Consciousness Explained. (Illustrated by Paul Weiner).

DENNETT, Daniel C.:

ISBN 10: 0316180653 / ISBN 13: 9780316180658

Published by Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1991

About this Item

1st edition. "What turns a mere piece of matter from being mere matter into an animate being? What gives certain special physical patterns in the universe the mysterious privilege of feeling sensations and having experiences? .Consciousness Explained is a masterful tapestry of deep insights into this eternal philosophical riddle." Pp.xiv/511, figure illustrations by Paul Weiner, Red spine with grey paper-covre boards, dustwrapper has discoloured patch to lower front. VG/G+.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Consciousness Explained. (Illustrated by Paul Weiner).
• Publisher: Boston: Little Brown and Company
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316180653
• ISBN 13: 9780316180658
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Weiner, Paul
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Advances a new theory of consciousness based on insights gleaned from the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence, and clears away obsolete myths about the process of thinking in conscious beings

About the Author

Daniel Dennett is the author of Brainstorms, Brainchildren, Elbow Room, Consciousness Explained and Darwin's Dangerous Idea. He is currently the Distinguished Arts and Sciences Professor and Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University. He lives in North Andover, Massachusetts.