I’d recommend reading them both, and you’d probably benefit from reading CE first. But I’d actually start with Godel, Escher, Bach (by Hofstadter) and The Mind’s I (which Dennett co-wrote with Hofstadter).
Oh, The Mind’s I was excellent—it is a compilation of short works with commentary that touches on a lot of nifty themes with respect to identity and personhood.
...which links to the recommended reading list for new rationalists, which I suppose we should have given to Gigi in the first place. The sad thing is, I contributed to that list, and completely forgot it until now.
I’d recommend reading them both, and you’d probably benefit from reading CE first. But I’d actually start with Godel, Escher, Bach (by Hofstadter) and The Mind’s I (which Dennett co-wrote with Hofstadter).
A while back, colinmarshall posted a detailed chapter-by-chapter review of The Mind’s I.
Oh, The Mind’s I was excellent—it is a compilation of short works with commentary that touches on a lot of nifty themes with respect to identity and personhood.
A while back, colinmarshall posted a detailed chapter-by-chapter review of The Mind’s I.
Thanks for the link!
...which links to the recommended reading list for new rationalists, which I suppose we should have given to Gigi in the first place. The sad thing is, I contributed to that list, and completely forgot it until now.