lauraew333's review against another edition

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challenging informative slow-paced

3.0

 I wanted to like it more than I did - mostly because the writing style is strongly literature in nature. 

bittersweet_symphony's review

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5.0

Hustvedt is a novelist and philosopher of science. Anybody doing work related to consciousness, psyche, the mind, or artificial intelligence should know her name.

It was a pleasure to have her take on several public figures: Steven Pinker, Karl Ove Knausgaard, and Daniel Dennet, among others. And, her critiques of Hobbes and Descartes are welcome contributions as well.

Those oriented toward Phenomenology, Existentialism, or Pragmatism will find plenty to feast on in this erudite and deep exploration of the mind-body problem, gendering of knowledge, philosophy of science, the hierarchy of epistemologies, and the siloed approaches our humanities and sciences encounter today.

She deserves far greater recognition and ought to be read by many.

erinla42's review against another edition

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It had to go back to the library, and I wasn't quite interested enough to get it back.

soy_sputnik's review against another edition

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5.0

Siri Hustvedt es una mujer inteligentísima, brillante, precisa y con buenos argumentos.

Hay un click bait en el título, este no es un libro sobre feminismo, es un libro de ciencia y arte escrito por una feminista. Lo digo porque es importante mencionar que no creo que estos ensayos hayan sido escritos con el propósito de hablar de feminismo (como da a entender el título) sino que ella está atravesada por su corriente política por lo que es inevitable le dé a los ensayos una visión fresca y necesaria desde la perspectiva de ser mujer.

De todo lo demás, habla de psicoanálisis, neurodivergencias, escritura y lectura, arte en general y arte en particular como la danza. Habla de filosofía, analítica, existencial, filosofa mucho. Es muy clara, pero hubo cosas que yo tuve que releer o que de plano no entendí (necesito apoyo en bibliografía) ¡pero es un libro que me gustó mucho! Aprendí tanto, me llené de información, leí con cariño y con ganas de saber.
Me llevo muchos libros más de tarea porque quiero llegar a ser así de erudita. En comparación con otras ensayistas, Siri Hustvedt es una mujer que sigue el hilo de sus ideas, las concluye y las abre para los demás, brillante.

neonpeg's review against another edition

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4.0

I wish the second half larger essay had been a separate book! Because I didn't want to read it... The art essays were my absolute highlight and I found the neuroscience one's fascinating even given it's a subject I know next to nothing about. I learnt so much about mental health from the science side of things that I didn't know before and I was talking to every single friend about this book for weeks. I just hit a wall with the second half! And it makes it such a giant hefty book to lug around. Oh well.

pinknblue's review

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challenging reflective slow-paced

3.75

marica's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.25

eranada's review against another edition

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Just not in the right headspace for it, too much going on.

axelsmarin's review against another edition

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4.0

Grandes ensayos sobre aspectos de la literatura, las ciencias y el arte. Husvedt se ha convertido en una de mis ensayistas favoritas pues es capaz de explicar grandes conceptos del conocimiento con vivencias personales.

naro173's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.0