Over a storied career, 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.
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking 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.
Alongside well-known favorites like Occam s Razor and reductio
ad absurdum lie thrilling descriptions of Dennett s own creations:
Trapped in the Robot Control Room, Beware of the Prime Mammal, and
The Wandering Two-Bitser. 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."
A sweeping work of intellectual seriousness that s also studded
with impish delights, Intuition Pumps offers intrepid thinkers in
all walks of life delicious opportunities to explore their pet
ideas with new powers."
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