Synopsis
(from back cover)
We human beings are conscious, thinking, free, and responsible agents. However, science has reealed that we are also natural products of evolution, composed of simple biochemical components, arranged in complex self-maintaining configurations. How can these two seemingly incompatible images of humanity be reconciled?
Tadeusz Zawidzki outlines Dennett's reconciliation of three major components of human nature - thought, consciousness, and freedom of the will - with what science tells us about human beings. In the course of this exposition, the book highlights the important role that Darwinian thinking plays in Dennett's proposed reconciliation, as well as his innovative proposals regarding the 'reality' of our consciousness and its attributes.
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