Undercover Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 In an effort to combine the recent TF penchant for list-making along with the iunexpected (and somewhat bizarre) evolutionary biology splinter cell, I herewith offer my Top Ten Books for the Study of the Problem of Consciousness and Human Behavior. Discuss among yourselves, please. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn Consciousness Explained by Daniel Dennet The Red Queen by Matt Ridley The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are by Robert Wright How the Mind Works by Stephen Pinker The Selfish Gene by Richard Hawkins Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence by Dale Peterson and Richard Wrangham Sociobiology by Edward O. Wilson Why Sex is Fun by Jared Diamond The Meme Machine by Susan Blackmore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeusbheld Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 haven't read all of these yet, it's a work in progress--but add: evolution the beak of the finch by jonathan weiner the ant and the peacock by helena cronin darwin's ghost: the origin of species updated by steve jones, a good intro. evolutionary psychology the evolution of cooperation by robert axelrod the mating mind by geoffrey miller the evolution of desire by david buss the monkey in the mirror by ian tattersal (one from the punctuated equilibrium camp) and a good intro to evolutionary psychology, evolutionary psychology by robin dunbar. consciousness the user illusion by tor norretranders, and a user's guide to the brain john j. ratey, m.d. science vs discourse, science as disccourse (regarding the debate as to whether science is objective or biased, whether facts are discovered or invented, whether scientific methods are arbitrary, and whether science aims to displace god) the science wars edited by keith parsons what scientists think edited by jeremy stangroom and postmodernism and big science edited by richard appignanesi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 One more, a groundbreaker:The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes This is a fun read and quite an intrigueing idea, but don't take it too seriously. The theory doesn't hold up so well these days. I'd recommend it too though, if only for an alternative perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Consciousness Explained - Daniel Dennett (doesn't really explain it but smacks you upside the head into realizing a whole load of important things about consciousness) How The Mind Works - Steven Pinker Enchanted Looms - Rodney Cotterill (functional nuts and bolts of how brains work) The Embodied Mind - Varela, Thompson, and Rosch (an essential concept introduced in this book ahead of it's time) Sleeping, Dreaming, and Dying - The Dalai Lama (let's balance things out with a bit of Buddhist perspective) Ethology - James Gould (just the simple facts in this book will shock you) ok I'm too lazy to make a list of 10 right now :-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabaisabai Posted April 9, 2006 Report Share Posted April 9, 2006 too many books to read...dont hv time for that... listenin to some audiobooks instead! From David Coleman, Dalai Lama to Stephen Covey... i havent found a audio book of David Buss yet...so im readin that book instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeusbheld Posted April 9, 2006 Report Share Posted April 9, 2006 beside,i think i might fall asleep with audiobook,since i am a type of girl who loves bed time story :oops: dont listen to them in the car then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English_George Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Manuel of the Warrior of Light........Paulo Coelho Great book, but more of a stream of annecdotes to the path of life. Good read..........on the MRT to work. Illusions......Richard Bachman Truly fantastic journey into a metaphorical messiah's life. Read them if you see them.............or don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizardo Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 greeneyes_nice journal/forum entries 1-10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldMember Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 'The 2006 good pub guide'.....detailed methodology on how to travel from consciousness to unconsciousness(in nice surroundings) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeAussieGuy Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 A Brief History of the Human Race - Michael Cook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunsnow Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Humanity A Moral History of the Twentieth Century By JONATHAN GLOVER Good read. And very sad too. Human mind is dark and sick in general. Ref: recent events once again Read the Selfish Gene long time ago. Wrote an essay after reading it during my final exams in High School. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldMember Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Self Help Stuff That Works......Adam Khan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizardo Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 the men who stare at goats - jon ronson... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeusbheld Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 The Selfish Gene by Richard Hawkins That was very funny. I mean, is that the same Hawkins who wrote The Even Briefer History of the Bicameral Gene? no your'e thinkng of steven hawkins. that sits on my shelf right next to other fine literature like "a sale of two titties" by charles dikkins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duanja Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 I just download audiobooks from bittorents, Memories, Dreams, Reflections by Karl Gustav Jung. I like it. It was fun and free. I wait to listen to Man and His Symbols too. After I listened to it, I tried to interpret my dream, but I dont remember any dream. But my parents dreams quite often. Twice a month at least. And they like to interpret it into numbers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeusbheld Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Michael Moore Is A Big Fat Stupid White Man by David T. Hardy, Jason Clarke If this plug saves me from having to have one less conversation based on how great and wise MM is and how unselfish and humanitarian he is, then that's reward enough. You may also like Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason by Michel Foucault i see that, like many of the recent posters on this thread, you looked at the original post and saw what the reading list was about :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocDre Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Critique of Pure Reason (Immanuel Kant I read it every few years and absorb it differently each time, great lifetime read, i can't think of another book that influences me differently as I age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldMember Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Tintin in Tibet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeusbheld Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Tintin in Tibet i see you adhere to the saint jay criterion also... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anenglishman Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Michael Moore Is A Big Fat Stupid White Man by David T. Hardy, Jason Clarke If this plug saves me from having to have one less conversation based on how great and wise MM is and how unselfish and humanitarian he is, then that's reward enough. You may also like Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason by Michel Foucault i see that, like many of the recent posters on this thread, you looked at the original post and saw what the reading list was about :roll: Ah came in on page 2 thought the criteria was not being in a coma :roll: ... In that case... Is a toss up between Empirates of the Caribbean by Disney or Treatise on Man by Rene Descartes God...i learned French studying Descartes, and Latin too! Mildly off subject...try Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow...a novel but enlightening aboyt human nature, Also, The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chan....a must read for anyone interested in human behavior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 Michael Also, The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chan....a must read for anyone interested in human behavior. Looks like alot of TFs are psychology graduates....as for the rape of nanking....I think everyone should read it...people wonder why the chinese are still pissed with the japanese? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizardo Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 rape of nanking is great and shocking book...but it also has to be remebered mao responsible for 40-60 million deaths of his own people...read her biographuy on mao...very interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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