Sweet Dreams
Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness
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- Paperback
216 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2006
Summary
In the years since Daniel Dennett’s influential Consciousness Explained was published in 1991, scientific research on consciousness has been a hotly contested battleground of rival theories-“so rambunctious,” Dennett observes, “that several people are writing books just about the tumult.” With Sweet Dreams, Dennett returns to the subject for “revision and renewal” of his theory of consciousness, taking into account major empirical advances in the field since 1991 as well as recent theoretical…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262541916 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262541912 |
| Author: | Daniel C. Dennett |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 216 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2006 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 137mm x 13mm |
| Series: | Jean Nicod Lectures |
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Into this fray ridesonce again the tireless figure of Daniel Dennett…whose new book, Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness is a collection of essays devoted mainly to identifying and pummeling those diehard intuitions that he believes, rightly, still obstruct the progress of cognitive neuroscience.
* The New Scientist *In characteristically playful mode, Darwinian fundamentalist Daniel Dennett turns his opposition’s arguments against them in a masterful display of philosophical judo…He is on his way to becoming the Herbert Spencer of our age, the man of ideas who can bridge radition and science, giving us a sense of how it is that the robot in the mirror is really us.
– One of the 100 Most Influential Books of 2005 * The Globe and Mail *About The Author
Daniel C. Dennett
Daniel C. Dennett is University Professor Codirector of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University. He is the author of Brainchildren- Essays on Designing Minds; Sweet Dreams- Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness; Elbow Room- The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting; Sweet Dreams- Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness (all published by the MIT Press), From Bacteria to Bach and Back- The Evolution of Mind, and other books.
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