Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Westgate Adult A/V 4-week checkout	Adult BOCD / Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Dennett, Daniel C	4-week checkout	Due 05-21-2024

Compact discs.
A dozen general thinking tools -- Tools for thinking about meaning or content -- An interlude about computers -- More tools about meaning -- Tools for thinking about evolution -- Tools for thinking about consciousness -- Tools for thinking about free will -- What is it like to be a philosopher -- Use the tools, try harder -- What got left out.
Performed by Jeff Crawford.
Over a storied career, philosopher Daniel C. Dennett has engaged questions about science and the workings of the mind. His answers have combined rigorous argument with strong empirical grounding. And a lot of fun. This book offers seventy-seven of Dennett's most successful "imagination-extenders and focus-holders" meant to guide you through some of life's most treacherous subject matter: evolution, meaning, mind, and free will. With patience and wit, Dennett deftly deploys his thinking tools to gain traction on these thorny issues while offering readers insight into how and why each tool was built. Ranging across disciplines as diverse as psychology, biology, computer science, and physics, Dennett's tools embrace in equal measure light-heartedness and accessibility as they welcome uninitiated and seasoned readers alike. As always, his goal remains to teach you how to "think reliably and even gracefully about really hard questions."--From publisher description.

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