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Title: Daniel Dennett by Andrew Brook, Don Ross ISBN: 0-521-00864-6 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 21 January, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: An intellectual rosetta stone for some fundamental ideas
Comment: This is a book whose value goes way beyond its subject matter. This book is so valuable because Dennett's participation in fundmental issues of cognitive science, evolutionary theory, and philosophy of mind have drawn comments from so many other leading intellectual figures. By looking at what different authors think of Dennett's various distinct ideas in basic issues of philosophy of mind and evolution, it is possible to learn more about their own, and that seems to be part of what the editors intended to do. That makes this examination of Dennett's ideas, and especially their influence outside of his field, a kind of rosetta stone for understanding many current issues in philosophy and biology.
For example, there is a chapter on the evolutionary psychologists' critique of social sciences, showing how it builds on Dennett's evolutionary cognitivism but strays from it at some points. The contrast helps point out the strengths and weaknesses of both the evolutionary psychologists' and Dennett's views, as well as helping clarify what might remain of the foundations of social sciences once the smoke clears. Similarly illuminating is the chapter on Dennett's participation in debates with Stephen Jay Gould over the search for adaptations in studying human evolution.
Dennett's ideas are presented very clearly in a way that non-specialists can appreciate, and the choice of authors who are experts in other fields (rather than solely philosophers) works well in most cases, showing that ideas do matter, and that good philosophers sometimes do have an identifiable and positive impact on other areas of culture.
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Title: Dennett's Philosophy: A Comprehensive Assessment by Don Ross, Andrew Brook, David Thompson ISBN: 026268117X Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 23 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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Title: Dennett and His Critics: Demystifying Mind by Bo Dahlbom ISBN: 0631196781 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Pub. Date: January, 1995 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: DARWIN'S DANGEROUS IDEA: EVOLUTION AND THE MEANINGS OF LIFE by Daniel C. Dennett ISBN: 068482471X Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 12 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Freedom Evolves by Daniel C. Dennett ISBN: 0670031860 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 10 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Kinds of Minds: Towards an Understanding of Consciousness (Science Masters Series) by Daniel C. Dennett ISBN: 0465073514 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.50 |
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