzaniga • 2018
Consciousness isn't one network but a modular biological instinct, and silicon won't replicate it.
3.87
839
🧠 Consciousness Studies💭 Philosophy Of Mind🧩 Modular Brain
The Consciousness Instinct Summary
The Consciousness Instinct 92%
Consciousness isn't one network but a modular biological instinct, and silicon won't replicate it.
by Michael S. Gazzaniga 2018
3.87
839 ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies💭 Philosophy Of Mind🧩 Modular Brain
Wider Than the Sky
by Gerald M. Edelman • 2004
The mind is not a program. Consciousness is built by neural selection, not by running code.
3.65
421
🧠 Consciousness Studies💭 Philosophy Of Mind🧬 Evolutionary Neuroscience
Wider Than the Sky Summary
Wider Than the Sky 92%
The mind is not a program. Consciousness is built by neural selection, not by running code.
by Gerald M. Edelman 2004
3.65
421 ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies💭 Philosophy Of Mind🧬 Evolutionary Neuroscience
Being You
by Anil Seth • 2020
Your brain does not read reality. It invents it. Every sensation, every self, is a guess.
4.10
5k+
🧠 Consciousness Studies🪞 Neuroscience Of Self🤔 Philosophy Of Mind
Being You Summary
Being You 92%
Your brain does not read reality. It invents it. Every sensation, every self, is a guess.
by Anil Seth 2020
4.10
5k+ ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies🪞 Neuroscience Of Self🤔 Philosophy Of Mind
I am Not a Brain
by Markus Gabriel • 2017
Neuroscience keeps looking for the self inside the skull. The real thing lives between people.
3.49
233
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind📜 German Idealism🔓 Free Will Debate
I am Not a Brain Summary
I am Not a Brain 92%
Neuroscience keeps looking for the self inside the skull. The real thing lives between people.
by Markus Gabriel 2017
3.49
233 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind📜 German Idealism🔓 Free Will Debate
Matter and Consciousness
by Paul M. Churchland • 1984
Folk psychology is a 2,000-year-old theory that hasn't improved. Neuroscience says it never will.
3.89
1k+
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Science⚛️ Physicalism
Matter and Consciousness Summary
Matter and Consciousness 92%
Folk psychology is a 2,000-year-old theory that hasn't improved. Neuroscience says it never will.
by Paul M. Churchland 1984
3.89
1k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Science⚛️ Physicalism
Consciousness
by Susan Blackmore • 2003
Why brain activity feels like something, and the self that feels it is a fiction.
3.87
3k+
🧠 Consciousness💭 Philosophy Of Mind🧬 Neuroscience Of Self
Consciousness Summary
Consciousness 92%
Why brain activity feels like something, and the self that feels it is a fiction.
by Susan Blackmore 2003
3.87
3k+ ratings
🧠 Consciousness💭 Philosophy Of Mind🧬 Neuroscience Of Self
Phantoms in the Brain
by V.S. Ramachandran • 1998
A missing arm can still hurt. That paradox unlocks how your brain constructs reality.
4.27
21k+
🧠 Neuropsychology🔄 Brain Plasticity🏥 Neurological Disorders
Phantoms in the Brain Summary
Phantoms in the Brain 92%
A missing arm can still hurt. That paradox unlocks how your brain constructs reality.
by V.S. Ramachandran 1998
4.27
21k+ ratings
🧠 Neuropsychology🔄 Brain Plasticity🏥 Neurological Disorders
Phi
by Giulio Tononi • 2012
How to measure a soul: why a camera distinguishes more than a brain, yet cannot see.
3.89
944
🧠 Consciousness Studies🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🧍 Neuroscience Of Self
Phi Summary
Phi 92%
How to measure a soul: why a camera distinguishes more than a brain, yet cannot see.
by Giulio Tononi 2012
3.89
944 ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🧍 Neuroscience Of Self
The Ego Tunnel
by Thomas Metzinger • 2009
There is no self, only a model the brain generates and mistakes for a soul.
4.10
3k+
🧠 Consciousness Studies🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🫥 Self Illusion
The Ego Tunnel Summary
The Ego Tunnel 92%
There is no self, only a model the brain generates and mistakes for a soul.
by Thomas Metzinger 2009
4.10
3k+ ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🫥 Self Illusion
The Brain and the Meaning of Life
by Paul Thagard • 2010
Mental life is brain activity, and meaning is its reward for satisfying three deep human needs.
3.23
128
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Neurophilosophy🔭 Scientific Realism
The Brain and the Meaning of Life Summary
The Brain and the Meaning of Life 92%
Mental life is brain activity, and meaning is its reward for satisfying three deep human needs.
by Paul Thagard 2010
3.23
128 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Neurophilosophy🔭 Scientific Realism
The Brain
by David Eagleman • 2015
Your self is a construction rebuilt daily by a brain that will run on any hardware.
4.25
23k+
🧠 Neuroplasticity🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience🎭 Constructed Reality
The Brain Summary
The Brain 92%
Your self is a construction rebuilt daily by a brain that will run on any hardware.
by David Eagleman 2015
4.25
23k+ ratings
🧠 Neuroplasticity🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience🎭 Constructed Reality
Me
by Mel R. Thompson • 2009
Your self is not a fixed thing but a map you draw and redraw every day.
3.55
203
🧠 Philosophy Of Self🏗️ Constructed Self💭 Memory And Identity
Me Summary
Me 92%
Your self is not a fixed thing but a map you draw and redraw every day.
by Mel R. Thompson 2009
3.55
203 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Self🏗️ Constructed Self💭 Memory And Identity
The Conscious Mind
by David J. Chalmers • 1996
A zombie physically identical to you feels nothing at all: why consciousness needs its own laws.
4.00
3k+
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🌌 Metaphysics🎨 Qualia
The Conscious Mind Summary
The Conscious Mind 92%
A zombie physically identical to you feels nothing at all: why consciousness needs its own laws.
by David J. Chalmers 1996
4.00
3k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🌌 Metaphysics🎨 Qualia
The Extended Mind
by Richard Menary • 2008
The mind does not end at the skull. Tools and notebooks may be genuine parts of thinking.
3.76
41
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Science🤸 Embodied Cognition
The Extended Mind Summary
The Extended Mind 92%
The mind does not end at the skull. Tools and notebooks may be genuine parts of thinking.
by Richard Menary 2008
3.76
41 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Science🤸 Embodied Cognition
The New Science of the Mind
by Mark Rowlands • 2010
The mind extends through body and tools because it reveals rather than calculates.
3.69
45
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Science🏃 Embodied Cognition
The New Science of the Mind Summary
The New Science of the Mind 92%
The mind extends through body and tools because it reveals rather than calculates.
by Mark Rowlands 2010
3.69
45 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Science🏃 Embodied Cognition
Brain-Wise
by Patricia S. Churchland • 2002
Everything we call mind is brain activity. Once philosophy accepts that, all its questions change.
4.04
140
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Neurophilosophy💭 Consciousness Studies
Brain-Wise Summary
Brain-Wise 92%
Everything we call mind is brain activity. Once philosophy accepts that, all its questions change.
by Patricia S. Churchland 2002
4.04
140 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Neurophilosophy💭 Consciousness Studies
Conversations on Consciousness
by Susan Blackmore • 2005
One interviewer, twenty thinkers, one question: why aren't we just sophisticated zombies?
4.02
2k+
🧠 Consciousness Studies🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Brain And Mind
Conversations on Consciousness Summary
Conversations on Consciousness 92%
One interviewer, twenty thinkers, one question: why aren't we just sophisticated zombies?
by Susan Blackmore 2005
4.02
2k+ ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Brain And Mind
I Am a Strange Loop
by Douglas R. Hofstadter • 2007
The self is an abstract loop the brain builds, and Gödel's proof shows how.
3.95
9k+
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Science👁️ Consciousness Studies
I Am a Strange Loop Summary
I Am a Strange Loop 92%
The self is an abstract loop the brain builds, and Gödel's proof shows how.
by Douglas R. Hofstadter 2007
3.95
9k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Science👁️ Consciousness Studies
Being There
by Andy Clark • 1996
The mind extends past the skull, looping through body and world. Brains alone cannot think.
4.14
217
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Science🏃 Embodied Cognition
Being There Summary
Being There 92%
The mind extends past the skull, looping through body and world. Brains alone cannot think.
by Andy Clark 1996
4.14
217 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Science🏃 Embodied Cognition
Then I Am Myself the World
by Christof Koch • 2024
No matter how smart AI becomes, it will never be sentient. Consciousness is not computable.
3.98
388
🧠 Consciousness Studies🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🪞 Subjectivity And Self
Then I Am Myself the World Summary
Then I Am Myself the World 91%
No matter how smart AI becomes, it will never be sentient. Consciousness is not computable.
by Christof Koch 2024
3.98
388 ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🪞 Subjectivity And Self
The Mechanical Mind
by Tim Crane • 1996
Can a physical brain represent things outside itself? The foundational puzzle of cognitive science.
3.66
214
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Science🗺️ Mental Representation
The Mechanical Mind Summary
The Mechanical Mind 91%
Can a physical brain represent things outside itself? The foundational puzzle of cognitive science.
by Tim Crane 1996
3.66
214 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Science🗺️ Mental Representation
The Disordered Mind
by Eric R. Kandel • 2018
Brain disorders are a natural experiment: they show what each neural circuit actually does.
4.13
3k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🏥 Neuropsychiatry🩺 Brain Disorders
The Disordered Mind Summary
The Disordered Mind 91%
Brain disorders are a natural experiment: they show what each neural circuit actually does.
by Eric R. Kandel 2018
4.13
3k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🏥 Neuropsychiatry🩺 Brain Disorders
Rationality in Action
by John Rogers Searle • 2003
Between reason and action is a gap no cause can close. Free will lives there.
3.67
64
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔓 Free Will Debate💭 Consciousness Studies
Rationality in Action Summary
Rationality in Action 91%
Between reason and action is a gap no cause can close. Free will lives there.
by John Rogers Searle 2003
3.67
64 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔓 Free Will Debate💭 Consciousness Studies
The Future of the Mind
by Michio Kaku • 2014
Thoughts decoded. Memories rewritten. Consciousness uploaded. The brain is becoming hackable.
4.08
16k+
🧠 Popular Neuroscience💭 Consciousness Studies🔌 Brain-Computer Interfaces
The Future of the Mind Summary
The Future of the Mind 91%
Thoughts decoded. Memories rewritten. Consciousness uploaded. The brain is becoming hackable.
by Michio Kaku 2014
4.08
16k+ ratings
🧠 Popular Neuroscience💭 Consciousness Studies🔌 Brain-Computer Interfaces
Incognito
by David Eagleman • 2011
Your brain has already decided before you know it. Consciousness is just the press release.
4.09
35k+
🧠 Popular Neuroscience🔬 Cognitive Science🌊 Unconscious Mind
Incognito Summary
Incognito 91%
Your brain has already decided before you know it. Consciousness is just the press release.
by David Eagleman 2011
4.09
35k+ ratings
🧠 Popular Neuroscience🔬 Cognitive Science🌊 Unconscious Mind
The Self Illusion
by Bruce M. Hood • 2011
Your brain constructs the story of a unified you. Memory, culture, and neurons are the ingredients.
3.84
2k+
🧩 The Constructed Self🧠 Memory Unreliability🪞 Social Identity
The Self Illusion Summary
The Self Illusion 91%
Your brain constructs the story of a unified you. Memory, culture, and neurons are the ingredients.
by Bruce M. Hood 2011
3.84
2k+ ratings
🧩 The Constructed Self🧠 Memory Unreliability🪞 Social Identity
Feeling & Knowing
by António Damásio • 2021
Consciousness begins in the body: feelings, not thought, build the first sense of self.
3.57
2k+
🧠 Consciousness Studies🤸 Embodied Cognition❤️ Affective Neuroscience
Feeling & Knowing Summary
Feeling & Knowing 91%
Consciousness begins in the body: feelings, not thought, build the first sense of self.
by António Damásio 2021
3.57
2k+ ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies🤸 Embodied Cognition❤️ Affective Neuroscience
The Mind is Flat
by Nick Chater • 2018
Your inner life is not an archive. Every belief and emotion is improvised in the moment.
3.74
852
🧠 Folk Psychology Critique🔍 Consciousness Studies🎭 Confabulation
The Mind is Flat Summary
The Mind is Flat 91%
Your inner life is not an archive. Every belief and emotion is improvised in the moment.
by Nick Chater 2018
3.74
852 ratings
🧠 Folk Psychology Critique🔍 Consciousness Studies🎭 Confabulation
Losing Ourselves
by Jay L. Garfield • 2022
No self. Persons emerge from roles and flow. Losing the illusion reshapes ethics and expert skill.
4.03
603
🧘 Buddhist Philosophy🧠 Philosophy Of Mind💨 No-Self Philosophy
Losing Ourselves Summary
Losing Ourselves 91%
No self. Persons emerge from roles and flow. Losing the illusion reshapes ethics and expert skill.
by Jay L. Garfield 2022
4.03
603 ratings
🧘 Buddhist Philosophy🧠 Philosophy Of Mind💨 No-Self Philosophy
Virtually Human
by Martine Rothblatt • 2014
Software copies of human minds will outlive bodies and demand citizenship. They're almost here.
3.51
182
🧠 Mind Uploading💾 Digital Immortality🔮 Transhumanism
Virtually Human Summary
Virtually Human 91%
Software copies of human minds will outlive bodies and demand citizenship. They're almost here.
by Martine Rothblatt 2014
3.51
182 ratings
🧠 Mind Uploading💾 Digital Immortality🔮 Transhumanism
Gödel, Escher, Bach
by Douglas R. Hofstadter • 1979
Gödel, Escher, Bach: three ways of drawing a loop, and one key to consciousness.
4.29
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🧠 Cognitive Science🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🧩 Consciousness Studies
Gödel, Escher, Bach Summary
Gödel, Escher, Bach 91%
Gödel, Escher, Bach: three ways of drawing a loop, and one key to consciousness.
by Douglas R. Hofstadter 1979
4.29
53k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Science🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🧩 Consciousness Studies
The Mind and the Brain
by Jeffrey M. Schwartz • 2001
Conscious thought can change brain circuitry. A psychiatrist argues quantum physics is the reason.
4.10
7k+
🧠 Neuroplasticity🪐 Consciousness Studies🧘 Mindfulness Therapy
The Mind and the Brain Summary
The Mind and the Brain 91%
Conscious thought can change brain circuitry. A psychiatrist argues quantum physics is the reason.
by Jeffrey M. Schwartz 2001
4.10
7k+ ratings
🧠 Neuroplasticity🪐 Consciousness Studies🧘 Mindfulness Therapy
The Neuroscience of You
by Chantel Prat • 2022
Your brain isn't like anyone else's. Neuroscience finally has a field guide for that.
3.80
1k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🌈 Neurodiversity🔄 Brain Plasticity
The Neuroscience of You Summary
The Neuroscience of You 91%
Your brain isn't like anyone else's. Neuroscience finally has a field guide for that.
by Chantel Prat 2022
3.80
1k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🌈 Neurodiversity🔄 Brain Plasticity
Everything in Its Place
by Oliver Sacks • 2019
Oliver Sacks's final essays: what broken brains reveal about music, identity, and being human.
4.14
3k+
🧠 Neurology🩺 Medical Humanities📖 Narrative Medicine
Everything in Its Place Summary
Everything in Its Place 91%
Oliver Sacks's final essays: what broken brains reveal about music, identity, and being human.
by Oliver Sacks 2019
4.14
3k+ ratings
🧠 Neurology🩺 Medical Humanities📖 Narrative Medicine
Westworld and Philosophy
by Richard Greene • 2018
Westworld turns consequence-free violence into philosophy's sharpest questions about your own mind.
3.81
21
🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🤖 Artificial Consciousness
Westworld and Philosophy Summary
Westworld and Philosophy 91%
Westworld turns consequence-free violence into philosophy's sharpest questions about your own mind.
by Richard Greene 2018
3.81
21 ratings
🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🤖 Artificial Consciousness
The Feeling of What Happens
by António Damásio • 1999
Consciousness begins in the body: its hidden internal maps create the feeling of a self.
4.01
4k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🏃 Embodied Cognition
The Feeling of What Happens Summary
The Feeling of What Happens 91%
Consciousness begins in the body: its hidden internal maps create the feeling of a self.
by António Damásio 1999
4.01
4k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🏃 Embodied Cognition
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by Oliver Sacks • 1985
When brains break, the self bends but doesn't vanish: clinical tales of what persists.
4.05
249k+
🩺 Narrative Medicine🧠 Popular Neuroscience🤝 Clinical Empathy
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales Summary
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales 91%
When brains break, the self bends but doesn't vanish: clinical tales of what persists.
by Oliver Sacks 1985
4.05
249k+ ratings
🩺 Narrative Medicine🧠 Popular Neuroscience🤝 Clinical Empathy
The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment
by Chris Niebauer • 2014
The self you're improving isn't real. Split-brain science on why effort undermines itself.
4.18
61
🚫 Anti-Self-Help🧠 Split-Brain Research🔬 Neuroscience Of Self
The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment Summary
The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment 91%
The self you're improving isn't real. Split-brain science on why effort undermines itself.
by Chris Niebauer 2014
4.18
61 ratings
🚫 Anti-Self-Help🧠 Split-Brain Research🔬 Neuroscience Of Self
The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten
by Julian Baggini • 2005
100 thought experiments that turn morality, identity, and reason inside out.
3.73
5k+
💭 Thought Experiments📚 Pop Philosophy🧠 Philosophy Of Mind
The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten Summary
The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten 91%
100 thought experiments that turn morality, identity, and reason inside out.
by Julian Baggini 2005
3.73
5k+ ratings
💭 Thought Experiments📚 Pop Philosophy🧠 Philosophy Of Mind
Materialist Phenomenology
by Manuel DeLanda • 2021
Mindless agents and a thinking body construct perception; the self is just a story.
4.05
21
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🦾 Embodied Cognition👁️ Phenomenology
Materialist Phenomenology Summary
Materialist Phenomenology 91%
Mindless agents and a thinking body construct perception; the self is just a story.
by Manuel DeLanda 2021
4.05
21 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🦾 Embodied Cognition👁️ Phenomenology
Consciousness Explained
by Daniel C. Dennett • 1991
Consciousness has no central theater. Your brain runs parallel drafts, and the self is a fiction.
3.90
9k+
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🧱 Eliminative Materialism💻 Computational Mind
Consciousness Explained Summary
Consciousness Explained 91%
Consciousness has no central theater. Your brain runs parallel drafts, and the self is a fiction.
by Daniel C. Dennett 1991
3.90
9k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🧱 Eliminative Materialism💻 Computational Mind
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