Thought Entities Books | Summaries & Audio

Learn To Think Using Thought Experiments

by Patrick King • 2020

Your mind needs a gym. Philosophy's greatest thought experiments are the equipment.

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🧪 Thought Experiments 🏛️ Practical Philosophy 🔍 Critical Thinking 🪞 Metacognition 🗺️ Mental Models

Learn To Think Using Thought Experiments Summary

Learn To Think Using Thought Experiments 89%

Your mind needs a gym. Philosophy's greatest thought experiments are the equipment.

by Patrick King 2020

3.84

101 ratings

🧪 Thought Experiments 🏛️ Practical Philosophy 🔍 Critical Thinking 🪞 Metacognition 🗺️ Mental Models

The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten

by Julian Baggini • 2005

100 thought experiments that turn morality, identity, and reason inside out.

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💭 Thought Experiments 📚 Pop Philosophy 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind ⚖️ Moral Dilemmas 🧬 Personal Identity

The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten 89%

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 ⚖️ Moral Dilemmas 🧬 Personal 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.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🌌 Metaphysics 🎨 Qualia 🪞 Property Dualism 🧟 Thought Experiments

The Conscious Mind 89%

A zombie physically identical to you feels nothing at all: why consciousness needs its own laws.

by David J. Chalmers 1996

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3k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🌌 Metaphysics 🎨 Qualia 🪞 Property Dualism 🧟 Thought Experiments

On Dialogue

by David Bohm • 1996

Dialogue is less about talking than about seeing the hidden thought system that runs you.

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🗣️ Philosophy Of Dialogue 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🔄 Systems Thinking ☯️ Nonduality 👥 Group Facilitation

On Dialogue 89%

Dialogue is less about talking than about seeing the hidden thought system that runs you.

by David Bohm 1996

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1k+ ratings

🗣️ Philosophy Of Dialogue 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🔄 Systems Thinking ☯️ Nonduality 👥 Group Facilitation

Being There

by Andy Clark • 1996

The mind extends past the skull, looping through body and world. Brains alone cannot think.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🏃 Embodied Cognition 🌐 Extended Mind 🔗 Connectionism

Being There 89%

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 🌐 Extended Mind 🔗 Connectionism

Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking

by Daniel C. Dennett • 2013

A philosopher's toolbox: learn to think sharper about consciousness, evolution, and free will.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 💭 Thought Experiments 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧫 Cultural Evolution 🕊️ Free Will Debate

Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking Summary

Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking 89%

A philosopher's toolbox: learn to think sharper about consciousness, evolution, and free will.

by Daniel C. Dennett 2013

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4k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 💭 Thought Experiments 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧫 Cultural Evolution 🕊️ Free Will Debate

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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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Consciousness Studies 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🔬 Cognitive Science 💭 Thought Experiments

The Mind’s I 89%

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 🔬 Cognitive Science 💭 Thought Experiments

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

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🏃 Embodied Cognition 🌐 Extended Cognition 📜 Phenomenology

The New Science of the Mind 89%

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 🌐 Extended Cognition 📜 Phenomenology

How to Think like a Philosopher

by Julian Baggini • 2023

The mental habits philosophy teaches: question yourself, follow evidence, drop the ego.

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🛠️ Practical Philosophy 🧠 Critical Thinking 🎯 Cognitive Biases 🙏 Intellectual Humility 👁️ Attention Cultivation

How to Think like a Philosopher 89%

The mental habits philosophy teaches: question yourself, follow evidence, drop the ego.

by Julian Baggini 2023

3.95

429 ratings

🛠️ Practical Philosophy 🧠 Critical Thinking 🎯 Cognitive Biases 🙏 Intellectual Humility 👁️ Attention Cultivation

Thought-Forms

by Annie Besant • 1901

Thoughts are visible, colored, living things. A clairvoyant's field guide to what yours look like.

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🕉️ Theosophy 📜 Occult Philosophy ⚡ Thought Energy 👁️ Clairvoyance 🌈 Auric Colors

Thought-Forms 89%

Thoughts are visible, colored, living things. A clairvoyant's field guide to what yours look like.

by Annie Besant 1901

3.83

672 ratings

🕉️ Theosophy 📜 Occult Philosophy ⚡ Thought Energy 👁️ Clairvoyance 🌈 Auric Colors

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.

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Evolutionary Neuroscience 🎨 Qualia Debate 🦴 Embodied Cognition

Wider Than the Sky 89%

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 🎨 Qualia Debate 🦴 Embodied Cognition

Wholeness and the Implicate Order

by David Bohm • 1980

A physicist's theory of a hidden, enfolded order where space, time, and separation dissolve.

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⚛️ Quantum Physics 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌊 Process Philosophy 🗣️ Language And Thought

Wholeness and the Implicate Order Summary

Wholeness and the Implicate Order 89%

A physicist's theory of a hidden, enfolded order where space, time, and separation dissolve.

by David Bohm 1980

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1k+ ratings

⚛️ Quantum Physics 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌊 Process Philosophy 🗣️ Language And Thought

Doing Philosophy

by Timothy Williamson • 2018

Philosophy is a science that tests ideas with thought experiments, and the best explanation wins.

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🛠️ Philosophical Methodology 🔍 Analytic Philosophy 🧪 Thought Experiments 🔎 Abductive Reasoning 📐 Logic In Philosophy

Doing Philosophy 89%

Philosophy is a science that tests ideas with thought experiments, and the best explanation wins.

by Timothy Williamson 2018

3.67

213 ratings

🛠️ Philosophical Methodology 🔍 Analytic Philosophy 🧪 Thought Experiments 🔎 Abductive Reasoning 📐 Logic In Philosophy

How to Think More Effectively

by The School of Life • 2020

Notebooks, long walks, and the right kind of envy: the thinking toolkit nobody handed you.

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🏛️ Practical Philosophy 🧠 Thinking Skills 📓 Idea Capture 💡 Mental Clarity 🎨 Creative Process

How to Think More Effectively 89%

Notebooks, long walks, and the right kind of envy: the thinking toolkit nobody handed you.

by The School of Life 2020

4.09

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Practical Philosophy 🧠 Thinking Skills 📓 Idea Capture 💡 Mental Clarity 🎨 Creative Process

Introduction to Phenomenology

by Robert Sokolowski • 1999

Consciousness is always reaching toward the world; phenomenology maps the structures of that reach.

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🌀 Phenomenology 🧠 Consciousness Studies 📜 Continental Philosophy 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🔍 Epistemology

Introduction to Phenomenology 89%

Consciousness is always reaching toward the world; phenomenology maps the structures of that reach.

by Robert Sokolowski 1999

4.03

541 ratings

🌀 Phenomenology 🧠 Consciousness Studies 📜 Continental Philosophy 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🔍 Epistemology

I Am Right You Are Wrong

by Edward de Bono • 1990

Argument ruled Western thought for 2,400 years. The brain is actually built to perceive and design.

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🧠 Creative Cognition 👁️ Perception Logic 🕸️ Self-Organizing Systems 💬 Dialogue Methods 🛠️ Constructive Thinking

I Am Right You Are Wrong 89%

Argument ruled Western thought for 2,400 years. The brain is actually built to perceive and design.

by Edward de Bono 1990

3.82

518 ratings

🧠 Creative Cognition 👁️ Perception Logic 🕸️ Self-Organizing Systems 💬 Dialogue Methods 🛠️ Constructive Thinking

Surfing Uncertainty

by Andy Clark • 2015

Reality is the brain's best guess, and action is how the body makes it come true.

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🔮 Predictive Processing 🧘 Embodied Cognition 🌱 Enactivism

Surfing Uncertainty 89%

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 🧘 Embodied Cognition 🌱 Enactivism

Metaphysics

by Michael J. Loux • 1997

From universals to time: the central problems of metaphysics, mapped for the first-time student.

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🧱 Analytical Metaphysics 🏷️ Ontology 🎓 Analytic Philosophy 🌍 Modal Realism 🔢 Abstract Objects

Metaphysics 89%

From universals to time: the central problems of metaphysics, mapped for the first-time student.

by Michael J. Loux 1997

3.93

354 ratings

🧱 Analytical Metaphysics 🏷️ Ontology 🎓 Analytic Philosophy 🌍 Modal Realism 🔢 Abstract Objects

The Embodied Mind

by Francisco J. Varela • 1991

No inner pilot exists. Your body enacts a world, and the self evaporates under sustained attention.

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🧠 Embodied Cognition 🤔 Phenomenology 🧘 Buddhist Philosophy 🔄 Enactive Cognition 🏛️ Philosophy Of Mind

The Embodied Mind 88%

No inner pilot exists. Your body enacts a world, and the self evaporates under sustained attention.

by Francisco J. Varela 1991

4.14

1k+ ratings

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🤔 Phenomenology 🧘 Buddhist Philosophy 🔄 Enactive Cognition 🏛️ Philosophy Of Mind

The Experience Machine

by Andy Clark • 2023

Your brain guesses reality instead of recording it, and the mismatch shapes everything.

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🧠 Predictive Processing 💭 Consciousness Studies 🦾 Embodied Cognition 🌐 Distributed Cognition ❤️ Embodied Emotion

The Experience Machine 88%

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 🌐 Distributed Cognition ❤️ Embodied Emotion

The Sense of Being Stared at

by Rupert Sheldrake • 2003

The feeling of being watched is real, and it means your mind extends far beyond your brain.

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🧠 Extended Mind 🔮 Parapsychology 📡 Telepathy ⏳ Precognition 🐒 Animal Behavior

The Sense of Being Stared at 88%

The feeling of being watched is real, and it means your mind extends far beyond your brain.

by Rupert Sheldrake 2003

3.79

509 ratings

🧠 Extended Mind 🔮 Parapsychology 📡 Telepathy ⏳ Precognition 🐒 Animal Behavior

Reality Transurfing 3

by Vadim Zeland • 2008

Wanting repels. Dropping importance pulls it in. The Russian manual for a reality that cooperates.

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✨ Reality Creation 🇷🇺 Russian Esotericism ⚡ Energy Manipulation 🌀 Collective Thought Forms 🍃 Non-Resistance

Reality Transurfing 3 88%

Wanting repels. Dropping importance pulls it in. The Russian manual for a reality that cooperates.

by Vadim Zeland 2008

4.43

956 ratings

✨ Reality Creation 🇷🇺 Russian Esotericism ⚡ Energy Manipulation 🌀 Collective Thought Forms 🍃 Non-Resistance

Materialist Phenomenology

by Manuel DeLanda • 2021

Mindless agents and a thinking body construct perception; the self is just a story.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🦾 Embodied Cognition 👁️ Phenomenology 💭 Nonconceptual Content 🌿 Ecological Psychology

Materialist Phenomenology 88%

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 💭 Nonconceptual Content 🌿 Ecological Psychology

Prometheus Rising

by Robert Anton Wilson • 1983

You inherited a mental operating system. A guide to spotting the code and rewriting it yourself.

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🧠 Consciousness Models 🏗️ Reality Construction 💻 Mind Programming ⚛️ Quantum Mysticism 🌐 Transpersonal Psychology

Prometheus Rising 88%

You inherited a mental operating system. A guide to spotting the code and rewriting it yourself.

by Robert Anton Wilson 1983

4.25

8k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Models 🏗️ Reality Construction 💻 Mind Programming ⚛️ Quantum Mysticism 🌐 Transpersonal Psychology

Surfaces and Essences

by Douglas R. Hofstadter • 2011

Analogy isn't a language trick. It's the hidden engine of every thought, category, and insight.

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🧠 Cognitive Science 💭 Philosophy Of Mind ⚖️ Analogical Reasoning 📦 Mental Categories 💬 Language And Thought

Surfaces and Essences 88%

Analogy isn't a language trick. It's the hidden engine of every thought, category, and insight.

by Douglas R. Hofstadter 2011

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Science 💭 Philosophy Of Mind ⚖️ Analogical Reasoning 📦 Mental Categories 💬 Language And Thought

Neil Gaiman and Philosophy

by Tracy L. Bealer • 2012

What Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Derrida would make of Neil Gaiman's gods, graveyards, and dreams.

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🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 📚 Comics Studies 📖 Philosophy Of Fiction 🏛️ Mythology And Meaning 🧠 Continental Philosophy

Neil Gaiman and Philosophy 88%

What Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Derrida would make of Neil Gaiman's gods, graveyards, and dreams.

by Tracy L. Bealer 2012

3.55

92 ratings

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 📚 Comics Studies 📖 Philosophy Of Fiction 🏛️ Mythology And Meaning 🧠 Continental Philosophy

There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book

by Robert M. Martin • 1992

Logic, morality, identity: each cracks under a well-chosen paradox. This book chooses well.

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🧩 Philosophical Puzzles 💭 Thought Experiments 🔄 Paradoxes 🧠 Critical Thinking ⚖️ Moral Philosophy

There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book Summary

There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book 88%

Logic, morality, identity: each cracks under a well-chosen paradox. This book chooses well.

by Robert M. Martin 1992

4.01

247 ratings

🧩 Philosophical Puzzles 💭 Thought Experiments 🔄 Paradoxes 🧠 Critical Thinking ⚖️ Moral Philosophy

Minds, Brains and Science

by John Rogers Searle • 1984

Consciousness is biological, not computational. That is why no program will ever think.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 Mind-Body Problem 🔬 Cognitive Science 🤖 Ai Skepticism 🎲 Free Will Debate

Minds, Brains and Science 88%

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 🤖 Ai Skepticism 🎲 Free Will Debate

Bashar

by Darryl Anka • 1990

A future civilization says we are dreaming the universe together. Time simultaneous, death illusion.

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🛸 Channeled Entities 👽 Alien Spirituality 🕉️ Nonduality ✨ Manifestation ⏳ Simultaneous Time

Bashar 88%

A future civilization says we are dreaming the universe together. Time simultaneous, death illusion.

by Darryl Anka 1990

4.42

141 ratings

🛸 Channeled Entities 👽 Alien Spirituality 🕉️ Nonduality ✨ Manifestation ⏳ Simultaneous Time

El Kybalion Los Misterios de Hermes Tres Iniciados

by Diego Alejandro muñoz • 2020

Ancient Egypt's secret teaching: the cosmos is made of mind, and its laws turn thought into force.

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🏛️ Hermeticism 📜 Esoteric Philosophy 🧠 Mental Mastery ⚖️ Universal Laws 💡 New Thought

El Kybalion Los Misterios de Hermes Tres Iniciados Summary

El Kybalion Los Misterios de Hermes Tres Iniciados 88%

Ancient Egypt's secret teaching: the cosmos is made of mind, and its laws turn thought into force.

by Diego Alejandro muñoz 2020

4.06

196 ratings

🏛️ Hermeticism 📜 Esoteric Philosophy 🧠 Mental Mastery ⚖️ Universal Laws 💡 New Thought

On Quality

by Robert M. Pirsig • 2021

Value isn't a judgment we add to reality. It is reality, and everything else follows.

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🏷️ Value Theory ☯️ Nonduality 🌏 Comparative Philosophy 🧘 Eastern Thought 🎨 Creative Process

On Quality 88%

Value isn't a judgment we add to reality. It is reality, and everything else follows.

by Robert M. Pirsig 2021

3.64

387 ratings

🏷️ Value Theory ☯️ Nonduality 🌏 Comparative Philosophy 🧘 Eastern Thought 🎨 Creative Process

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.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science ⚛️ Physicalism 🕸️ Neural Networks 🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Matter and Consciousness 88%

Folk psychology is a 2,000-year-old theory that hasn't improved. Neuroscience says it never will.

by Paul M. Churchland 1984

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science ⚛️ Physicalism 🕸️ Neural Networks 🤖 Artificial Intelligence

The Extended Mind

by Richard Menary • 2008

The mind does not end at the skull. Tools and notebooks may be genuine parts of thinking.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🤸 Embodied Cognition 🔗 Externalism 💭 Consciousness Studies

The Extended Mind 88%

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 🔗 Externalism 💭 Consciousness Studies

Edward de Bono's Textbook of Wisdom

by Edward de Bono • 1996

Wisdom is not knowing the answers; it is widening perception until better questions appear.

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🦉 Practical Wisdom 👁️ Perception And Reality 🧠 Cognitive Flexibility 🗺️ Mental Models 💡 Creative Problem Solving

Edward de Bono's Textbook of Wisdom Summary

Edward de Bono's Textbook of Wisdom 88%

Wisdom is not knowing the answers; it is widening perception until better questions appear.

by Edward de Bono 1996

3.76

119 ratings

🦉 Practical Wisdom 👁️ Perception And Reality 🧠 Cognitive Flexibility 🗺️ Mental Models 💡 Creative Problem Solving

Phi

by Giulio Tononi • 2012

How to measure a soul: why a camera distinguishes more than a brain, yet cannot see.

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧍 Neuroscience Of Self 🎨 Qualia And Experience 💻 Computational Neuroscience

Phi 88%

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 🎨 Qualia And Experience 💻 Computational Neuroscience

Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy

by Richard Brian Davis • 2009

When logic dissolves, a Cheshire Cat grins, and philosophy begins.

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🍿 Pop Philosophy ✍️ Literary Essays 🧠 Memory And Identity 💬 Language Philosophy 🃏 Absurdism

Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy Summary

Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy 88%

When logic dissolves, a Cheshire Cat grins, and philosophy begins.

by Richard Brian Davis 2009

4.12

2k+ ratings

🍿 Pop Philosophy ✍️ Literary Essays 🧠 Memory And Identity 💬 Language Philosophy 🃏 Absurdism

The Book of Minds

by Philip Ball • 2022

Intelligence is not a yes-or-no question. It is a landscape, and humans occupy a single coordinate.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🐙 Animal Intelligence 👽 Alien Intelligence 🤖 Artificial Intelligence

The Book of Minds 88%

Intelligence is not a yes-or-no question. It is a landscape, and humans occupy a single coordinate.

by Philip Ball 2022

3.95

210 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🐙 Animal Intelligence 👽 Alien Intelligence 🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Inside Out Revolution

by Michael Neill • 2013

Well-being is your default state. What if the way back isn't effort, but a single insight?

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🧘 Spiritual Psychology 💭 Thought And Reality 🌱 Innate Well-Being 🕊️ Effortless Change 🌌 Natural State

Inside Out Revolution 88%

Well-being is your default state. What if the way back isn't effort, but a single insight?

by Michael Neill 2013

4.10

2k+ ratings

🧘 Spiritual Psychology 💭 Thought And Reality 🌱 Innate Well-Being 🕊️ Effortless Change 🌌 Natural State

Practical Thinking

by Edward de Bono • 1971

Being right isn't one thing: it's four. And each carries its own trap.

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🧠 Critical Thinking 🧩 Mental Models 🔧 Problem Solving 💡 Creative Thinking ✏️ Thinking Skills

Practical Thinking 88%

Being right isn't one thing: it's four. And each carries its own trap.

by Edward de Bono 1971

3.77

133 ratings

🧠 Critical Thinking 🧩 Mental Models 🔧 Problem Solving 💡 Creative Thinking ✏️ Thinking Skills

Mind

by John Rogers Searle • 2004

Neither ghost nor computer: consciousness is a biological fact and its feel can't be explained away.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 💡 Consciousness Studies 🎯 Intentionality 🔗 Mind-Body Problem 📚 Analytic Philosophy

Mind 88%

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 🔗 Mind-Body Problem 📚 Analytic Philosophy

Why Does the World Exist?

by Jim Holt • 2011

Physics, philosophy, and theology each claim to know why anything exists. None of them agree.

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❓ Existential Questions 🕳️ Nothingness 🔭 Cosmology 🧠 Analytic Philosophy 🎯 Anthropic Principle

Why Does the World Exist? 88%

Physics, philosophy, and theology each claim to know why anything exists. None of them agree.

by Jim Holt 2011

3.81

7k+ ratings

❓ Existential Questions 🕳️ Nothingness 🔭 Cosmology 🧠 Analytic Philosophy 🎯 Anthropic Principle

Stalking the Wild Pendulum

by Itzhak Bentov • 1977

At the still point between heartbeats, consciousness leaves the body and briefly touches the cosmos.

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🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚛️ Speculative Physics 🌌 Panpsychism 📡 Holographic Universe 🌐 Vibrational Cosmology

Stalking the Wild Pendulum 88%

At the still point between heartbeats, consciousness leaves the body and briefly touches the cosmos.

by Itzhak Bentov 1977

4.29

1k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚛️ Speculative Physics 🌌 Panpsychism 📡 Holographic Universe 🌐 Vibrational Cosmology

At Your Command

by Neville Goddard • 2020

The person you assume yourself to be becomes the only world you can live in.

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🏛️ New Thought Movement ☯️ Nonduality 🌱 Conscious Creation ✝️ Mystical Christianity 🦋 Identity Shifting

At Your Command 88%

The person you assume yourself to be becomes the only world you can live in.

by Neville Goddard 2020

4.44

2k+ ratings

🏛️ New Thought Movement ☯️ Nonduality 🌱 Conscious Creation ✝️ Mystical Christianity 🦋 Identity Shifting

I am Not a Brain

by Markus Gabriel • 2017

Neuroscience keeps looking for the self inside the skull. The real thing lives between people.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 📜 German Idealism 🔓 Free Will Debate 👥 Social Self 🔗 Mind-Body Problem

I am Not a Brain 88%

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 👥 Social Self 🔗 Mind-Body Problem

Prayer

by Neville Goddard • 2009

What you imagine with conviction hardens into the facts of your life.

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⛪️ New Thought ✨ Manifestation 📜 Esoteric Christianity 🗣️ Inner Dialogue 🧠 Mental Rehearsal

Prayer 88%

What you imagine with conviction hardens into the facts of your life.

by Neville Goddard 2009

4.41

732 ratings

⛪️ New Thought ✨ Manifestation 📜 Esoteric Christianity 🗣️ Inner Dialogue 🧠 Mental Rehearsal

Losing Ourselves

by Jay L. Garfield • 2022

No self. Persons emerge from roles and flow. Losing the illusion reshapes ethics and expert skill.

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🧘 Buddhist Philosophy 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 💨 No-Self Philosophy 👥 Intersubjectivity 🎭 Role-Based Identity

Losing Ourselves 88%

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 👥 Intersubjectivity 🎭 Role-Based Identity

Trialogues at the Edge of the West

by Rupert Sheldrake • 1992

Nature learns, chaos creates, and three minds argue the cosmos has a memory and a soul.

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🌌 Speculative Cosmology 🔬 Holistic Science 🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🌍 World Soul ✨ Resacralization

Trialogues at the Edge of the West Summary

Trialogues at the Edge of the West 88%

Nature learns, chaos creates, and three minds argue the cosmos has a memory and a soul.

by Rupert Sheldrake 1992

4.05

748 ratings

🌌 Speculative Cosmology 🔬 Holistic Science 🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🌍 World Soul ✨ Resacralization

The Mechanism of Mind

by Edward de Bono • 2015

Why your brain resists new ideas, and a single word that overrides its defenses.

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🧠 Cognitive Models 💭 Thinking Methods ↗️ Lateral Thinking 🔀 Pattern Disruption 🎨 Creative Problem Solving

The Mechanism of Mind 88%

Why your brain resists new ideas, and a single word that overrides its defenses.

by Edward de Bono 2015

3.84

167 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Models 💭 Thinking Methods ↗️ Lateral Thinking 🔀 Pattern Disruption 🎨 Creative Problem Solving

As a Man Thinketh

by James Allen • 1902

Health, character, and circumstance are thought-made. A century-old manual for becoming the builder.

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🪴 New Thought Movement 🏛️ Self-Help Classics 🧠 Thought Mastery 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 🕊️ Inner Peace

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Health, character, and circumstance are thought-made. A century-old manual for becoming the builder.

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Quantum Psychology

by Robert Anton Wilson • 1990

Every perception is a wager, and one small word in English stacks the odds against you.

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Quantum Psychology 88%

Every perception is a wager, and one small word in English stacks the odds against you.

by Robert Anton Wilson 1990

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🧠 General Semantics 🗣️ Linguistic Relativity 👁️ Active Perception ✨ Mind-Body Connection ⚛️ Quantum Philosophy

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