Browse by category
Breaking the Spell : Religion as a Natural Phenomenon by Daniel C. Dennett
Category: Spirituality
Breaking the Spell is Daniel Dennett's most innovative and important work yet; it offers a profound challenge to society and a compelling new history of belief. In this provocative and timely book, Dennett seeks to uncover the origins of religion, and discusses why and how different faiths have commande ...Show more
Content and Consciousness by Daniel C. Dennett
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Routledge Classics
Content and Consciousnessis an original and ground-breaking attempt to elucidate a problem integral to the history of Western philosophical thought: the relationship of the mind and body. In this formative work, Dennett sought to develop a theory of the human mind and consciousness based on new and chal ...Show more
Darwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel C. Dennett
Category: Fiction
This work assesses Darwin's theory of evolution and looks at why it arises such heated debate among scientists, philosophers and sociologists. The book aims to show that Darwinism does not devalue the miracles of life.
Follow the Pipelines - Uncovering the Mystery of a Lost Spy and the Deadly Politics of the Great Game for Oil by Charlotte Dennett; Daniel C. Dennett III (Foreword by)
Category: History
"Charlotte Dennett has written an excellent book summarizing the geopolitics of the Middle East historically through to current events. . . . This is an amazing piece of historical writing. . . . Students, foreign affairs 'experts' and officials should have this work as required reading."--Jim Miles, Pa ...Show more
Freedom Evolves by Daniel C. Dennett
Category: History
In this text, Daniel Dennett shows that human freedom is not an illusion; it is an objective phenomenon, distinct from all other biological conditions and found only in one species - us. He argues that there was a time when it didn't exist and that it had to evolve and continues to evolve today.
From Bacteria to Bach and Back by Daniel C. Dennett
Category: Science
"What is human consciousness and how is it possible? These questions fascinate thinking people from poets and painters to physicists, psychologists, and philosophers. This is Daniel C. Dennett's brilliant answer, extending perspectives from his earlier work in surprising directions, exploring the deep i ...Show more
From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds by Daniel C. Dennett
Category: Science
'Required reading for anyone remotely curious about how they came to be remotely curious' Observer'Enthralling' Spectator What is human consciousness and how is it possible? These questions fascinate thinking people from poets and painters to physicists, psychologists, and philosophers. This is Daniel C ...Show more
Intuition Pumps & Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel C. Dennett
Category: Philosophy and Religion
"A philosopher of rare originality, rigor, and wit." --Jim Holt, Wall Street Journal 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 a ...Show more
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel C. Dennett
Category: Popular Science
Thinking is hard - yet barely a waking moment passes when we're not labouring away at it. A few of us may be natural geniuses, able to work through the toughest tangles in an instant; others, blessed with reserves of willpower, stay the course in the dogged pursuit of truth. Then there's the rest of us. ...Show more
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel C. Dennett
Category: Philosophy and Religion
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 "imagin ...Show more
I've Been Thinking by Daniel C. Dennett
Category: Science
One of philosophy's finest minds looks back over a life in thought '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 Denne ...Show more
Just Deserts: Debating Free Will by Daniel C. Dennett, Gregg D. Caruso
Category: Philosophy and Religion
The concept of free will is profoundly important to our self-understanding, our interpersonal relationships, and our moral and legal practices. If it turns out that no one is ever free and morally responsible, what would that mean for society, morality, meaning, and the law? Just Deserts brings together ...Show more