false 2081 11 Brilliant, shattering, mind-jolting, <i>The Mind's I</i> is a searching, probing nook--a  cosmic journey of the mind--that goes deeply into the problem of self & selfconsciousness 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 & Princess Ineffable, her circuits glowing read & gold, <i>The Mind's I</i> opens the mind to the Black Box of fantasy, to the windfalls of reflection, to new dimensions of exciting possibilities. 1987525 book 1981 The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul total:445|5:165|4:177|3:89|2:11|1:3| 445 1825 773 30 5 0 true false Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 1983 Mon May 18 00:16:48 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 00:35:50 -0700 2009 1
During the period before entering Loyola University and one semester into attending there I worked at a cafe/bookstore across the street from its Lake Shore Campus. It had been my hangout for years ...more...]]> 0 1 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1986 Mon Feb 11 20:23:54 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 20:28:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 22 11:59:53 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 13 02:30:50 -0800 2009
Thanks for uprooting several dualists still lurking about in me, and letting them shrivel in the glare of the one gold sun.
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I imagine this book is an absolutely fantastic introdu...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 16:43:12 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 07:15:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 08:19:37 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 01:36:49 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 13:10:38 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 07:55:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Apr 20 21:13:30 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 21:16:08 -0700 2009 (Contains Thomas Nagel's essay "What Is it Like to Be a Bat?" and other essays on consciousness. Did I puruse this long ago? I might need to again...)]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sun Aug 30 11:55:36 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 11:57:33 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed May 13 01:40:48 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 01:41:31 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Oct 07 18:08:40 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 18:09:26 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Aug 15 08:33:22 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 08:37:54 -0700 2007 The Mind's I is a fascinating, mind-bending, sometimes frightening reflection on the inner workings of human consciousness what makes us who we are. A must for anyone that aspires to pretentious intellectualism, conversations with AI geeks, or wants to i...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 29 14:01:23 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 14:01:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 24 17:02:21 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 21:55:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 08 20:48:55 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 10 07:42:39 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Thu Mar 15 23:30:16 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 15 23:31:23 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sat Dec 15 16:25:12 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 16:26:01 -0800 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2081