From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds
- ISBN-10
- 014197804X
- ISBN-13
- 9780141978048
- Category
- Consciousness
- Pages
- 476
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-01-25
- Publisher
- Penguin Press
- Author
- Daniel C. Dennett
Description
What is human consciousness ? And how did it become possible for our minds to even ask this question ? This landmark work is Daniel C. Dennett's brilliant answer, drawing on decades of philosophical and scientific insights to show our minds evolved and created the thinking tools that make us who we are.
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- 2017-02-07
- 496 pages
- Ebook
- W. W. Norton & Company
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