Daniel Dennett: Reconciling Science and Our Self-ConceptionISBN: 978-0-7456-2116-6
Hardcover
312 pages
October 2003, Polity
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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Daniel Dennett is one of the most influential thinkers at the
interface between philosophy and science. This book is the first
comprehensive examination of Dennett’s ideas on the nature of
thought, consciousness, free will, and the significance of
Darwinism.
- A highly original introduction to contemporary thinking about
the relationship between mind and science.
- This is the first comprehensive examination of Dennett’s
ideas on the nature of thought, consciousness, free will, and the
significance of Darwinism.
- Examines Dennett’s unique response to the question of
when and how science should affect the conception that we have of
ourselves.
- Casts new light on specific controversies: Could robots ever think, feel, and enjoy freedom? Does Dennett really explain consciousness? Are mental states real or merely ‘useful fictions’? Do we have free will? Is the self a ‘centre of narrative gravity’?