Daniel C. Dennett, "Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking"
English | ISBN: 0393348784 | 2014 | 512 pages | PDF | 4 MB
English | ISBN: 0393348784 | 2014 | 512 pages | PDF | 4 MB
“The best new book I’ve read.”―Richard Dawkins, New York Times Book Review
Over a storied career, Daniel C. Dennett has engaged questions about science and the workings of the mind. His answers have combined rigorous argument with strong empirical grounding. And a lot of fun.
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking offers seventy-seven of Dennett’s most successful "imagination-extenders and focus-holders" meant to guide you through some of life’s most treacherous subject matter: evolution, meaning, mind, and free will. With patience and wit, Dennett deftly deploys his thinking tools to gain traction on these thorny issues while offering readers insight into how and why each tool was built.
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