Consciousness

A Listmania! list by Tim Retout
 
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (20th anniversary edition with a new preface by the author)
1.  Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (20th anniversary edition with a new preface by the author) by Douglas R Hofstadter
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  "GEB is the classic guide to Gödel's incompleteness theorem. Apart from explaining this fascinating branch of mathematics so well, the book explores the philosophical implications of Gödel's work."
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The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul (Penguin Press Science)
2.  The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul (Penguin Press Science) by Douglas R. Hofstadter
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  "The Mind's I is a collection of short works, and there is a lot here that could influence your view of the mind."
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The Meme Machine (Popular Science)
3.  The Meme Machine (Popular Science) by Susan Blackmore
The list author says:
  "'The Meme Machine' is about memetics, my personal favourite view of our selves. Explores the notion that the self is illusory: a story our brain tells itself."
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Consciousness Explained (Penguin Science)
4.  Consciousness Explained (Penguin Science) by Daniel C. Dennett
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  "'Conciousness Explained' is Dennett's look at the brain and conciousness. This is all about getting away from the 'Cartesian Theatre' view of conciousness."
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