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From Bacteria To Bach And Back

The Evolution Of Minds

by Daniel C. Dennett
language: english
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD, January of 2018 ‧
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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, exploring the deep interactions of evolution, brains and human culture.

Part philosophical whodunnit, part bold scientific conjecture, this landmark work enlarges themes that have sustained Dennett's career at the forefront of philosophical thought. In his inimitable style, laced with wit and thought experiments, Dennett shows how culture enables reflection by installing a profusion of thinking tools, or memes, in our brains, and how language turbocharges this process. The result: a mind that can comprehend the questions it poses, has emerged from a process of cultural evolution.

An agenda-setting book for a new generation of philosophers and thinkers, From Bacteria to Bach and Back is essential for anyone who hopes to understand human creativity in all its applications.

'Required reading for anyone remotely curious about how they came to be remotely curious' - Observer

From Bacteria To Bach And Back

The Evolution Of Minds

by Daniel C. Dennett

Property Description
ISBN: 9780141978048
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Release Date: January of 2018
Language: English
Dimensions: 131 x 197 x 20 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 496
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > Social Sciences and Humanities > Philosophy
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780141978048

Not an easy read

Joana Rebelo

I found this book very hard to read. The line of reasoning is not easy to follow, the writing isn't fluid. I read other books on the same subject and they were easier to understand. There are interesting information, but the writing makes it a bit hard to comprehend. I guess writing style is as personal as any other taste, so this is just my opinion. The author is clearly very experienced in the subject.

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Daniel C. Dennett

Daniel C. Dennett é um filósofo, escritor e cientista cognitivo norte-americano. É conhecido como um dos «Quatro Cavaleiros do Novo Ateísmo». Há mais de meio século que se dedica à investigação sobre a consciência humana, contribuindo com progressos em áreas como a psicologia, neurociência, biologia, inteligência artificial e robótica. Paralelamente, tem escrito sobre tópicos da filosofia tradicional. Autor de dezenas de livros sobre filosofia da mente, filosofia da ciência e filosofia da biologia, é indubitavelmente um dos pensadores mais influentes do nosso tempo.

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