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I've Been Thinking by Daniel C. Dennett
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I've Been Thinking

by Daniel C. Dennett
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Length 14 hours 27 minutes
Language English
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'Who would have guessed that a philosopher's life could be so full of adventures?'

Daniel C. Dennett, philosopher and cognitive scientist, has spent his career considering consciousness. I've Been Thinking traces the development of Dennett's own intellect and instructs us how we too can become good thinkers.

Dennett's restless curiosity leads him from his childhood in Beirut to Harvard, and from Parisian jazz clubs to 'tillosophy' on his tractor in Maine. Along the way, he encounters and debates with a host of legendary thinkers, and reveals the breakthroughs and misjudgments that shaped his paradigm-shifting philosophies. Thinking, Dennett argues, is hard, and risky. In fact, all good philosophical thinking is inevitably accompanied by bafflement, frustration and self-doubt. It is only in getting it wrong that we, very occasionally, find a way to get it right.

This memoir by one of the greatest philosophers of our time will speak to anyone who seeks a life of the mind with adventure and creativity.

©2023 Daniel C. Dennett (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Biography & MemoirScience & TechnologyPhilosophyEssaysNonfiction

Daniel C. Dennett was University Professor Emeritus at Tufts University and the author of numerous books including From Bacteria to Bach and Back, Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking, Breaking the Spell, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, and Consciousness Explained. He died on 19 April 2024.

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Author
Narrator Graham Winton
ISBN 9780241607442
Length 14 hours 27 minutes
Language English
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
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Edition Unabridged
Genres Biography & Memoir, Science & Technology, Philosophy, Essays & Nonfiction
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How unfair for one man to be blessed with such a torrent of stimulating thoughts. Stimulating is an understatement. Unlike traditional philosophers, Daniel Dennett is a student of neuroscience, linguistics, artificial intelligence, computer science, and psychology. He's redefining and reforming the role of the philosopher. Dennett has earned his reputation as one of today's most readable, intellectually nimble and scientifically literate philosophers. There seems to be no stopping Daniel Dennett. He has played a major role in integrating philosophy of mind with cognitive science, and his ideas have been widely discussed for decades... He is always fun to read. He has few equals at explaining complex topics, and his positive theories are never boring. Dennett is the mild-mannered super wizard of philosophical brainstorms. We are lucky that Dennett exists ... This is a generous book written by a figure who has made a significant impact on philosophy ... Anyone interested in philosophy should read it and consider how he achieved his distinctive voice. At 81 he has lost none of his sense of wonder ... refreshingly gossipy and unfiltered. Expand reviews
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