num_pages: 511
description: "Brilliant...as audacious as its title....Mr. Dennett's exposition is nothing short of brilliant." --George Johnson, New York Times Book ReviewConsciousness Explained is a a full-scale exploration of human consciousness. In this landmark book, Daniel Dennett refutes the traditional, commonsense theory of consciousness and presents a new model, based on a wealth of information from the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence. Our current theories about conscious life-of people, animal, even robots--are transformed by the new perspectives found in this book.
language: English
title: Consciousness Explained
titlecomplete: Consciousness Explained
genres: Biology, Neuroscience, Unfinished, Philosophy, Science, Brain, Psychology, Evolution, Nonfiction, Popular Science
ratings_count: 8087
publisher: Back Bay Books