In Intuition Pumps, Daniel Dennett, one of the world''s leading philosophers, and author of Consciousness Explained and Freedom Evolves, offers aspiring thinkers his personal trove of mind-stretching thought experiments
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.
Daniel Dennett is one of the most original and provocative thinkers in the world. A brilliant
