Brainstorms

Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology is a 1981 book by the American philosopher Daniel Dennett. In these 17 essays, he reflects on the early achievements of artificial intelligence to develop his ideas on consciousness, theory of mind, and free will.

Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology
AuthorDaniel C. Dennett
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectsArtificial intelligence
Consciousness
Published1981 (MIT Press)
ISBN9780262540377

Reception

Douglas Hofstadter, writing in the New York Review of Books praised Brainstorms calling it 'one of the most important contributions to thinking about thinking yet written'.[1]

John Haugeland reviewed Brainstorms for the journal Philosophy of Science where he called it 'philosophically important and delightfully written' though he criticised Dennett's arguments about morality.[2]

Gilbert Harman, writing in The Philosophical Review, called Brainstorms 'brilliant'.[3]

References
  1. Douglas Hofstadter (29 May 1980). "Who Am I Anyway?". New York Review of Books.
  2. John Haugeland (1980). "Book Review: Brainstorms Daniel C. Dennett". Philosophy of Science. 47 (2): 326–327. doi:10.1086/288936.
  3. Gilbert Harman (January 1980). "Reviewed Work: Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology by Daniel C. Dennett". The Philosophical Review. 89 (1): 115–117. doi:10.2307/2184867.


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