Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology

Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology

Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology

by Daniel Clement Dennett, Daniel C. Dennett

424 pages· 1981· ISBN 9780262540377
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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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