What are you reading now - and then

[Prospero]

Just finishing The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach and about to read The New Religious Intolerance by Martha Nussbaum.

[LibertyHarkness]

just ordered some more horus heresy novels ... cant wait for the one about the blood angels to come out

[robertlouis]

Waiting for Max Hastings' one volume history of WW2 to arrive - All Hell Let Loose.

[biberkopf]

Just finished reading Fast Food Nation.

[Prospero]

is that an easy book to digest, biberkopf?

[Wendy Summers]

is that an easy book to digest, biberkopf?

lolz.

Just finished Hunger Games a few days ago... trying to find a good deal on the other two books

[Quiet Reflections]

The Dark Tower: The Wind Through The Keyhole

[Lovecox]

"Consciousness Explained" by Daniel Dennett

[hf]

There is always time for Charles Bukowski!

[Prospero]

Lovecox - the trouble with that book is that it doesn't really explain consciousness - any more than dozens of other books on the same topic. Many scientists - in neuroscience and in physics - believe that we may never really be able to explain consciousness. There are, of course, many reductionists who see it simply as a function of our brains. More interesting thinkers connect the world of quantum physics to consciousness in some intriguing ways eg Sir Roger Penrose. But then here is a great chllenge to his notions.

http://www.sustainedaction.org/Explo...ind_theory.htm

Francis Crick and Christof Koch (with whom he worked for many years) also did a lot of work w on consciousness which broke the consensus. Koch's new book is good.

Consciousness eBook: Christof Koch: Amazon.co.uk: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kn6WNs3fL.@@AMEPARAM@@51kn6WNs3fL