Consciousness as a Subsystem
An essay suggesting that consciousness is a limited subsystem of the brain. and that several instinctive ways of thinking about consciousness are wrong.
Lisa Feldman Barrett. Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain.
My notes on a fine introductory book about the brain.
Susan Blackmore. Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction.
My notes on a book that summarises what is know about consciousness and argues for delusionism.
Anil Seth. Being You
My notes on the book that explains consciousness as controlled hallucination.
A Person Has No Soul
A short essay on bodily, psychological and essence concepts of personhood.
Nicholas Humphrey. Soul Dust.
My notes on a book that presents a view of consciousness as having evolved to motivate by making experience enchanting.
Thomas Metzinger. The Ego Tunnel
My notes on a book arguing that conscious experience and the self have evolved to be transparent so we think they are real.