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Comment author: gwern 01 December 2012 08:37:22PM 1 point [-]

They're still citations to his body of work, which is all on pretty much the same topic. SEP is good, but it is just an encyclopedia, after all, and Being No One is a very challenging book (I still haven't read it because it's too hard for me). A general citation search would be more useful; I see 647 citations to it in Google Scholar. (I don't know of a citation engine specializing in philosophy - Philpapers shows a fair bit of activity related to Metzinger but doesn't give me how many philosophy papers cite it, much less philosophy of mind.)

Comment author: BerryPick6 01 December 2012 08:50:34PM 0 points [-]

Being No One is a very challenging book (I still haven't read it because it's too hard for me).

Apparently, his follow-up book "The Ego Tunnel" deals with mostly the same stuff and is not as impenetrable. Have you read it? I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on it.

Comment author: gwern 01 December 2012 09:16:10PM 0 points [-]

Ironically, my problem with that book was that it was too easy and simple.