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From Bacteria to Bach and Back

From Bacteria to Bach and Back

The Evolution of Minds

by Daniel C. Dennett
Hardback
Publication Date: 27/02/2017

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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, 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 legendary career at the forefront of philosophical thought.

In his inimitable style, laced with wit and arresting thought experiments, Dennett shows how culture enables reflection by installing a profusion of thinking tools, or memes, in our brains. Language, itself composed of memes, turbocharged this interplay.

The result, a mind that can comprehend the questions it poses, emerges from a process of cultural evolution. An agenda-setting book for a new generation of philosophers and other researchers, this will delight and entertain anyone who hopes to understand human creativity in all its wondrous applications.

ISBN:
9780241003565
9780241003565
Category:
Human growth & development
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
27-02-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Books, Limited
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
496
Dimensions (mm):
240x162x42mm
Weight:
0.78kg
Daniel C. Dennett

Daniel C. Dennett is the University Professor and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University.

He is the author of numerous books including Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking, Breaking the Spell, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, and Consciousness Explained.

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