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When Brainstorms was published in 1978, the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science was just emerging. Daniel Dennett was a young scholar who wanted to get philosophers out of their armchairs¿and into conversations with psychologists, linguists, computer scientists. This collection of seventeen essays by Dennett offers a comprehensive theory of mind, encompassing traditional issues of consciousness and free will. Using careful arguments a...

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Over a storied career, Daniel C. Dennett has engaged questions about science and the workings of the mind. His answers have combined rigorous argument with strong empirical grounding. And a lot of fun. Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking offers seventy-seven of Dennett's most successful "imagination-extenders and focus-holders" meant to guide you through some of life's most treacherous subject matter: evolution, meaning, mind, and fre...

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The leading philosopher reveals a collection of his favourite thinking tools, from Occam's Razor to the benefit of mistakes, the 90% rule to avoiding 'deepitites' and more. 'One of the world's most original and provocative thinkers' "Daily Telegraph

Over a storied career, Daniel C. Dennett has engaged questions about science and the workings of the mind. His answers have combined rigorous argument with strong empirical grounding. And a lot of fun. Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking offers seventy-seven of Dennett's most successful "imagination-extenders and focus-holders" meant to guide you through some of life's most treacherous subject matter: evolution, meaning, mind, and fre...

Schillernd, enigmatisch, schwer zu fassen: Das Bewußtsein gilt als eines der großen Rätsel unserer Zeit, und es gibt viele, unter ihnen nicht wenige Philosophen, die behaupten, es sei unmöglich, es auf die gleiche Weise zu erforschen wie etwa den Stoffwechsel, die Kontinentaldrift oder die Schwerkraft. Bewußtsein sei »etwas anderes« oder »mehr« als bloße Biologie und würde sich deshalb einer wissenschaftlichen Erklärung prinzipiell entziehen. ...

Religion ist, wie jedes andere menschliche oder nichtmenschliche Phänomen, den Naturgesetzen unterworfen und somit auch naturwissenschaftlich erforschbar. So lautet Daniel Dennetts provokante These. In seiner Untersuchung konzentriert er sich vor allem auf die Gründe und Bedingungen für die Entstehung der Religion, ihre verschiedenen Erscheinungsformen und Ausprägungen sowie auf die Mannigfaltigkeit ihrer Inhalte. Warum hat die menschliche Evo...

First published in 1969, Content and Consciousness is an original and ground-breaking attempt to elucidate a problem which is integral to the history of Western philosophical thought ¿ that is: 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 be known as cognitive science. Widely-regarded as the b...

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Terwijl neurowetenschappers beweren dat onze gedachten gestuurd worden door processen in ons brein, omarmt de Amerikaanse topfilosoof Daniel Dennett een oude stelling van Erasmus: de vrije wil bestaat. Dennett trekt een parallel tussen neurowetenschap en theologie. In Erasmus¿ tijd beweerden de theologen dat God almachtig was, en dus ook onze gedachten stuurde, nu zijn het neurowetenschappers die een almachtig brein ontwaren onder ons schedeld...

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Dalle mille vocazioni dell'infanzia, l'arte, la musica, la scultura e i molti pensieri stravaganti, al tempio della filosofia contemporanea: Oxford. Dal rapporto con Quine, Ryle e Hofstadter agli incontri fortuiti e risolutivi con l'intelligenza artificiale, le neuroscienze, la robotica. In un affascinante percorso fatto di dispute, rivalità e ripensamenti, Daniel C. Dennett ci racconta la vera natura del filosofare, le gioie e le avversità de...

An enlightening discussion that will motivate students to think critically, the book opens with Plantinga's assertion that Christianity is compatible with evolutionary theory because Christians believe that God created the living world, and it is entirely possible that God did so by using a process of evolution.

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Brainchildren" is a new collection of wide-ranging essays from one of cognitive science's most distinguished figures. This book brings together Dennett's essays on the philosophy of mind, artificial intelligence, and cognitive ethology that appeared in inaccessible journals from 1984 to 1996. Collected in a single volume, these compelling essays are now available to a wider audience.

This collection of 17 essays by the author offers a comprehensive theory of mind, encompassing traditional issues of consciousness and free will. Using careful arguments and ingenious thought-experiments, the author exposes familiar preconceptions and hobbling institutions.

»Die Formen des freien Willens, die wir für erstrebenswert erachten, sind diejenigen, die - falls es überhaupt welche gibt -unsere Würde und Verantwortlichkeit sichern.« Daniel C. Dennetthat mit seinem international sehr beachteten Buch »Ellenbogenfreiheit« einen originellen Vorschlag zur Frage erbracht, wie manunsere Intuition über Freiheit, Rationalität und Verantwortungmit dem Bild von einer deterministischen Welt in Einklang bringenkönne. ...