Intuition pumps and other tools for thinking / Daniel C. Dennett.

By:

Dennett, D. C. (Daniel Clement) [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Penguin, 2014.Description: xii, 496 p., 20 cmISBN:

9780241954621
0241954622

Subject(s):

Thought and thinking

DDC classification:

153.42 DEN

Summary: Thinking is hard - yet barely a waking moment passes when we\'re not labouring away at it. A few of us may be natural geniuses, able to work through the toughest tangles in an instant; others, blessed with reserves of willpower, stay the course in the dogged pursuit of truth. Then there\'s the rest of us. Not prodigies and a little bit lazy, but still aspiring to understand the world and our place in it. What can we do?--Inside front flap.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	153.42 DEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100624916

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Thinking is hard. A few of us may be natural geniuses; others are blessed with reserves of willpower. Then there's the rest of us- not prodigies and short on time, but still aspiring to understand the world. What can we do? Daniel Dennett, one of the world's most original thinkers, reveals a collection of his favourite thinking tools, or 'intuition pumps'. From Occam's Razor to the benefit of mistakes, the 90% rule to avoiding 'deepitites', this entertaining guide will enable you to tackle life's most fundamental questions - evolution, meaning, consciousness and free will - and teach you to think truly independently and creatively.

Originally published: New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thinking is hard - yet barely a waking moment passes when we\'re not labouring away at it. A few of us may be natural geniuses, able to work through the toughest tangles in an instant; others, blessed with reserves of willpower, stay the course in the dogged pursuit of truth. Then there\'s the rest of us. Not prodigies and a little bit lazy, but still aspiring to understand the world and our place in it. What can we do?--Inside front flap.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Daniel C. Dennett is University Professor Emeritus at Tufts University and the author of numerous books including From Bacteria to Bach and Back , Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking , Breaking the Spell , Darwin's Dangerous Idea , and Consciousness Explained . He lives with his wife in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.