One area of philosophy I was particularly drawn to was Aristotelian metaphysics and ontology. Fun stuff and very interesting to read. In particular, Aristotle's Metaphysicssubstance, but he goes into things like definition (Socrates' snub nose nose) and generation (books 7-8) which bear a striking resemblance to genesis in the Bible.

As for Philosophy of the mind and consciousness (and a splash of metaphysics), you would definitely be a fan of the modern philosophers, like Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, etc. Descartes Cogito argument, part of his Meditations of First Philosophy is always a good read with his dualistic account of the mind/body problem. Funny thing, I hated modern philosophy, but I seem to be drawing on that pool of philosophers almost every time I'm on the forum.

But don't think you have many silly questions. Far from it. A silly question is far from silly because it is essentially a question