Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking Audiobook
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking Audiobook
- Jeff Crawford
- Brilliance Audio
- 2013-05-06
- 13 h 25 min
Summary:
More than a storied career, philosopher Daniel C. Dennett has engaged questions about science and the workings of the mind. His answers possess combined rigorous debate with solid empirical grounding. And a lot of fun. With this audiobook, Dennett stocks the “imagination extenders and focus-holders” that he yet others are suffering from for handling life’s most fundamental questions. Along with book discussions of familiar moves – Occam’s Razor, reductio ad absurdum – Dennett presents cognitive equipment purpose-built for probably the most treacherous subject matter: evolution, indicating, mind, and free will. From skyhooks to deepities, the Wandering Two-Bitser and the Perfect Mammal, Dennett’s genial design persuades as it educates, pointing out pitfalls in arguments as it challenges listeners to find others. The result is certainly a sweeping function of deep intellectual seriousness that’s also studded with impish delights. Intuition Pushes offers intrepid thinkers – in all walks of life – delicious possibilities to explore their family pet ideas with fresh powers.