About this title: Hofstadter and Dennet have assembled an evocative collection of essays from a wide range of thinkers concerning the self and consciousness. With explanatory afterwords to each essay, this text opens up the concerns of the philosophy of mind to the general public.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780140062533ISBN:014006253X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Longman Higher Education
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780710803528ISBN:0710803524
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780465046249ISBN:046504624X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell
Date Published: 1982-11
ISBN-13:9780553014129ISBN:0553014129
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bantam
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780553345841ISBN:0553345842
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"Another reviewer said he'd read it previously with more appreciation, and it does seem dated in some ways. Still, it serves as a series of very entertaining "thought experiments" and a sort of anthology of fiction on the mind-body problem and consciousness. Best selections for me were "Whatis it like to be a bat?" by Thomas Nagel and "Minds, Brains, and Programs" by Ronald Searle, just because these took a different approach from Hofstadter and Dennett, so the "reflections" were fuller and better thought out."
"Enjoyed re-reading this. As a student, I accepted most of what Hofstadter and Dennett said. It was good to approach it with some distance, a bit of maturity and a critical eye. Some of H&D's arguments are facile and some disengenuous (pages after rebuking John Searle for a thought experiment of unrealistic complexity ("Minds, Brains and Programs") they present a thought experiment of unrealistic complexity ("A Conversation with Einstein's Brain")).
But, the selections are interesting and the reflections force consideration. Good to re-visit."
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