Full name: Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology

Author: Daniel C. Dennett Year: 1978 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Philosophy, Science, Psychology Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Barns&Noble Amazon Google Books LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780262540377 0262540371

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. Similar books: Consciousness Explained by Daniel C. Dennett Freedom Evolves by Daniel C. Dennett The Ego Trick by Julian Baggini Breaking the Spell by Daniel C. Dennett Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel C. Dennett The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell Brainchildren by Daniel C. Dennett From Bacteria to Bach and Back by Daniel C. Dennett The Meaning of Truth by William James How We Think by John Dewey Mind by John R. Searle 50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know by Ben Dupre Sweet Dreams by Daniel C. Dennett Think by Simon Blackburn Kant in 90 Minutes by Paul Strathern Six Great Ideas by Mortimer J. Adler What Does It All Mean? by Thomas Nagel The Meaning of Things by A. C. Grayling The Philosopher's Toolkit by Julian Baggini Ancient Philosophy by Julia Annas