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Comment author: Blueberry 04 June 2010 08:43:34AM 1 point [-]

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).

Comment author: RobinZ 04 June 2010 07:09:38PM 0 points [-]

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.

Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 04 June 2010 07:14:12PM 0 points [-]

A while back, colinmarshall posted a detailed chapter-by-chapter review of The Mind's I.

Comment author: RobinZ 04 June 2010 07:19:24PM 0 points [-]

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.