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Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking
Penguin Books Ltd 2013; Not AvailableThinking is hard - yet barely a waking moment passes when we're not labouring away at it. A few of us may be natural geniuses, able to work through the toughest tangles in an instant; others, blessed with reserves of willpower, stay the course in the dogged pursuit of truth. Then there's the rest of us. Not prodigies and a little bit lazy, but still... more...
Content and Consciousness
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 45.95In this pioneering book, Daniel Dennett sets out clearly what he believed constituted a genuine analysis of the mind. more...
Breaking the Spell
Penguin Group US 2006; US$ 17.00For all the thousands of books that have been written about religion, few until this one have attempted to examine it scientifically: to ask why?and how?it has shaped so many lives so strongly. Is religion a product of blind evolutionary instinct or rational choice? Is it truly the best way to live a moral life? Ranging through biology, history, and... more...
Content and Consciousness
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 24.95Content and Consciousness is an original and ground-breaking attempt to elucidate a problem integral to the history of Western philosophical thought: the relationship of the mind and body. In this formative work, Dennett sought to develop a theory of the human mind and consciousness based on new and challenging advances in the field that came to... more...
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Penguin Books Ltd 1996; Not AvailableThis work assesses Darwin's theory of evolution and looks at why it arises such heated debate among scientists, philosophers and sociologists. The book aims to show that Darwinism does not devalue the miracles of life. more...
Freedom Evolves
Penguin Books Ltd 2004; Not AvailableDennett shows that human freedom is not an illusion; it is an objective phenomenon, distinct from all other biological conditions and found in only one species - us. There was a time on this planet when it didn't exist, quite recently in fact. It had to evolve like every other feature of the biosphere, and it continues to evolve today. Dennett shows... more...
Breaking the Spell
Penguin Books Ltd 2007; Not AvailableFew forces in the world are as potent as religion: it comforts people in their suffering and inspires them to both magnificent and terrible deeds. In this provocative and timely book, Daniel C. Dennett seeks to uncover the origins of religion and discusses how and why different faiths have shaped so many lives, whether religion is an addiction or a... more...
Consciousness Explained
Penguin Books Ltd 1993; Not AvailableThis book revises the traditional view of consciousness by claiming that Cartesianism and Descartes' dualism of mind and body should be replaced with theories from the realms of neuroscience, psychology and artificial intelligence. What people think of as the stream of consciousness is not a single, unified sequence, the author argues, but "multiple... more...
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