Tag: consciousness
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Subjective experience — the felt quality of being aware, the fact that there is something it is like to be you. It sits at the heart of the "hard problem" of explaining how physical brains give rise to inner life, a puzzle that connects to theories of predictive processing and to the knowledge-generating epistemology of David Deutsch. On this blog it recurs through questions about the meaning and texture of a life well lived, and shades into the contemplative concerns of Aldous Huxley and the study of happiness.
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The Best of the Best Books I Read in 2023-2024
IT'S BEEN A COUPLE YEARS since I did one of these roundups, during which time book club has really lifted my reading game, and so the pool of contenders has a lot of depth this year.
