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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Freedom Evolvesby Daniel C Dennett
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:An "intellectually liberating" (San Francisco Chronicle) exploration of free will and morality — from the acclaimed author of Darwin's Dangerous Idea. Can there be freedom and free will in a deterministic world? Renowned philosopher Daniel Dennett emphatically answers "yes!" Using an array of provocative formulations, Dennett sets out to show how we alone among the animals have evolved minds that give us free will and morality. Weaving a richly detailed narrative, Dennett explains in a series of strikingly original arguments — drawing upon evolutionary biology, cognitive neuroscience, economics, and philosophy — that far from being an enemy of traditional explorations of freedom, morality, and meaning, the evolutionary perspective can be an indispensable ally. In Freedom Evolves, Dennett seeks to place ethics on the foundation it deserves: a realistic, naturalistic, potentially unified vision of our place in nature. Review:"[An] incendiary, brilliant, even dangerous book." Publishers Weekly Review:"[Dennett] is always ready to offer real-world examples of his points and rarely ducks tough questions. Difficult but nonetheless stimulating look into the roots of freedom and responsibility." Kirkus Reviews Review:"Dennett is crisp and critically insightful on all sorts of flabby presuppositions....But for all its virtues, I doubt that Freedom Evolves will last as one of Dennett's better books." The Washington Post Book World Synopsis:As in his previous books, Dennett weaves a richly detailed narrative enlivened by analogies as entertaining as they are challenging. Here is the story of how mankind came to be different from all other creatures, how early ancestors mindlessly created human culture, and then, how culture gave humans their minds, their visions, moral problems — in a nutshell, their freedom. About the AuthorDaniel C. Dennett is a professor and the director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University. His books include Consciousness Explained and Darwin's Dangerous Idea, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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