Opis: From Bacteria to Bach and Back - Daniel Dennett

'Required reading for anyone remotely curious about how they came to be remotely curious' Observer

'Enthralling' Spectator

What is human consciousness and how is it possible? These questions fascinate thinking people from poets and painters to physicists, psychologists, and philosophers.

This is Daniel C. Dennett's brilliant answer, extending perspectives from his earlier work in surprising directions, exploring the deep interactions of evolution, brains and human culture. Part philosophical whodunnit, part bold scientific conjecture, this landmark work enlarges themes that have sustained Dennett's career at the forefront of philosophical thought. In his inimitable style, laced with wit and thought experiments, Dennett shows how culture enables reflection by installing a profusion of thinking tools, or memes, in our brains, and how language turbocharges this process. The result: a mind that can comprehend the questions it poses, has emerged from a process of cultural evolution.

An agenda-setting book for a new generation of philosophers and thinkers, From Bacteria to Bach and Back is essential for anyone who hopes to understand human creativity in all its applications.

Szczegóły: From Bacteria to Bach and Back - Daniel Dennett

Tytuł: From Bacteria to Bach and Back
Autor: Daniel Dennett
Wydawnictwo: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780141978048
Języki: angielski
Rok wydania: 2020
Ilość stron: 480
Format: 13.0x20.0cm
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.348 kg

Recenzje: From Bacteria to Bach and Back - Daniel Dennett