Summary
Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology is a 1978 book by American philosopher Daniel Dennett. The book is a collection of seventeen essays in which Dennett reflects on the early achievements of artificial intelligence to develop his ideas on consciousness, theory of mind, and free will.
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| Author | Daniel C. Dennett |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Artificial intelligence Consciousness |
| Published | 1978 (Bradford Books[1]) 1981 (MIT Press) |
| ISBN | 9780897060011 |
Reception edit
Douglas Hofstadter, writing in the New York Review of Books, praised Brainstorms, calling it "one of the most important contributions to thinking about thinking yet written".[2] John Haugeland reviewed Brainstorms for the journal Philosophy of Science where he called it "philosophically important and delightfully written", though he criticised Dennett's arguments about morality.[3] Gilbert Harman, writing in The Philosophical Review, called Brainstorms "brilliant".[4] Robert Cummins wrote in Philosophical Topics that Brainstorms is "important and good" and called it "the most entertaining bit of non-fiction I've read in a long while."[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Cummins, Robert (Spring 1981). "What Can Be Learned from Brainstorms?". Philosophical Topics. 12 (1): 83–92. doi:10.5840/philtopics198112144. JSTOR 43153846.
- ^ Douglas Hofstadter (29 May 1980). "Who Am I Anyway?". New York Review of Books.
- ^ John Haugeland (1980). "Book Review: Brainstorms Daniel C. Dennett". Philosophy of Science. 47 (2): 326–327. doi:10.1086/288936.
- ^ Gilbert Harman (January 1980). "Reviewed Work: Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology by Daniel C. Dennett". The Philosophical Review. 89 (1): 115–117. doi:10.2307/2184867. JSTOR 2184867. S2CID 33311289.
- Brainstorms – MIT CogNet
External links edit
- Reviews of Daniel C. Dennett's Brainstorms (1978) – UCI Libraries