Dennett's Dangerous Idea LO5230

GMBrady@aol.com
Tue, 30 Jan 1996 11:56:20 -0500

Many on this list would almost certainly find the profile of Daniel C.
Dennett, on pages 34 and 35 of the February SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, very
interesting. It's title: "Dennett's Dangerous Idea."

Here's a quote:

"Philosophers tumbled long ago to the realization that things are not what
they seem. Dennett has pushed this insight a mind-bending step further:
even our illusions are not what they seem, because they are built of still
more illusions. With this mental nutcracker he claims to have split open
the conceptual chestnut of consciousness, which he sees as the product of
a "virtual machine" running the brain."

Marion Brady

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