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What philosophical treatises can I read to get a varied, well rounded and unbiased idea of consciousness? I would like physicalist, spiritualist and skepticist theories, as well as any others I forgot to mention. I would like to make a personal reading list of philosophical topics, starting with self knowledge, so I can justify all beliefs I hold, in order to believe as much that is true as possible, and as little of what is false as is possible. Self knowledge seems like the most rational start, and after that I will try to find sources on epistemology. If anyone has any suggestions on a better way to achieve that goal I am happy to listen. Thank you all for the help. Hopefully, someday I will have the wisdom to call myself a philosopher in good conscience.
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>>9939280
There are many introductory books on philosophy of mind. Pick one.
Also you can listen a Berkeley university course on the subject on YouTube.
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>>9939280
I recommend starting with "The Dialogue" By Plato
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>>9939616
That is "The Dialogues"* my bad
"Apology: the Death of Socrates " in particular
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vote thomas metzingers being no-one for the materialist account
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>>9939280
To understand how we have people like Dennett and Dreyfus as well as the hard problem of consciousness, you should start with Husserl. The relationship of math to mind is pretty important today and the 'brain as computer' metaphor that underlies a lot of cognitive science makes more sense after you've read him
Knowing a bit about Descartes will help as well, because his subjective-objective dichotomy frames a lot of the debates in POM
I personally recommend Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty too because I see post-cognitivism making a rise in the near future
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>>9939786
>you should start with Husserl.
Good advice. I know a lot of people like to rip on him, but Sartre contributed a lot to the philosophy of consciousness.
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