Donald Hoffman Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Research: Visual perception, evolutionary psychology, consciousness, AI.

Consciousness: The Basics
Keith Frankish
It was a pleasure to discuss perception, evolution, and the hard problem of consciousness with the philosophers Philip Goff and Keith Frankish. Could evolution entail that our perceptions are not veridical? Or would that require a self contradiction? https://t.co/HaNG1q5UsP
Paperback, 2026
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Non-Existence of the Real World
Jan Westerhoff
My friend Jan Westerhoff is a brilliant philosopher and gifted writer. I highly recommend his new book: The Non-Existence of the Real World. "Westerhoff ... makes the more radical assertion that the real world does not even exist." https://t.co/BWYGrSZGUl
Hardcover, 2020
$130.00$105.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Consciousness: A Ladybird Expert Book
Hannah Critchlow
It was a pleasure to discuss the relationship between consciousness and the brain with Sam Coleman and Hannah Critchlow. https://t.co/jBiAZz0dK3
Hardcover, 2018
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Closer To Truth: Science, Meaning, and the Future
Robert Kuhn
I discuss reality, consciousness, and conscious agents with Robert Lawrence Kuhn on Closer To Truth Chats. https://t.co/imfpD3X86F
Hardcover, 2007
$65.00$40.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
Annaka Harris
Annaka Harris asks: "how sure can we be that plants aren’t conscious? And what if what we take to be behavior indicating consciousness can be replicated with no conscious agent involved?" https://t.co/ypKvhEwDBB
Hardcover, 2019
$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book