Books by Thomas Metzinger
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review 1: If one assumes that all that exists is the stuff that the laws of Physics describe: mass, electromagnetic fields and so no, and there are no gods, no breath of life and no spirit, then what exactly is the "self". Thomas Metzinger, a German philosopher uses recent work in neurolog...
Der Ego Tunnel. Eine neue Philosophie des Selbst: Von der Hirnforschung zur Bewusstseinsethik (2009)
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review 1: On the second reading of this book - this is one of the BEST non-fiction books I have recently read. Smart and funny and absolutely merciless to any religious atavisms or illusions one may still harbor in the depth of one's mind. God has been dead for me for ages, but upon readin...
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review 1: With this book, Metzinger furthers an encouraging trend in academia: superstar theoreticians are writing accounts of their work for the layman. His book is carved into three parts. The first summarizes his theory of consciousness, as rigorously developed in Being No One. The s...