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ISBN: 9780140128673 - Consciousness Explained Bestseller Consciousness Explained
Daniel C Dennett

ISBN10: 0140128670  ISBN13: 9780140128673
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 24 Jun 1993
Revises the traditional view of consciousness by claiming that tautology and Descartes' dualism of mind and body should be replaced with theories from the realms of neuroscience, psychology and artificial intelligence. This book revises the... More
ISBN: 9780140167344 - Darwin's Dangerous Idea Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Daniel C Dennett

ISBN10: 014016734X  ISBN13: 9780140167344
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 26 Sep 1996
Assesses Darwin's theory of evolution and looks at why it arises such heated debate among scientists, philosophers and sociologists. This book shows that Darwinism does not devalue the miracles of life. This work assesses Darwin's theory of... More
ISBN: 9780415567862 - Content and Consciousness Content and Consciousness
Daniel C Dennett

ISBN10: 0415567866  ISBN13: 9780415567862
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 12 Mar 2010
Elucidates a problem integral to the history of Western philosophical thought - the relationship of the mind and body. This work develops a theory of the human mind and consciousness based on the advances in the field that came to be known as... More
ISBN: 9780199738427 - Science and Religion Science and Religion
Daniel C Dennett, Alvin Plantinga

ISBN10: 0199738424  ISBN13: 9780199738427
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 17 Jun 2011
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... More
ISBN: 9780141017778 - Breaking the Spell Breaking the Spell
Daniel C Dennett

ISBN10: 0141017775  ISBN13: 9780141017778
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 29 Mar 2007
Few forces in the world are as potent as religion: it comforts people in their suffering and inspires them to both magnificent and terrible deeds. This book seeks to uncover the origins of religion and discusses how and why different faiths have... More
ISBN: 9780262541916 - Sweet Dreams Sweet Dreams
Daniel C Dennett

ISBN10: 0262541912  ISBN13: 9780262541916
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd MIT Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 22 Sep 2006
The author of Consciousness Explained revises and renews his Multiple Drafts Model of consciousness in the light of recent research. In the years since Daniel Dennett's influential Consciousness Explained was published in 1991, scientific research... More
ISBN: 9780262540537 - The Intentional Stance The Intentional Stance
Daniel C Dennett

ISBN10: 0262540533  ISBN13: 9780262540537
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd MIT Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Jan 1989
Through the use of such "folk" concepts as belief, desire, intention, and expectation, Daniel Dennett asserts in this first full scale presentation of a theory of intentionality that he has been developing for almost twenty years. How are we able... More
ISBN: 9780198247906 - Elbow Room Elbow Room
Daniel C Dennett

ISBN10: 0198247907  ISBN13: 9780198247906
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 28 Feb 1985
ISBN: 9780140283891 - Freedom Evolves Freedom Evolves
Daniel C Dennett

ISBN10: 0140283897  ISBN13: 9780140283891
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 26 Feb 2004
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. Dennett shows that human freedom is not an illusion; it is an objective phenomenon... More
ISBN: 9780262015820 - Inside Jokes Inside Jokes
Matthew M Hurley, Daniel C Dennett, Reginald B Adams

ISBN10: 026201582X  ISBN13: 9780262015820
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd MIT Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Apr 2011
An evolutionary and cognitive account of the addictive mind candy that is humor. Some things are funny--jokes, puns, sitcoms, Charlie Chaplin, The Far Side, Malvolio with his yellow garters crossed--but why? Why does humor exist in the first place? More