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Author:

Dennett, Daniel Clement.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

W. W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xiv, 496 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Philosophy--Miscellanea.
Thought and thinking--Miscellanea.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

A dozen general thinking tools -- Tools for thinking about meaning or content -- An interlude about computers -- More tools about meaning -- Tools for thinking about evolution -- Tools for thinking about consciousness -- Tools for thinking about free will -- What is it like to be a philosopher -- Use the tools, try harder -- What got left out.

Summary:

A philosophy professor offers exercises and tools to stretch the mind, offering new ways to consider, discuss, and argue positions on dangerous subject matter including evolution, the meaning of life, and free will.

ISBN:

0393082067 (hardcover) :
9780393082067 (hardcover) :

LCCN:

2013000930

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)