THOMAS E. DICKINS & KEITH FRANKISH Daniel Dennett's new book aims to introduce a general audience to current work in the evolutionary modelling of minds. This work, of which Dennett is one of the pioneers, is assuming increasing importance in contemporary cognitive science. A second, and equally important, aim of the book is to challenge the Cartesian, anthropomorphic, and realist pre…
In a book that is both groundbreaking and accessible, Daniel C. Dennett, whom Chet Raymo of The Boston Globe calls 'one of the most provocative thinkers on the planet,' focuses his unerringly logical mind on the theory of natural selection, showing how Darwin's great idea transforms and illuminates our traditional view of humanity's place in the universe. Dennett vividly describes the…
'One of the ten best books of the year' New York Times 'How unfair for one man to blessed with such a torrent of stimulating thoughts. Stimulating is an understatement. Every chapter unleashes so many startling new ideas that in the hands of an ordinary philosopher it would - and probably will - be spun out to fill a whole book.' Richard Dawkins, Author of The Blind Watchmaker and The Self…