From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds by Daniel C. Dennett (Eng

Description: From Bacteria to Bach and Back by Daniel C. Dennett "A supremely enjoyable, intoxicating work." —Nature FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description How did we come to have minds? For centuries, poets, philosophers, psychologists, and physicists have wondered how the human mind developed its unrivaled abilities. Disciples of Darwin have explained how natural selection produced plants, but what about the human mind? In From Bacteria to Bach and Back, Daniel C. Dennett builds on recent discoveries from biology and computer science to show, step by step, how a comprehending mind could in fact have arisen from a mindless process of natural selection. A crucial shift occurred when humans developed the ability to share memes, or ways of doing things not based in genetic instinct. Competition among memes produced thinking tools powerful enough that our minds dont just perceive and react, they create and comprehend. An agenda-setting book for a new generation of philosophers and scientists, From Bacteria to Bach and Back will delight and entertain all those curious about how the mind works. Author Biography Daniel C. Dennett (1942–2024) was University Professor Emeritus at Tufts University and the author of numerous books, including Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking, Breaking the Spell, Darwins Dangerous Idea, and Consciousness Explained. Review "[The] best scientific-philosophical approach to understanding how consciousness evolved…A wonderful book that will shape and drive thinking for years to come." -- Shane OMara - Times Higher Education"Dennett is always good company…He writes with wit and elegance." -- Thomas Nagel - New York Review of Books"This is a book to read and relish and then read again." -- Michael S. Gazzaniga - Wall Street Journal"Readers will find their minds enriched with many powerful thinking tools." -- Economist"If you have not encountered [Dennetts] work, you surely should…very few contemporary thinkers have supplied us with so many thinking tools.…Dennetts book is astonishingly rich and will introduce you to most of the key ideas in the terrain he strides energetically across." -- Adam Zeman - Standpoint"A subtle and interesting argument." -- Stephen Rose - Guardian"Encyclopedic knowledge of both the history of and the latest thinking in philosophy, evolutionary biology, psychology, and computer science." -- Christopher Beha - Harpers"Brave and bracing." -- Oliver Moody - The Times Review Quote "[Ties] together 50 years of thinking about where minds come from and how they work.... Dennett has earned his reputation as one of todays most readable, intellectually nimble and scientifically literate philosophers, as this subtle, clever book shows.... Immensely instructive and pleasurable." Details ISBN0393355500 Year 2018 ISBN-10 0393355500 ISBN-13 9780393355505 Format Paperback Author Daniel C. Dennett Pages 496 Language English Media Book Publication Date 2018-03-06 Short Title From Bacteria to Bach and Back Subtitle The Evolution of Minds UK Release Date 2018-03-06 Imprint WW Norton & Co Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2018-03-06 NZ Release Date 2018-03-06 US Release Date 2018-03-06 Publisher WW Norton & Co Alternative 9780393242072 DEWEY 128/.2 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137336212;

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