Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology
- ISBN-10
- 0262540371
- ISBN-13
- 9780262540377
- Series
- Brainstorms
- Category
- Philosophy
- Pages
- 353
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1981
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Author
- Daniel Clement Dennett
Description
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.
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