Daniel C. Dennett

One of the world's leading philosophers offers aspiring thinkers his personal trove of mind-stretching thought experiments. Thinking is hard. 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 to understand the world. What can we do? Daniel Dennett, one of...

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? These questions fascinate thinking people from poets and painters to physicists, psychologists, and philosophers. This is Daniel C. Dennett's brilliant answer, extending perspectives from his earlier work in surprising directions,...

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 and cognitive scientist, has spent his career considering consciousness. I've Been Thinking traces the development of Dennett's own intellect and instructs us how we too can become good thinkers. Dennett's...

Content and Consciousness is an original and ground-breaking attempt to elucidate a problem integral to the history of Western philosophical thought: the relationship of the mind and body. In this formative work, Dennett sought to develop a theory of the human mind and consciousness based on new and challenging advances in the field that came to be known as cognitive...

The transcript of the one and only conversation between the four horsemen of New Atheism, with introductions from Dawkins, Dennett and Harris and a sparkling foreword by Stephen Fry. Includes a foreword by STEPHEN FRY 'A classic for our time...And all time.' - Michael Shermer 'The words of Hitchens, Dawkins, Harris and Dennett are needed more than ever. These are...

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 and cognitive scientist, has spent his career considering consciousness. I've Been Thinking traces the development of Dennett's own intellect and instructs us how we too can become good thinkers. Dennett's...