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Brainstorms : philosophical essays on mind and psychology /

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This collection of 17 essays by the author offers a comprehensive theory of mind, encompassing traditional issues of consciousness and free will. Using careful arguments and ingenious thought-experiments, the author exposes familiar preconceptions and hobbling institutions.This collection of 17 essa...

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Main Author: Dennett, D. C. (Daniel Clement) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [1978]
Edition:1st MIT Press edition.
Subjects:
Cognition.
Philosophy.
Psychology > Philosophy.
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General
PHILOSOPHY/General
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This collection of 17 essays by the author offers a comprehensive theory of mind, encompassing traditional issues of consciousness and free will. Using careful arguments and ingenious thought-experiments, the author exposes familiar preconceptions and hobbling institutions.This collection of 17 essays by the author offers a comprehensive theory of mind, encompassing traditional issues of consciousness and free will. Using careful arguments and ingenious thought-experiments, the author exposes familiar preconceptions and hobbling institutions. The essays are grouped into four sections: Intentional Explanation and Attributions of Mentality; The Nature of Theory in Psychology; Objects of Consciousness and the Nature of Experience; and Free Will and Personhood.
Item Description:"A Bradford book."
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxii, 353 pages)
ISBN:9780262271509
0262271508
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/1664.001.0001