I haven't been reading much these days. I'll begin some books, then not read them for months because my brain sucks lately. Then I'll get back into them.
Right now, I'm reading I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter. Pretty much just him trying to explain how consciousness arises out of non-conscious inanimate matter, how an "I" emerges from the complex structure of our brains, using the analogy of strange loops in mathematical set theory. I've read enough philosophy of mind (Chalmers, the Churchlands, Dennett, etc.) that I don't foresee that his answer will be very convincing, but it seems like it'll be interesting nonetheless. And I'm really liking his quirky, poetic writing style.
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