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Consciousness Explained: Literary Connections, Reception & Summary

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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Consciousness Explained topic overview

The analysis highlights Literary Connections, Reception and Summary as prominent areas in the source structure around Consciousness Explained.

Related topics
31
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
34
Extracted relationships
26
Related term clusters
13
Bridge connections
34

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Reception · 18 topics
Summary · 7 topics
Overview · 6 topics

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Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

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
5Daniel Dennett · Consciousness · Cognition
6John Searle · Category error · Epistemology
6Gerald Edelman · Antonio Damasio · Vilayanur Ramachandran

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Overview

Summary

Reception

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Advanced semantic analysis

How Consciousness Explained connects Entity context

The extracted context around Consciousness Explained shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Consciousness Explained → Book Review, George Johnson, In New York Times, Neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene, The New York Times Another extracted example is Consciousness Explained → Daniel C. Dennett. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Consciousness Explained

Top relations

related to Reception · 5
Consciousness Explained → Book Review, George Johnson, In New York Times, Neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene, The New York Times
Author · 1
Consciousness Explained → Daniel C. Dennett
Dewey Decimal · 1
Consciousness Explained → 126 20
Followed by · 1
Consciousness Explained → Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Language · 1
Consciousness Explained → English
LC Class · 1
Consciousness Explained → B105.C477 D45 1991
Media type · 1
Consciousness Explained → Print (hardcover and paperback)
OCLC · 1
Consciousness Explained → 23648691
Pages · 1
Consciousness Explained → 511
Preceded by · 1
Consciousness Explained → The Intentional Stance

Important terminology

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Important terminology

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Consciousness Explained relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 26 structured relationships around Consciousness Explained. Examples in this analysis include Consciousness Explained → Author → Daniel C. Dennett and Consciousness Explained → Dewey Decimal → 126 20. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Consciousness ExplainedAuthorDaniel C. Dennett1.00infobox
Consciousness ExplainedDewey Decimal126 201.00infobox
Consciousness ExplainedFollowed byDarwin's Dangerous Idea1.00infobox
Consciousness ExplainedLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Consciousness ExplainedLC ClassB105.C477 D45 19911.00infobox
Consciousness ExplainedMedia typePrint (hardcover and paperback)1.00infobox
Consciousness ExplainedOCLC236486911.00infobox
Consciousness ExplainedPages5111.00infobox
Consciousness ExplainedPreceded byThe Intentional Stance1.00infobox
Consciousness ExplainedPublication date19911.00infobox
Consciousness ExplainedPublication placeUnited States1.00infobox
Consciousness ExplainedPublisherLittle, Brown and Co.1.00infobox
Consciousness ExplainedSubjectConsciousness1.00infobox
Consciousness Explainedis a1991 book by the American philosopher Daniel Dennett0.90text

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Consciousness Explained bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Explained, Dennett and Conscious. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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    • Critics
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    • Consciousness
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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Consciousness Explained, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Consciousness Explained with Reception. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Consciousness Explained — Reception · splits 16 ⟂ 19
Consciousness Explained — Summary · splits 27 ⟂ 8
Consciousness Explained — Overview · splits 28 ⟂ 7

Map overview Semantic statistics

Consciousness Explained

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples26
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Consciousness Explained to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Literary Connections, Reception & Summary, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Consciousness Explained · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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