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Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as daniel-dennett)
avg rating 3.88 — 13,093 ratings — published 2006
Consciousness Explained (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as daniel-dennett)
avg rating 3.90 — 8,829 ratings — published 1991
Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as daniel-dennett)
avg rating 4.07 — 17,210 ratings — published 1995
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as daniel-dennett)
avg rating 3.78 — 4,430 ratings — published 2013
The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as daniel-dennett)
avg rating 3.49 — 197 ratings — published 2007
The Four Horsemen: The Conversation That Sparked an Atheist Revolution (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as daniel-dennett)
avg rating 3.96 — 4,932 ratings — published 2019
From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as daniel-dennett)
avg rating 3.78 — 3,839 ratings — published 2017
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as daniel-dennett)
avg rating 3.97 — 13,911 ratings — published 2010
The Company of Strangers: A Natural History of Economic Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as daniel-dennett)
avg rating 3.67 — 305 ratings — published 2004
Why the West Rules—for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as daniel-dennett)
avg rating 4.11 — 6,100 ratings — published 2010
Science and Religion: Are They Compatible? (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as daniel-dennett)
avg rating 3.43 — 244 ratings — published 2010
Caught in The Pulpit: Leaving Belief Behind (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as daniel-dennett)
avg rating 3.98 — 441 ratings — published 2013
Brainchildren: Essays on Designing Minds (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as daniel-dennett)
avg rating 3.87 — 166 ratings — published 1998
Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as daniel-dennett)
avg rating 3.76 — 348 ratings — published 2021
Freedom Evolves (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as daniel-dennett)
avg rating 3.82 — 2,897 ratings — published 2003
Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness (Jean Nicod Lectures)
by (shelved 1 time as daniel-dennett)
avg rating 3.75 — 474 ratings — published 2005
Content and Consciousness (International Library of Philosophy & Scientific Method)
by (shelved 1 time as daniel-dennett)
avg rating 3.55 — 111 ratings — published 1969
Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as daniel-dennett)
avg rating 3.97 — 665 ratings — published 1978
The Mind’s I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as daniel-dennett)
avg rating 4.15 — 6,035 ratings — published 1981
The Intentional Stance (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as daniel-dennett)
avg rating 3.99 — 341 ratings — published 1987
Dennett's Philosophy: A Comprehensive Assessment (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as daniel-dennett)
avg rating 4.00 — 9 ratings — published 2000
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as daniel-dennett)
avg rating 4.15 — 29,105 ratings — published 2004
“At one conference Hameroff told Dennett, publicly, "You know, Dan, maybe the reason you like this [mechanistic] idea is because you're a zombie. And maybe the reason I see things differently is because, I'm not."
Hameroff told me he was half-joking. But Dennett took offense. "I wound up apologizing," says Hameroff. "I guess he only likes the idea of being a zombie if we're all zombies.”
― Fringe-ology: How I Tried to Explain Away the Unexplainable-And Couldn't
Hameroff told me he was half-joking. But Dennett took offense. "I wound up apologizing," says Hameroff. "I guess he only likes the idea of being a zombie if we're all zombies.”
― Fringe-ology: How I Tried to Explain Away the Unexplainable-And Couldn't
“That scientifically savvy philosopher Daniel Dennett pointed out that evolution counters one of the oldest ideas we have: 'the idea that it takes a big fancy smart thing to make a lesser thing. I call that the trickle-down theory of creation.”
― The God Delusion: A Study of Religious Belief and Skepticism
― The God Delusion: A Study of Religious Belief and Skepticism