18 books like The mechanical mind

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On Humour Simon Critchley · 2002 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Does humour make us human, or do the cats and dogs laugh along with us? On Humour is a fascinating, beautifully written and funny book on what humour can tell us about being human. Simon Critchley skilfully probes some of the most perennial but least understood aspects of humour, such as our tendency to laugh at animals and our bodies, why we mock death with comedy and why we think it's funny… Shares: Humanism, Movements, Philosophy

Précis de décomposition Emil Cioran · 1949 · ★ 4.2 · 181p · ≈ 6h · Challenging "Toute idée devrait être neutre ; mais l'homme l'anime, y projette ses flammes et ses démences : le passage de la logique à l'épilepsie est consommée... Ainsi naissent les mythologies, les doctrines, et les farces sanglantes. Point d'intolérance ou de prosélytisme qui ne révèle le fond bestial de l'enthousiasme. Ce qu'il faut détruire dans l'homme, c'est sa propension à croire, son appétit de… Shares: Humanism, Movements, Philosophy

Philosophical Perspectives James E. Tomberlin · 1987 · ★ 4.0 · 491p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Philosophical Perspectives is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal of philosophy. Each annual volume is dedicated to a specific theme addressing philosophical problems. The founding editor-in-chief was James E. Tomberlin, who edited the series from 1987 to 2002. Philosophical Perspectives became a supplement to Noûs in 1996 and is currently published by Wiley-Blackwell. Shares: Philosophy of mind, Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy

The analysis of mind Bertrand Russell · 1921 · ★ 3.8 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Challenging The book is mind blowing. It gives you insight of how mind works. You will know the more about how we understand, remember, dream, recollect and worry. You can't read fast as it is a mind stretching subject !!!. Shares: Philosophy of mind, Philosophy

Elements of the philosophy of the human mind Dugald Stewart · 1792 · 589p · ≈ 19h · Demanding The HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The works in this collection include expositions and scholarly analyses of philosophy and ethics for the earliest recorded Western religious and secular works. Documents concern prehistoric, medieval, and modern times, with background and historical narratives on Western thought. The… Shares: Philosophy of mind, Philosophy

Novacene James Lovelock · 2019 · ★ 3.8 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate A fascinating new study from the originator of the Gaia Theory, “who conceived the first wholly new way of looking at life on earth since Charles Darwin” (Independent)One of the world’s leading scientific thinkers offers a vision of a future epoch in which humans and artificial intelligence unite to save the Earth. James Lovelock, creator of the Gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental… Shares: Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy

The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy Burt Hopkins · 2014 · 350p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy provides an annual international forum for phenomenological research in the spirit of Husserl's groundbreaking work and the extension of this work by such figures as Scheler, Heidegger, Sartre, Levinas, Merleau-Ponty and Gadamer. Shares: Movements, Philosophy

Artificial inteligence and natural man Margaret A. Boden · 1977 · ★ 4.0 · 556p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Artificial Intelligence is the study of how to build or program computers to enable them to do what minds can do. This volume discusses the ways in which computational ideas and computer modeling can aid our understanding of human and animal minds. Major theoretical approaches are outlined, as well as some promising recent developments. Fundamental philosophical questions are discussed along with… Shares: Thought and thinking, Artificial Intelligence

Philosophy and living Olaf Stapledon · 1935 · ★ 3.4 This Excellent Collection brings together Stapledon's longer, major books and a fine selection of shorter pieces and Science-Fiction Books. This Books created and collected in Olaf Stapledon's Most important Works illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of the XX century - a man who elevated political writing to an art. William Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950) is one of the… Shares: Philosophy

Phénoménologie de la perception Maurice Merleau-Ponty · 1945 · 466p · ≈ 15h · Challenging | translator = Colin Smith (1st English translation)Donald Landes (2nd English translation) Shares: Movements, Philosophy

101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think Brianna Wiest · 2018 · ★ 3.7 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate "101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think, the global bestseller and social media phenomenon, is a collection of author Brianna Wiest's most beloved pieces of writing. Her meditations include why you should pursue purpose over passion, embrace negative thinking, see the wisdom in daily routine, and become aware of the cognitive biases that are creating the way you see your life. Some of… Shares: Thought and thinking, Philosophy

Man for Himself Erich Fromm · 1947 · ★ 4.2 · 263p · ≈ 8h · Challenging "There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers." —Erich Fromm Are we primarily determined by nature or nurture? What are the best ways that people can live productively? In Man for Himself, renowned social philosopher Erich Fromm posits: With the gifts of self-consciousness and imagination, any individual can give his or her own unique… Shares: Humanism, Philosophy

Selections Aristotle · 1491 · ★ 3.0 · 353p · ≈ 11h · Demanding In this extraordinary volume of selections from Aristotle—culled from the monumental Oxford translation by authorities including W.D. Ross, Benjamin Jowett, and Ingram Bywater—editor Justin D. Kaplan has included the most widely read, studied, and quoted works of the great philosopher.Informative notes give the reader a convenient and concise review of each work, illuminating the main ideas.… Shares: Philosophy of mind, Philosophy

How we think John Dewey · 1909 · ★ 3.9 · 148p · ≈ 4h · Challenging The legendary American philosopher, educator, and psychologist John Dewey describes a program for thinking well – that is, using the capacity for thought to enrich one’s life and improve one’s understanding. Shares: Thought and thinking, Philosophy

As a man thinketh James Allen · 1902 · ★ 4.2 · 50p · ≈ 1h · Challenging As a Man Thinketh is a self-helphttps://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2012/0426/10-best-self-help-books-of-all-time/As-A-Man-Thinketh-by-James-Allen "10 Best Self-Help-Books of All Time" at the Christian Science Monitor] book by James Allen, published in 1903. Shares: Thought and thinking, Philosophy

Computerdenken Roger Penrose · 1989 · ★ 3.7 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Advances the theory that despite burgeoning computer technologies, there will remain facets of human thinking that cannot be emulated by a machine. Shares: Thought and thinking, Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy

Conceptual coordination William J. Clancey · 1999 · 424p · ≈ 14h · Moderate This book bridges the gap between models of human behavior that are based on cognitive task analysis and those based on neural networks. The author argues that these approaches are incomplete and not properly related to each other. His synthesis reconciles the very different conceptualizations of human memory assumed by these two approaches by assuming that 'what the brain remembers' is not a… Shares: Thought and thinking, Artificial Intelligence

嫌われる勇気 Ichirō Kishimi · 2013 · ★ 3.7 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "The Courage to Be Disliked, already an enormous bestseller in Asia with more than 3.5 million copies sold, demonstrates how to unlock the power within yourself to be the person you truly want to be. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of twentieth century psychology, The Courage to Be Disliked follows an illuminating conversation between a philosopher and a young man. The… Shares: Thought and thinking, Philosophy

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