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DescriptionIn 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. Author descriptionDennett is a distinguished philosopher at Tufts University, Massachusetts. According to THE SUNDAY TIMES: "If anyone can claim to be the Leonardo of the New Renaissance, Dennett can" Table of contentsNatural freedom; a tool for thinking about determinism; thinking about determinism; a hearing for libertarianism; where does all the design come from?; the evolution of open minds; the evolution of a moral agency; are you out of the loop?; bootstrapping ourselves free; the future of human freedom. |