How long does it take to read The Mind's I?
Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul
Douglas R. Hofstadter, Daniel C. Dennett
The Mind's I by Douglas R. Hofstadter, Daniel C. Dennett takes about 9 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 11 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1962. 501 pages, about 137,775 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 11 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 44 minutes |
The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
With contributions from Jorge Luis Borges, Richard Dawkins, John Searle, and Robert Nozick, The Mind's I explores the meaning of self and consciousness through the perspectives of literature, artificial intelligence, psychology, and other disciplines. In selections that range from fiction to scientific speculations about thinking machines, artificial intelligence, and the nature of the brain, Hofstadter and Dennett present a variety of conflicting visions of the self and the soul as explored through the writings of some of the twentieth century's most renowned thinkers.
Subjects: Self (Philosophy), Literary collections, Zelf, Consciousness, Soul, Addresses, essays, lectures
