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Consciousness Explained

Consciousness Explained is a 1991 book by the American philosopher Daniel Dennett, in which the author offers an account of how consciousness arises from interaction of physical and cognitive processes in the brain. Dennett describes consciousness as an account of the various calculations occurring in the brain at close to the same time. He compares…

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Author
Daniel C. Dennett
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co.
Dewey Decimal
126 20
Followed by
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Language
English

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Consciousness Explained → Book Review, George Johnson, In New York Times, Neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene, The New York Times
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Consciousness Explained → Daniel C. Dennett
Dewey Decimal · 1
Consciousness Explained → 126 20
Followed by · 1
Consciousness Explained → Darwin's Dangerous Idea
ISBN · 1
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LC Class · 1
Consciousness Explained → B105.C477 D45 1991
Media type · 1
Consciousness Explained → Print (hardcover and paperback)
OCLC · 1
Consciousness Explained → 23648691

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