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    I’ve Been Thinking

    Daniel C. Dennett

    One of philosophy's finest minds looks back over a life in thought

    'Who would have guessed that a philosopher's life could be so full of adventures?'

    Daniel C. Dennett, philosopher…

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    I’ve Been Thinking

    Daniel C. Dennett

    One of philosophy's finest minds looks back over a life in thought

    'Who would have guessed that a philosopher's life could be so full of adventures?'

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    I’ve Been Thinking

    Daniel C. Dennett

    "How unfair for one man to be blessed with such a torrent of stimulating thoughts. Stimulating is an understatement." -Richard Dawkins

    A memoir by one of the greatest minds of…

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    From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds

    Daniel C. Dennett

    One of the world’s most original and provocative thinkers offers a major new account of the origins of the conscious mind

    What is human consciousness and how is it possible…

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    Consciousness Explained

    Daniel C. Dennett

    Explores how consciousness has evolved, and how a modern understanding of the human mind is radically different from conventional explanations of consciousness. This title explains how science has exploded the…

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    Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking

    Daniel C. Dennett

    A few of us may be natural geniuses; others are blessed with reserves of willpower. Then there’s the rest of us: not prodigies and short on time, but still aspiring…

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    Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking

    Daniel C. Dennett

    One of the world’s leading philosophers offers aspiring thinkers his personal trove of mind-stretching thought experiments.

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    Content and Consciousness

    Daniel C. Dennett

    In this pioneering book, Daniel Dennett sets out clearly what he believed constituted a genuine analysis of the mind.

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    Content and Consciousness

    Daniel C. Dennett

    In this pioneering book, Daniel Dennett sets out clearly what he believed constituted a genuine analysis of the mind.

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    Freedom Evolves

    Daniel C. Dennett

    As in his previous books, Dennett weaves a richly detailed narrative enlivened by analogies as entertaining as they are challenging. Here is the story of how mankind came to be…

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    The Intentional Stance

    Daniel C. Dennett

    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…

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    Brainchildren: Essays on Designing Minds

    Daniel C. Dennett

    Minds are complex artifacts, partly biological and partly social. This book collects together the essays of Daniel Dennett on the philosophy of mind, artificial intelligence and cognitive ethology that appeared…

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    I’ve Been Thinking

    Daniel C. Dennett

    "How unfair for one man to be blessed with such a torrent of stimulating thoughts. Stimulating is an understatement." -Richard Dawkins

    A memoir by one of the greatest minds of…

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    Darwin’s Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life

    Daniel C. Dennett

    Argues that the theory of evolution can demystify the miracles of life without devaluing our most cherished beliefs. In this book, the author explores every aspect of evolutionary thinking to…

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    Freedom Evolves

    Daniel C. Dennett

    Is there really such a thing as free will? How can humans make genuinely independent choices if we are just a cluster of cells and genes in a world determined…

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    Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

    Daniel C. Dennett

    What is religion and how did it evolve? Is it the product of blind evolutionary instinct or of rational choice? Is the only way to live a good life through…

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    Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness

    Daniel C. Dennett

    The author of Consciousness Explained revises and renews his Multiple Drafts Model of consciousness in the light of recent research.

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    Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting

    Daniel C. Dennett

    In Elbow Room, Dennett shows how the classical formulations of the problem in philosophy depend on misuses of imagination, and he disentangles the philosophical problems of real interest from the…

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    Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

    Daniel C. Dennett

    An innovative thinker tackles the controversial question of why people believe in God and how religion shapes lives and futures by taking a look at history, philosophy, and psychology.

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    Content and Consciousness

    Daniel C. Dennett (Tufts University)

    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…

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    Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking

    Daniel C. Dennett (Tufts University)

    The best new book I’ve read. -Richard Dawkins, New York Times Book Review

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    From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds

    Daniel C. Dennett (Tufts University)

    A supremely enjoyable, intoxicating work. -Nature

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    Content and Consciousness

    Daniel C. Dennett (Tufts University)

    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…

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    Kinds of Minds: Toward an Understanding of Consciousness

    Daniel C. Dennett

    Blending ideas from philosophy, artificial intelligence, and neurobiology, this discussion explores such questions as: Can we really know what is going on in someone else’s mind? Could a robot be…

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    Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology

    Daniel C. Dennett (Professor, Tufts University)

    An anniversary edition of a classic in cognitive science, with a new introduction by the author.

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    Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting

    Daniel C. Dennett (Professor, Tufts University)

    A landmark book in the debate over free will that makes the case for compatibilism.

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    The Crash of Flight 3804: A Lost Spy, a Daughter’s Quest, and the Deadly Politics of the Great Game for Oil

    Charlotte Dennett

    In 1947, Daniel Dennett, America’s sole Master Spy in the Middle East, was dispatched to Saudi Arabia to study the route of the proposed Trans-Arabian Pipeline. It would be his…

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    Follow the Pipelines: Uncovering the Mystery of a Lost Spy and the Deadly Politics of the Great Game for Oil

    Charlotte Dennett

    ‘Charlotte Dennett has written an excellent book summarizing the geopolitics of the Middle East historically through to current events… . This is an amazing piece of historical writing… . Students…

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    Feeling Pain and Being in Pain

    Nikola Grahek

    An examination of the two most radical dissociation syndromes of the human pain experience-pain without painfulness and painfulness without pain-and what they reveal about the complex nature of pain and…

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    Life Driven Purpose: How an Atheist Finds Meaning

    Dan Barker

    Every thinking person wants to lead a life of meaning and purpose. For thousands of years, holy books have told us that such a life is available only through obedience…

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    The Concept of Mind

    Gilbert Ryle

    This work challenges what Glbert Ryle calls philosophy’s official theory , the Cartesian myth of the separation of mind and matter.

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    The Concept of Mind

    Gilbert Ryle

    Considered as one of the most influential works of British philosophy in the 20th century, this examination of ideas of knowledge, imagination, consciousness and the intellect was first published in…

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    Just Deserts - Debating Free Will

    Dennett,Gregg D. Caruso

    An eye-opening debate on the philosophy and psychology of free will and what they tell us about our societies –

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    Just Deserts - Debating Free Will

    Dennett,Gregg D. Caruso

    An eye-opening debate on the philosophy and psychology of free will and what they tell us about our societies –

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    Die Bedingungen der Personalitat bei Daniel C. Dennett und deren Konsequenzen fur die Zuschreibung von Personalitat

    Marius Hummitzsch

    Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Philosophie - Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts / Gegenwart, Note: 1,6, Justus-Liebig-Universitat Giessen (Institut fur Philosophie), Veranstaltung: Was ist eine Person?, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract…

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    Caught in the Pulpit

    Dennett Daniel,Linda LaScola

    What is it like to be a preacher or rabbi who no longer believes in God? In this expanded and updated edition of their groundbreaking study, Daniel C. Dennett and…

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    The Mind’s I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul

    Daniel C. Dennett,Douglas R. Hofstadter

    From some of the 20th century’s greatest thinkers, this work contains essays on topics as diverse as artificial intelligence, evolution, science fiction, philosophy, reductionism, and consciousness.

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    Neuroscience and Philosophy: Brain, Mind, and Language

    Maxwell R. Bennett,Daniel C. Dennett,Peter Hacker,John Searle

    Presents fundamentally different conceptions of philosophical method, cognitive-neuroscientific explanation, and human nature. This book discusses the clash of philosophers and neuroscientists over the conceptual presuppositions of cognitive neuroscience. It is…

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    From Darwin to Derrida: Selfish Genes, Social Selves, and the Meanings of Life

    David Haig (George Putnam Professor of Biology, Harvard University)

    How the meaningless process of natural selection produces purposeful beings who find meaning in the world.

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    The Four Horsemen: The Discussion that Sparked an Atheist Revolution

    Richard Dawkins ,Sam Harris,Daniel C. Dennett,Christopher Hitchens

    Known as the “four horsemen’ of New Atheism, these four big thinkers of the twenty-first century met only once. Everything that was said as they agreed and disagreed with one…

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    Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind

    Matthew M. Hurley (Graduate Student, Indiana University),Daniel C. Dennett (Professor, Tufts University),Reginald B. Adams Jr. (Assistant Professor of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University)

    An evolutionary and cognitive account of the addictive mind candy that is humor.

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    Science and Religion: Are They Compatible?

    Daniel C. Dennett (Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, Tufts University),Alvin Plantinga (John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy, John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame)

    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…

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