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Freedom Evolves

Freedom Evolves

by Daniel C. Dennett
Paperback
Publication Date: 27/01/2004

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Can there be freedom and free will in a deterministic world? Renowned philosopher Daniel Dennett emphatically answers "yes " Using an array of provocative formulations, Dennett sets out to show how we alone among the animals have evolved minds that give us free will and morality. Weaving a richly detailed narrative, Dennett explains in a series of strikingly original
arguments--drawing upon evolutionary biology, cognitive neuroscience, economics, and philosophy--that far from being an enemy of traditional explorations of freedom, morality, and meaning, the evolutionary perspective can be an indispensable ally. In Freedom Evolves, Dennett seeks to place ethics on the foundation it deserves: a realistic, naturalistic, potentially unified vision of our place in nature.
ISBN:
9780142003848
9780142003848
Category:
Decision theory: general
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
27-01-2004
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
203.2x133.35x20.32mm
Weight:
0.31kg
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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