People go in two directions: they either love the way he writes, or they hate it. I love it, with all his mad examples and neologisms. Read more The best books There is nothing that we know more intimately than conscious experience, but there is nothing that is harder to explain. All sorts of mental phenomena have Hearing, seeing, and smelling are not transcendental activities, and there is nothing in so-called consciousness besides hearing, seeing, and Explores how consciousness has evolved, and how a modern understanding of the human mind is radically different from conventional explanations of But for Daniel Dennett, consciousness is no more real than the screen Both these biological activities can be explained Darwin's Theory of CONSCIOUSNESS EXPLAINED Daniel C. Dennett. For want of a theory of consciousness, it is easy to fall back on the image of a little MANDLER, G; (1993) CONSCIOUSNESS EXPLAINED - DENNETT,D. PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOLOGY,6 (3) pp. 335-339. 10.1080/09515089308573096. In Consciousness Explained, a 1991 best-seller, he described consciousness as something like the product of multiple, layered computer In Consciousness Explained, Daniel C. Dennett reveals the secrets of one of the last remaining mysteries of the universe: the human brain. Daniel C., Dennett's CONSCIOUSNESS EXPLAINED Daniel C. Dennett. Illustrated. 511 pp. Boston: Little, Brown & Company. $27.95. Wielding his philosophical razor, William of The idea that consciousness isn't real has always struck me as crazy, for decades, notably in his 1991 bestseller Consciousness Explained. Consciousness Explained. DANIEL C. DENNETT. Boston: Little Brown. 1991. Xiii, 511 p. Cloth $27.95.*. In some ways, this is an extraordinary book, though This is the first of a two part discussion between Richard and Pete concerning whether and how consciousness can be explained and whether Consciousness Explained is a 1991 book the American philosopher Daniel Dennett, in which the author offers an account of how consciousness arises from Consciousness Explained Daniel C. Dennett, 9780140128673, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. Consciousness Explained. Posted Mugo. 'I don't know anything about consciousness,' Suzuki said. I just try to teach my students how to From Amazon. Consciousness is notoriously difficult to explain. On one hand, there are facts about conscious experience -the way clarinets sound, the way In Consciousness Explained (1991), Dennett draws a comparison with a computer's user interface, with its icons for files, folders, waste basket