TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dennett, Daniel C.
TI  - Intuition pumps and other tools for thinking
SN  - 9780393348781
PY  - 2014///
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PB  - W. W. Norton & Company
KW  - BD SPECULATIVE PHILOSOPHY
KW  - Philosophy
KW  -  Miscellanea
KW  - Thought and thinking Miscellanea
KW  - Thought thinking
KW  - Binocular vision disorders Diagnosis
KW  - Scotoma
KW  - Ophthalmology Instruments
KW  - Academic theses
N2  - Daniel Dennett, one of the world's most original and provocative thinkers, takes readers on a profound, illuminating and highly entertaining philosophical journey as he reveals a collection of his favorite thinking tools, or 'intuition pumps', that he and others have developed for addressing life's most fundamental questions. ;  ; Over a storied career, Daniel C. Dennett has engaged questions about science and the workings of the mind. His answers have combined rigorous argument with strong empirical grounding. And a lot of fun. Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking offers seventy-seven of Dennett's most successful 'imagination-extenders and focus-holders' meant to guide you through some of life's most treacherous subject matter: evolution, meaning, mind, and free will. With patience and wit, Dennett deftly deploys his thinking tools to gain traction on these thorny issues while offering readers insight into how and why each tool was built. Alongside well-known favorites like Occam's Razor and reductio ad absurdum lie thrilling descriptions of Dennett's own creations: Trapped in the Robot Control Room, Beware of the Prime Mammal, and The Wandering Two-Bitser. Ranging across disciplines as diverse as psychology, biology, computer science, and physics, Dennett's tools embrace in equal measure light-heartedness and accessibility as they welcome uninitiated and seasoned readers alike. As always, his goal remains to teach you how to 'think reliably and even gracefully about really hard questions.' A sweeping work of intellectual seriousness that's also studded with impish delights, Intuition Pumps offers intrepid thinkers-in all walks of life-delicious opportunities to explore their pet ideas with new powers
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