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Mind

Most Recommended Books

Consciousness Explained by Daniel Dennett

“Dennett, in this book, is trying to dismiss the dualist intuition completely, to get rid of it entirely. When he says ‘Consciousness Explained’, in my understanding it’s explicable for Dennett because he thinks we are mistaken in thinking that there is anything beyond what is within the realm of normal physical descriptions of mechanisms and their dispositions and their properties. That’s all we need. This book has been a massive influence on me, as has Dennett himself, throughout my career…But I’m not sure I’m entirely convinced by his perspective.”

Anil Seth, Scientist

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    The best books on Philosophy of Mind, recommended by Keith Frankish

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    The best books on Philosophy of Mind - A Materialist Theory of the Mind by D M Armstrong

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    A Materialist Theory of the Mind
    by D M Armstrong

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    The best books on Philosophy of Mind - Consciousness Explained by Daniel Dennett

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    Consciousness Explained
    by Daniel Dennett

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    The best books on Philosophy of Mind - Varieties of Meaning: The 2002 Jean Nicod Lectures by Ruth Garrett Millikan

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    Varieties of Meaning: The 2002 Jean Nicod Lectures
    by Ruth Garrett Millikan

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    The best books on Philosophy of Mind - The Architecture of the Mind by Peter Carruthers

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    The Architecture of the Mind
    by Peter Carruthers

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    The best books on Philosophy of Mind - Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension by Andy Clark

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    Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension
    by Andy Clark

  • The best books on Philosophy of Mind - A Materialist Theory of the Mind by D M Armstrong
  • The best books on Philosophy of Mind - Consciousness Explained by Daniel Dennett
  • The best books on Philosophy of Mind - Varieties of Meaning: The 2002 Jean Nicod Lectures by Ruth Garrett Millikan
  • The best books on Philosophy of Mind - The Architecture of the Mind by Peter Carruthers
  • The best books on Philosophy of Mind - Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension by Andy Clark

The best books on Philosophy of Mind, recommended by Keith Frankish

The experimental investigation of the mind is now the province of psychology and neuroscience – but many conceptual and metaphysical questions remain. Philosophy of mind deals with these fundamental questions, says Keith Frankish, as he selects five of the best books in the field.

The best books on Philosophy of Mind, recommended by Keith Frankish

    The best books on Consciousness, recommended by Susan Blackmore

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    The best books on Consciousness - Consciousness Explained by Daniel Dennett

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    Consciousness Explained
    by Daniel Dennett

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    The best books on Consciousness - Principles of Psychology by William James

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    Principles of Psychology
    by William James

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    The best books on Consciousness - The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes

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    The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
    by Julian Jaynes

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    The best books on Consciousness - The Mind's I: Fantasies And Reflections On Self & Soul by Daniel Dennett & Douglas Hofstadter

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    The Mind's I: Fantasies And Reflections On Self & Soul
    by Daniel Dennett & Douglas Hofstadter

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    The best books on Consciousness - Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life by Peter Godfrey-Smith

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    Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life
    by Peter Godfrey-Smith

  • The best books on Consciousness - Consciousness Explained by Daniel Dennett
  • The best books on Consciousness - Principles of Psychology by William James
  • The best books on Consciousness - The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes
  • The best books on Consciousness - The Mind's I: Fantasies And Reflections On Self & Soul by Daniel Dennett & Douglas Hofstadter
  • The best books on Consciousness - Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life by Peter Godfrey-Smith

The best books on Consciousness, recommended by Susan Blackmore

The ‘hard problem’ of consciousness – of how the physical matter of the brain produces the psychological phenomenon of consciousness – has dogged psychologists and neuroscientists for decades. But what if we’ve been posing the question incorrectly all this time? The psychologist Susan Blackmore discusses five key texts that tackle this quicksilver concept.

The best books on Consciousness, recommended by Susan Blackmore

    The best books on Foucault, recommended by Gary Gutting

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    The best books on Foucault - How to Read Foucault by Johanna Oksala

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    How to Read Foucault
    by Johanna Oksala

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    The best books on Foucault - The Philosophy of Foucault by Todd May

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    The Philosophy of Foucault
    by Todd May

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    The best books on Foucault - Bodies and Pleasures: Foucault and the Politics of Sexual Normalization by Ladelle McWhorter

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    Bodies and Pleasures: Foucault and the Politics of Sexual Normalization
    by Ladelle McWhorter

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    The best books on Foucault - The Cambridge Foucault Lexicon by (ed.) Leonard Lawlor and John Nale

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    The Cambridge Foucault Lexicon
    by (ed.) Leonard Lawlor and John Nale

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    The best books on Foucault - The Lives of Michel Foucault by David Macey

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    The Lives of Michel Foucault
    by David Macey

  • The best books on Foucault - How to Read Foucault by Johanna Oksala
  • The best books on Foucault - The Philosophy of Foucault by Todd May
  • The best books on Foucault - Bodies and Pleasures: Foucault and the Politics of Sexual Normalization by Ladelle McWhorter
  • The best books on Foucault - The Cambridge Foucault Lexicon by (ed.) Leonard Lawlor and John Nale
  • The best books on Foucault - The Lives of Michel Foucault by David Macey

The best books on Foucault, recommended by Gary Gutting

“Do not ask who I am and do not ask me to remain the same,” wrote Michel Foucault; a brilliant transdisciplinarian whose work spanned philosophy, history, social theory and literary criticism. He mined past ways of thinking so as to see present-day assumptions and practices afresh, explains the philosopher Gary Gutting.

The best books on Foucault, recommended by Gary Gutting

    The best books on Mind and The Brain, recommended by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

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    The best books on Mind and The Brain - Autism: Explaining the Enigma by Uta Frith

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    Autism: Explaining the Enigma
    by Uta Frith

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    The best books on Mind and The Brain - Making up the Mind by Chris Frith

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    Making up the Mind
    by Chris Frith

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    The best books on Mind and The Brain - Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks by Ben Goldacre

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    Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks
    by Ben Goldacre

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    The best books on Mind and The Brain - Saturday by Ian McEwan

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    Saturday
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    The best books on Mind and The Brain - Fermat’s Last Theorem by Simon Singh

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    Fermat’s Last Theorem
    by Simon Singh

  • The best books on Mind and The Brain - Autism: Explaining the Enigma by Uta Frith
  • The best books on Mind and The Brain - Making up the Mind by Chris Frith
  • The best books on Mind and The Brain - Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks by Ben Goldacre
  • The best books on Mind and The Brain - Saturday by Ian McEwan
  • The best books on Mind and The Brain - Fermat’s Last Theorem by Simon Singh

The best books on Mind and The Brain, recommended by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

The Research Fellow at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL, discusses aspects of the relationship between the mind and the brain. Recommends books on autism, the allure of neuroscience, consciousness and maths

The best books on Mind and The Brain, recommended by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

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