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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness | Peter Godfrey-Smith

The first day is 3 weeks, but 4 Sundays away. The epigraph looks like it‘s about 2 pages, so that shouldn‘t be too bad if someone can‘t get this book until the following week.

2 Feb - Epigraph
9 Feb - Meetings Across the Tree of Life
16 Feb - A History of Animals
23 Feb - Mischief and Craft
2 Mar - From White Noise to Consciousness
9 Mar - Making Colors
16 Mar - Our Minds and Others
23 Mar - Experience Compressed
30 Mar - Octopolis

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TheBookHippie Looks good! 2w

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GingerAntics @TheBookHippie how did you see that so fast?! 2w

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics just logged in 🤣 I just put it on hold hopefully it arrives soon. 2w

kspenmoll I will check this book out-see if library has it. 2w

ravenlee Ok, I‘ll give this a try. I was getting all confused because Litsy wasn‘t showing it as read but I thought I had…I did read this about five years ago. I liked it but don‘t remember it and still have it, so I guess it‘s time. 2w

AlaSkaat Looks good. I‘ll try getting the book by end of this month 2w

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GingerAntics

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness | Peter Godfrey-Smith

This also sounds fun. Let me know if you‘d rather read this (or something like it). This seems like it might be a bit more upbeat… which I feel like we need these days.
#Philosophy #AdventuresInPhilosophy #DeadPhilosophersSociety
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TheBookHippie Yes!!!!!! 2w

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie doesn‘t this sound fun? Plus the cover is gorgeous! 2w

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics yes!!!! It looks so good. 2w

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AlaSkaat This sounds a lot more interesting and less daunting! 2w

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat that‘s what I thought! 2w

AlaSkaat When do you guys think of starting? 2w

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat that‘s going to be my next question. Do we want to start later in January or wait for February? 2w

AlaSkaat @GingerAntics February would be ideal for me, but I‘m open to anything 2w

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat February 2nd is the first Sunday, and that actually gives us 4 Sundays between now and then, so everyone would have time to get a copy and what not. 2w

AlaSkaat Works for me. How would we do it this time? I read one of your comments where you said questions were hard to come up with, we could try something easier ? 2w

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat I‘m thinking either just open the discussion, maybe have one question to start things. I thought about opening it up so if anyone had something they wanted to discuss they could post it and we could all join in. In the Shakespeare group we just had a post and it was a discussion free for all. That wouldn‘t be so bad. 2w

AlaSkaat @GingerAntics yeah, we can try doing that 2w

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat I feel like the conversations are more organic that way and they‘re easier to have. You just kind of jump in. If a topic gets a ton of traction or something, we could make a separate post for it just to keep things organised if we needed to. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 2w

AlaSkaat @GingerAntics That sounds good. We‘ll see how the discussions go next time 2w

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat if it doesn‘t work, we can always go back or try something else. I‘m always open to ideas. 2w

kspenmoll My son thinks he has this- now to find it in his extensive somewhat chaotic library!!!! 2w

GingerAntics @kspenmoll love that! Fingers crossed you can find it! 2w

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Pogue

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness | Peter Godfrey-Smith

so-so

Meh. This was published in 2016 and was written more like a text book. I was hoping it was more layman friendly, also having octopus in the title is a bit misleading. He spent more time on cuttlefish.

TheBookHippie Have you read tagged book I very much loved it!

Octopus, Seahorse, Jellyfish

Pogue @TheBookHippie no I have not, but I just stacked it! Thank you for telling me about this. 2w

SilversReviews Love the cover!! I haven‘t read the book. 2w

Pogue @SilversReviews if you do let me know what you think. 2w

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Pogue

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness | Peter Godfrey-Smith

On a spring morning in 2009, Matthew Lawrence dropped the anchor of his small boat at a random spot in the middle of a blue ocean bay on the east coast of Australia, and jumped over the side. #FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

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The Transparency of Things: Contemplating the Nature of Experience | Rupert Spira

#DayDevotedTo @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#Contemplation

Eggs Perfect 🩶🤔🕊️ 2mo

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The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness | Sy Montgomery

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This was my book club‘s most recent pick, and while the others struggled to dive in, I was completely captivated! This National Book Award finalist reads more like a memoir than a science text. Through chapters dedicated to the different octopuses she meets, Montgomery explores her admiration and curiosity for these creatures. This book leaves you feeling hopeful and in awe of the wonders of marine life. Great on audio! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 stars ❤️📚

AvidReader25 I loved this one too! 2mo

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