Consciousness explained by Daniel C. Dennett, unknown edition, Classifications Dewey Decimal Class 126 Library of Congress B105.C477 D45 1991
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From Amazon Consciousness is notoriously difficult to explain. It's a challenge to understand many concepts in the book but please do your best and you'll finish the book with a great feeling of discovering something unique. Finally, Dennett tackles the conventional philosophical questions about consciousness, taking issue not only with the traditional answers but also with the traditional methodology by which they were reached. Basically, it is a technique to relax the mind in order to attain a state of consciousness other than the normally awakened state of being.
The insights I gained were interesting, but I'm sure I'll benefit from re-reading it more slowly and carefully.
Using this method, Dennett argues against the myth of the Cartesian theater--the idea that consciousness can be precisely located in space or in time. He lives in North Andover, Massachusetts. In this landmark book, Daniel Dennett refutes the traditional, commonsense theory of consciousness and presents a new model, based on a wealth of information from the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence. The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology is Rewriting Our Understanding of Ge... Relativity: The Special and the General Theory, Trust Me I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator, Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life, Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life, The Tell-Tale Brain: Tale Brain-Unlocking the Mystry of Human Nature. Amazon Price New from Used from Kindle "Please retry" $14.99 — — Audible Audiobook, Unabridged "Please retry" $0.00 . This book revises the traditional view of consciousness by claiming that Cartesianism and Descartes' dualism of mind and body should be replaced with theories from the realms of neuroscience, psychology and artificial intelligence. Something went wrong. Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2015.
. I am a pretty good reader but it took me a long time to read this book. Very hard going. Hard going and complex terminology make this a tough, if worthwhile, read, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 November 2017. Our current theories about conscious life-of people, animal, even robots--are transformed by the new perspectives found in this book. Gave up after 50 pages as I found the level of meandering to get to the point incredibly frustrating. TRY 30 DAYS FREE. Our current theories about conscious life …
On the other hand, such facts are not readily accommodated in the objective world described by science. we are still in a terrible muddle.
How, after all, could the reediness of clarinets or the tartness of lemonade be predicted in advance? Advances a new theory of consciousness based on insights gleaned from the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence, and clears away obsolete myths about the process of thinking in conscious beings. How, after all, could the reediness of clarinets or the tartness of lemonade be predicted in advance? Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
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Be careful though, you need to be alert when reading this as Dennet doesn't kid gloves the text.
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Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Finally, Dennett tackles the conventional philosophical questions about consciousness, taking issue not only with the traditional answers but also with the traditional methodology by which they were reached. Using this method, Dennett argues against the myth of the Cartesian theater--the idea that consciousness can be precisely located in space or in time. In this landmark book, Daniel Dennett refutes the traditional, commonsense theory of consciousness and presents a new model, based on a wealth of information from the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence. Try again.
Download one of the Free Kindle apps to start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, and computer. Please try your request again later. The book can really be hard to read, despite the author's effort to make it funny and bearable.
I found myself exclaiming, "get to the point already" multiple times.
Dennet's theory's are interesting but like many other reviews on amazon, the actual consciousness isn't fully explored for me.