Author | : Daniel Clement Dennett |
File Size | : 48,6 Mb |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 28 March 1981 |
ISBN | : 0262540371 |
Pages | : 392 pages |
Brainstorms by Daniel Clement Dennett Book PDF Summary
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. 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. The essays are grouped into four sections: Intentional Explanation and Attributions of Mentality; The Nature of Theory in Psychology; Objects of Consciousness and the Nature of Experience; and Free Will and Personhood.