Daniel Dennett : reconciling science and our self-conception

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Title:

Author:

Elton, Matthew.

ISBN:

9780745621166

9780745621173

Personal Author:

Elton, Matthew.

Publication Information:

Cambridge, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2003.

Physical Description:

p. cm.

Series:

Key contemporary thinkers

Contents:

1. Dennett and the Philosophy of Mind -- 2. Adopting a Stance -- 3. Real Patterns -- 4. Different Kinds of Psychology -- 5. Explaining Consciousness: The Basic Account -- 6. Explaining Consciousness: Developments, Doubts, and the Self -- 7. Dennett's Darwin -- 8. A Variety of Free Will Worth Wanting.

Personal Subject:

Dennett, D. C. (Daniel Clement)

Subject Term:

Philosophy of mind.

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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'?