Consciousness Explained
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
What is consciousness, and can science ever truly account for the inner theatre of the human mind? In Consciousness Explained, philosopher Daniel C. Dennett launches a bold and systematic assault on the most enduring mystery in all of science, arguing that the traditional Cartesian model of a unified, central mind's eye is not only wrong but philosophically incoherent. Drawing on neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and artificial intelligence, Dennett presents a radical new theory — the Multiple Drafts model — which argues that consciousness is not a single stream of experience but a parallel, constantly revised process of narrative construction happening across the brain simultaneously. Written with the wit and intellectual daring of a philosopher who refuses to be confined by disciplinary boundaries, Consciousness Explained stands as one of the most provocative and widely debated works in the philosophy of mind of the 20th century. Dennett's prose is sharp, accessible, and deliberately confrontational, challenging readers to abandon their most cherished intuitions about selfhood and subjective experience. Illustrated by Paul Weiner, the text marshals thought experiments — most famously Quining Qualia and the Heterophenomenology method — to dismantle the very notion that there is something it definitively feels like to be conscious. Whether you emerge convinced or combative, this landmark work will leave you permanently questioning the nature of your own mind.
Author: Daniel C. Dennett
Format: Hardback
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
What is consciousness, and can science ever truly account for the inner theatre of the human mind? In Consciousness Explained, philosopher Daniel C. Dennett launches a bold and systematic assault on the most enduring mystery in all of science, arguing that the traditional Cartesian model of a unified, central mind's eye is not only wrong but philosophically incoherent. Drawing on neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and artificial intelligence, Dennett presents a radical new theory — the Multiple Drafts model — which argues that consciousness is not a single stream of experience but a parallel, constantly revised process of narrative construction happening across the brain simultaneously. Written with the wit and intellectual daring of a philosopher who refuses to be confined by disciplinary boundaries, Consciousness Explained stands as one of the most provocative and widely debated works in the philosophy of mind of the 20th century. Dennett's prose is sharp, accessible, and deliberately confrontational, challenging readers to abandon their most cherished intuitions about selfhood and subjective experience. Illustrated by Paul Weiner, the text marshals thought experiments — most famously Quining Qualia and the Heterophenomenology method — to dismantle the very notion that there is something it definitively feels like to be conscious. Whether you emerge convinced or combative, this landmark work will leave you permanently questioning the nature of your own mind.