The Mind’s I

Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul

Recommended by Susan Blackmore, and 1 others. See all reviews

Ranked #14 in Consciousness, Ranked #55 in Mindsee more rankings.

Brilliant, shattering, mind-jolting, The Mind's I is a searching, probing cosmic journey of the mind that goes deeply into the problem of self and self-consciousness as anything written in our time. From verbalizing chimpanzees to scientific speculations involving machines with souls, from the mesmerizing, maze-like fiction of Borges to the tantalizing, dreamlike fiction of Lem and Princess Ineffable, her circuits glowing read and gold, The Mind's I opens the mind to the Black Box of fantasy, to the windfalls of reflection, to new dimensions of exciting possibilities.
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Susan Blackmore I have no hesitation at all about this book because it’s got so many absolutely classic papers in it. (Source)


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