A 'tasting menu' reading list for consciousness science, from Dehaene to Chalmers
dioscuri · x · 2026-10-24
Advising Will Depue on weekend reading about consciousness science, gleech warns against going down one theory's rabbit hole first — the field is dominated by "I've solved it" claims met with sighs. He recommends a tasting menu: Dehaene's Consciousness and the Brain, Fleming's Know Thyself, Seth's Being You, Clark's The Experience Machine, Godfrey-Smith's Other Minds, and Chalmers' The Conscious Mind, plus BBS target articles with dozens of peer replies to gauge how contested even basic claims are.
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