Identity by Francis Fukuyama 2018
A different perspective on ‘self’. Fukuyama’s book is actually about the modern phenomenon of...
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Category: TSR BOOKS
Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari 2016
A fascinating but doom-laden account of our future. Harari is a no-holds-barred materialist. With...
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The kingdom of speech by Tom Wolfe 2016
Asks the right question. Not sure about the answer. Wolfe starts by nailing the key question. We...
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The consciousness instinct by Michael Gazzaniga 2018
Consciousness is what separates life from non-life. Gazzaniga commences with a wonderful summary...
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Mind time: the temporal factor in consciousness by Benjamin Libet 2004
One of the most important pieces of research into consciousness. Libet’s experiments famously...
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The mind is flat by Nick Chater 2018
We really do live in the present. Chater proposes that every perception and every thought we have...
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The runaway species by A Brandt & D Eagleman 2017
Our brains are designed to master both predictability and creativity. The authors draw attention...
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Rationality & the reflective mind by Keith E Stanovich 2011
The dual-process mind moves to a more granular tri-process model. Dual-process theory became...
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The mind doesn’t work that way by Jerry Fodor 2000
A cautionary note on the validity of computational theory of mind. His book is 18 years old now...
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Consciousness: confessions of a romantic reductionist by Christof Koch 2012
Another subscriber to integrated information theory. After years spent trying to hunt down the...
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Common sense, the Turing Test, and the quest for real AI by Hector J Levesque 2017
Today’s AI still miles off equalling human common sense reasoning. Levesque makes a key point...
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The Marshmallow Test by Walter Mischel 2014
The true story of one of the most famous psychology tests ever. Some 50 years after launching what...
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Cerebral Cortex by Edmund T Rolls 2016
Masterly account of the cortex. Rolls has produced the definitive account of the workings of the...
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Weapons of math destruction by Cathy O’Neil 2016
Big data can make big mistakes. In writing the book, O’Neil has a big advantage. She is a data...
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Synopsis of Language, consciousness, culture by Ray Jackendoff 2007
Brilliantly insightful on the connections between language and consciousness. The book comprises a...
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Behave by Robert Sapolsky 2017
An all-round introduction to the massive topic of behaviour. The book provides an in-depth and...
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Consciousness A Very Short Introduction by Susan Blackmore 2017
Consciousness is a delusion. The attraction of this book is that it is concise, while covering a...
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How language began by Daniel Everett 2017
Language begins with Homo erectus. There are two types of linguist: those who believe it’s all in...
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Machine learning by Ethem Alpaydin 2016
Comprehensive but succinct introduction to machine learning. This is a well-written and accessible...
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Android dreams by Toby Walsh 2017
A rapid and wide-ranging tour d’horizons of life with AI. Toby Walsh is a Professor of Artificial...
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