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Every book Joscha Bach recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Joscha Bach has recommended or discussed 8 books on podcasts, as of August 1, 2023.
- Joscha Bach has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of August 1, 2023.
- Those books came up in 2 episodes, as of August 1, 2023.
- The 3 books Joscha Bach has mentioned in the most episodes, as of August 1, 2023: Disco Elysium :, Fire & Blood and Ludwig Wittgenstein.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Joscha Bach aired on August 1, 2023.
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Joscha Bach’s most recommended books
- Disco Elysium : by Robert .V. Johnson
- Fire & Blood by George R. R. Martin
- Ludwig Wittgenstein by Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Solaris by Stanisław Lem
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
- The World of Ice & Fire by George R. R. Martin
- Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstein
Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist and AI researcher. Speaking on the Lex Fridman Podcast, Bach referenced several literary works, philosophical texts, and video games to illustrate complex concepts regarding consciousness, perception, and artificial intelligence. He brought up Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane to describe the specific mental state in which an individual feels they possess total knowledge. Bach also discussed playing the video game Disco Elysium, characterizing it as a noir novel that offers a philosophical critique of Western society from an Estonian perspective. Delving into philosophy, Bach analyzed Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and Philosophical Investigations, pointing out the unique lack of standard arguments and references in the former, and examining Wittgenstein's struggles with the notion of perceptual images in the latter. Furthermore, he mentioned Stanisław Lem's Solaris when discussing the conceptual idea of a thinking planet, and referenced George R. R. Martin's narrative works Fire & Blood and The World of Ice & Fire to exemplify how constructed characters can exhibit plausible human psychology.
Books recommended by Joscha Bach
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Disco Elysium :
Discussed“I really liked playing "Disco Elysium". It was one of the most beautiful computer games I played in recent years. And it's a noir novel that is a philosophical perspective on Western society from the perspective of an Estonian.”
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Fire & Blood
Fire & Blood by George R.
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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The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a slim, deeply atmospheric fantasy novel that explores childhood memories, ancient magic, and the shadows of the past.
Discussed“Neil Gaiman describes it in "The Ocean at the End of the Lane".”
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The World of Ice & Fire
George R.
Discussed“so if you look at the book by say george RR martin with the characters have plausible psychology”
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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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