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From Bacteria to Bach and Back
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ISBN-13:
9780393355505
Veröffentl:
2018
Erscheinungsdatum:
06.03.2018
Seiten:
477
Autor:
Daniel C. Dennett
Gewicht:
396 g
Format:
207x138x23 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Daniel C. Dennett ist Professor für Wissenschaftstheorie an der Tufts University und international angesehener Bewusstseinsforscher.
A major new account of the origins of the conscious mind.
Human consciousness fascinates thinking people from poets and painters to physicists, psychologists and philosophers. Daniel C. Dennetts From Bacteria to Bach and Back extends perspectives from his earlier work in surprising directions, exploring the deep interactions of evolution, brains and human culture. Part philosophical whodunit, part bold scientific conjecture, this landmark work enlarges themes that have sustained Dennetts legendary career at the forefront of philosophical thought. In his inimitable style - laced with wit and arresting thought experiments - Dennett shows how culture enables reflection by installing a bounty of thinking tools or memes in our brains. Language, itself composed of memes, turbocharged this interplay. The result, a mind that can comprehend the questions it poses, emerges from a process of cultural evolution.