In Intuition Pumps, Daniel Dennett, one of the world's leading
philosophers, and author of Consciousness Explained and Freedom
Evolves, offers aspiring thinkers his personal trove of
mind-stretching thought experiments Thinking is hard. A few of us
may be natural geniuses; others are blessed with reserves of
willpower. Then there's the rest of us: not prodigies and short on
time, but still aspiring to understand the world. What can we do?
Daniel Dennett, one of the world's most original thinkers, reveals
a collection of his favourite thinking tools, or 'intuition pumps'.
From Occam's Razor to the benefit of mistakes, the 90% rule to
avoiding 'deepitites', this entertaining guide will enable you to
tackle life's most fundamental questions - evolution, meaning,
consciousness and free will - and teach you to think truly
independently and creatively. Daniel Dennett is one of the most
original and provocative thinkers in the world. A brilliant
polemicist and philosopher, he is famous for challenging unexamined
orthodoxies. His books include Brainstorms, Brainchildren, Elbow
Room, Consciousness Explained, Darwin's Dangerous Idea and Freedom
Evolves. He lives in North Andover, Massachusetts. 'One of the
world's most original and provocative thinkers' Daily Telegraph 'A
master class' Guardian 'Intelligence, insight and flair ... They
don't come much bigger than Daniel Dennett' Julian Baggini,
Guardian 'A philosopher's box of tools for the musing mind' Melvin
Konner, Nature 'You'll enjoy and be challenged by it'Steven Rose,
Guardian'A lively primer on the radical answers Mr. Dennett has
elaborated to the big questions in his nearly five decades in
philosophy' Jennifer Schuessler, The New York Times 'America's most
important and entertaining philosopher' Observer
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