Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking av Daniel C. Dennett

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<p>In <i>Intuition </i>Pumps, Daniel Dennett, one of the world''s leading philosophers, and author of <i>Consciousness Explained</i> and <i>Freedom Evolves</i>, offers aspiring thinkers his personal trove of mind-stretching thought experiments<br><br>Thinking is hard. A few of us may be natural geniuses; others are blessed with reserves of willpower. Then there''s the rest of us: not prodigies and short on time, but still aspiring to understand the world. What can we do? Daniel Dennett, one of the world''s most original thinkers, reveals a collection of his favourite thinking tools, or ''intuition pumps''. From Occam''s Razor to the benefit of mistakes, the 90% rule to avoiding ''deepitites'', this entertaining guide will enable you to tackle life''s most fundamental questions - evolution, meaning, consciousness and free will - and teach you to think truly independently and creatively.<br><br>Daniel Dennett is one of the most original and provocative thinkers in the world. A brilliant