false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1159814097m/2069.jpg 2069 7 Consciousness is notoriously difficult to explain. On one hand, there are facts about conscious experience--the way clarinets sound, the way lemonade tastes--that we know subjectively, from the inside. On the other hand, such facts are not readily accommodated in the objective world described by science. How, after all, could the reediness of clarinets or the tartness of lemonade be predicted in advance? Central to Daniel C. Dennett's attempt to resolve this dilemma is the "heterophenomenological" method, which treats reports of introspection nontraditionally--not as evidence to be used in explaining consciousness, but as data to be explained. Using this method, Dennett argues against the myth of the Cartesian theater--the idea that consciousness can be precisely located in space or in time. To replace the Cartesian theater, he introduces his own multiple drafts model of consciousness, in which the mind is a bubbling congeries of unsupervised parallel processing. Finally, Dennett tackles the conventional philosophical questions about consciousness, taking issue not only with the traditional answers but also with the traditional methodology by which they were reached.<p> Dennett's writing, while always serious, is never solemn; who would have thought that combining philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience could be such fun? Not every reader will be convinced that Dennett has succeeded in explaining consciousness; many will feel that his account fails to capture essential features of conscious experience. But none will want to deny that the attempt was well worth making. <I>--Glenn Branch</I> 1860288 book 1991 Consciousness Explained total:452|5:139|4:194|3:99|2:17|1:3| 452 1805 874 55 2 7 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 1992 Tue Dec 16 11:16:22 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 07 01:51:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Mar 06 17:17:32 -0800 2007 Tue Mar 06 18:45:39 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 28 08:41:44 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 08:42:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 14 15:21:43 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 00:26:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 19:17:06 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 14:35:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 08 14:18:57 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 23 07:45:56 -0800 2008 3 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Aug 21 14:01:21 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 01 14:18:16 -0700 2009
But Dennett has some fine ideas nonetheless. I go through periods of swinging in one direction and back again when it co...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Feb 28 10:01:32 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 10:48:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 09 12:19:58 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 21 20:21:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jul 05 15:01:08 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 11 18:25:47 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Aug 24 10:31:44 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 10:32:47 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 21 07:08:10 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 07:14:38 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Mon Jan 28 00:22:14 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 00:30:01 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jun 09 08:53:29 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 12:13:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Nov 06 17:09:06 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 17:10:26 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Aug 24 09:24:16 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 09:26:39 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Apr 29 15:07:05 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 15:07:46 -0700 2009
I plan to re-read this and Chalmers' work. ]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Wed Jan 30 17:35:57 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 17:41:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed May 20 13:47:34 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 13:48:15 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jul 08 13:16:26 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 13:16:26 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2069