D. C Dennett
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xviii, 476 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Description
A leading philosopher offers a major new account of the origins of the conscious mind that explores the deep interactions of evolution, brains, and human culture, demonstrating the role of culture in installing memes, including language, in the mind.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xxv, 434 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"A memoir by one of the greatest minds of our age, preeminent philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel C. Dennett."--Amazon.
Daniel C. Dennett, preeminent philosopher and cognitive scientist, has spent his career considering the thorniest, most fundamental mysteries of the mind. Do we have free will? What is consciousness and how did it come about? What distinguishes human minds from the minds of animals? Dennett's answers have profoundly shaped...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
xiv, 496 p., [2] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Description
Daniel Dennett, one of the world's most original and provocative thinkers, takes readers on a profound, illuminating and highly entertaining philosophical journey as he reveals a collection of his favorite thinking tools, or "intuition pumps", that he and others have developed for addressing life's most fundamental questions.
A philosophy professor offers exercises and tools to stretch the mind, offering new ways to consider, discuss, and argue positions...