Favorite books

In this section are some of my favorite books.

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The Blank Slate


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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Copyright 2002

By Steven Pinker

Ethics and Morality | "Meaning of life" | Altruism | Books | Cognitive science | Consciousness | Evolution | Evolutionary psychology | Favorite books | Free will | Personality | Science | Self identity | Steven Pinker | The Arrow of Morality | The Blank Slate | Empathy | Values | Perspective
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Nonzero


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Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny
Robert Wright
Copyright 1999

Ethics and Morality | Books | Culture | Evolution | Evolutionary psychology | Favorite books | Group behavior | Memetics | Nonzero | Robert Wright | The Arrow of Morality | Empathy | Values
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The Pleasure of Finding Things Out


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The Pleasure of Finding Things Out - The Best Short Works of Richard Feynman
Copyright 1999

Books | Cosmology | Favorite books | Philosophy | Quantum science | Richard Feynman | Science | The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
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The Moral Animal


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The Moral Animal: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
Copyright 1994
By Robert Wright

Ethics and Morality | "Meaning of life" | Altruism | Books | Cognitive science | Conformity and Peer pressure | Evolution | Evolutionary psychology | Favorite books | Free will | Love | Perception | Personality | Rationality | Robert Wright | Science | Self identity | The Arrow of Morality | The Moral Animal | Empathy | Values
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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid


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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Douglas Hofstadter
Copyright 1979

AI | Books | Computing | Consciousness | Douglas R. Hofstadter | Expert systems | Fallacies | Favorite books | Godel, Escher, Bach | Knowledge representation | Logic | Mathematics | Natural language | Paradox | Perception | Rationality | Rhetoric | Technology | Topic maps
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The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are


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The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Alan Watts
Copyright 1989
(Original edition: 1960-something)

Ethics and Morality | "Meaning of life" | Alan Watts | Altruism | Books | Buddhism | Children | Consciousness | Favorite books | Free will | Learning | Myth and Mysticism | Perception | Philosophy | Rationality | Self and Other | Self identity | The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are | The Importance of Context | Truth | Empathy | Perspective
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