From Bacteria to Bach and Back

Informationen zum Autor Daniel C. Dennett (1942-2024) was University Professor Emeritus at Tufts University and the author of numerous books, including Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking, Breaking the Spell, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, and Consciousness Explained. Klappentext How did we come to have minds? For centuries, poets, philosophers, psychologists, and physicists have wondered how the human mind developed its unrivaled abilities. Disciples of Darwin have explained how natural selection produced plants, but what about the human mind? In From Bacteria to Bach and Back, Daniel C. Dennett builds on recent discoveries from biology and computer science to show, step by step, how a comprehending mind could in fact have arisen from a mindless process of natural selection. A crucial shift occurred when humans developed the ability to share memes, or ways of doing things not based in genetic instinct. Competition among memes produced thinking tools powerful enough that our minds don't just perceive and react, they create and comprehend. An agenda-setting book for a new generation of philosophers and scientists, From Bacteria to Bach and Back will delight and entertain all those curious about how the mind works.

About the author

Daniel C. Dennett (1942–2024) was University Professor Emeritus at Tufts University and the author of numerous books, including Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking, Breaking the Spell, Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, and Consciousness Explained.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel C. Dennet, Daniel C Dennett, Daniel C. Dennett
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9780393355505
• ISBN: 978-0-393-35550-5
• No. of pages: 477
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 210 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, Philosophy of Mind, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, RELIGION / Atheism, RELIGION / Agnosticism, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, Agnosticism and atheism, Agnosticism & Atheism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, Evolution / Evolutionary biology