Consciousness explained book
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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 consciousness to an academic paper that is being developed or edited in the hands of several people at once, the "multiple drafts" theory of consciousness. In this analogy, "the paper" exists even though there is no single, unified paper. When people report on their inner experiences, Dennett considers their reports to be more like theorizing tha
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Link in episode "Prof. Daniel Dennett - Could AI Counterfeit People Destroy Civilization? (SPECIAL EDITION)": https://amazon.co.uk/Consciousness-Explained-Penguin-Science-Dennett/dp/0140128670
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er, writer, and cognitive scientist. He has published dozens of books, such as “Consciousness Explained" (1992), “Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life” (1996),
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mitpress.mit.edu/9780262548045/the-brain-abstracted/ [00:30:00] Daniel Dennett: Consciousness Explained https://www.amazon.com/Consciousness-Explained-Daniel-C-Dennett/dp/0316180661 [
"Vibe Coding is a Slot Machine" - Jeremy Howard · 2026-03-03
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Link in episode "Prof. Daniel Dennett - Could AI Counterfeit People Destroy Civilization? (SPECIAL EDITION)": https://amazon.co.uk/Consciousness-Explained-Penguin-Science-Dennett/dp/0140128670
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"Vibe Coding is a Slot Machine" - Jeremy Howard · 2026-03-03
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mitpress.mit.edu/9780262548045/the-brain-abstracted/ [00:30:00] Daniel Dennett: Consciousness Explained https://www.amazon.com/Consciousness-Explained-Daniel-C-Dennett/dp/0316180661 [
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mitpress.mit.edu/9780262548045/the-brain-abstracted/ [00:30:00] Daniel Dennett: Consciousness Explained https://www.amazon.com/Consciousness-Explained-Daniel-C-Dennett/dp/0316180661 [
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er, writer, and cognitive scientist. He has published dozens of books, such as “Consciousness Explained" (1992), “Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life” (1996),
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2024-04-08 · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · via references · 0.68
er, writer, and cognitive scientist. He has published dozens of books, such as “Consciousness Explained" (1992), “Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life” (1996),
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Link in episode "Prof. Daniel Dennett - Could AI Counterfeit People Destroy Civilization? (SPECIAL EDITION)": https://amazon.co.uk/Consciousness-Explained-Penguin-Science-Dennett/dp/0140128670
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2023-06-04 · Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST) · via references · 0.77
Link in episode "Prof. Daniel Dennett - Could AI Counterfeit People Destroy Civilization? (SPECIAL EDITION)": https://amazon.co.uk/Consciousness-Explained-Penguin-Science-Dennett/dp/0140128670
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Link in episode "Prof. Daniel Dennett - Could AI Counterfeit People Destroy Civilization? (SPECIAL EDITION)": https://amazon.co.uk/Consciousness-Explained-Penguin-Science-Dennett/dp/0140128670
gazetteer:book 438. Aboutness, Secular vs. Religious Ethics, & Plato’s Avia
er, writer, and cognitive scientist. He has published dozens of books, such as “Consciousness Explained" (1992), “Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life” (1996),
gazetteer:book "Vibe Coding is a Slot Machine" - Jeremy Howard
mitpress.mit.edu/9780262548045/the-brain-abstracted/ [00:30:00] Daniel Dennett: Consciousness Explained https://www.amazon.com/Consciousness-Explained-Daniel-C-Dennett/dp/0316180661 [
description:link Prof. Daniel Dennett - Could AI Counterfeit People Destroy C
Link in episode "Prof. Daniel Dennett - Could AI Counterfeit People Destroy Civilization? (SPECIAL EDITION)": https://amazon.co.uk/Consciousness-Explained-Penguin-Science-Dennett/dp/0140128670
gazetteer:book 438. Aboutness, Secular vs. Religious Ethics, & Plato’s Avia
er, writer, and cognitive scientist. He has published dozens of books, such as “Consciousness Explained" (1992), “Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life” (1996),
gazetteer:book "Vibe Coding is a Slot Machine" - Jeremy Howard
mitpress.mit.edu/9780262548045/the-brain-abstracted/ [00:30:00] Daniel Dennett: Consciousness Explained https://www.amazon.com/Consciousness-Explained-Daniel-C-Dennett/dp/0316180661 [