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Every book Joscha Bach recommended on podcasts
Joscha Bach appears on the Lex Fridman Podcast, where discussions center around artificial consciousness, the nature of reality, and cognitive science. As evident from his podcast appearance, Bach brings a deeply philosophical and technical perspective to complex topics, frequently integrating literature and philosophy into his explanations. During the episode, he discussed Ludwig Wittgenstein's famous works Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and Philosophical Investigations. Bach described Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus as a very beautiful and atypical philosophical book because it lacks traditional arguments and references, while examining Wittgenstein's later work to address the persistent philosophical difficulties surrounding perceptual content and images. In addition to analytic philosophy, Bach explored science fiction and narrative psychology. He mentioned Stanisław Lem's novel Solaris when discussing the conceptual possibility of a thinking planet. Furthermore, Bach referenced George R. R. Martin's epic fantasy works, including A Song of Ice and Fire and Fire & Blood, citing them to provide an example of constructed narratives where characters possess plausible and relatable human psychology. Through these diverse literary and philosophical references, Bach bridges abstract theoretical concepts with tangible artistic examples.
Books recommended by Joscha Bach
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A Song of Ice and Fire (A Game of Thrones / A Clash of Kings / A Storm of Swords / A Feast for Crows / A Dance with Dragons)
Discussed“so if you look at the book by say george RR martin with the characters have plausible psychology”
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Fire & Blood
Discussed“so if you look at the book by say george RR martin with the characters have plausible psychology”
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Discussed“If you read the attract address It's a very beautiful book but capacity one salt on 75 pages it's very non typical for philosophy because it doesn't have arguments in it and it doesn't have references in it”
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Philosophical Investigations
Discussed“the thing that Wittgenstein couldn't solve and he looked at this in his book at the end of his life philosophical investigations was the notion of images”
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Solaris
Solaris by Stanisław Lem is a classic science fiction novel about a scientific research station hovering above an enigmatic, sentient ocean planet that manifests the deeply repressed psychological traumas of the human crew.
Discussed“and basically LEM Solaris I am a thinking planet yes but I will not replicate because I cannot recreate the conditions of my own existence somewhere else”
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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstein is a dense and revolutionary philosophical text exploring the intricate relationship between language, thought, and the boundaries of what can be meaningfully expressed.
Discussed“if you read the attract address it's a very beautiful book but capacity one salt on 75 pages it's very non typical for philosophy because it doesn't have arguments in it and it doesn't have references in it”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| #101 – Joscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast | 2020-06-13 | 6 |