Daniel Dennett

Daniel Dennett is one of America´s most important and influential contemporary philosophers. He has made considerable contributions to the philosophy of mind and to evolutionary thought. This book offers an introduction to Dennett´s ideas, his key writings and his contributions to the various fields of philosophy. Thematically organised, the book presents a consistent and accessible philosophy. David L. Thompson examines philosophical problems in consciousness, self, religion, ethics, evolution, freedom and ontology and provides a clear account of how Dennett resolves these issues. The book explores the twentieth-century stand-off between the scientific worldview, on the one hand, and ethics, freedom and human dignity on the other. Ultimately Thompson presents Dennett´s work as reconciling these two approaches. This book covers Dennett´s key texts and presents a number of Dennett´s often brilliant thought experiments. This is the ideal companion to the study of this hugely influential thinker.