PENGUIN ORANGE SPINES : INTUITION PUMPS AND OTHER TOOLS FOR THINKING PB – DANIEL C. DENNETT

"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 polemicist and philosopher, he is famous for challenging unexamined orthodoxies. His books include Brainstorms, Brainchildren, Elbow Room, Consciousness Explained, Darwin s Dangerous Idea and Freedom Evolves. He lives in North Andover, Massachusetts. One of the world s most original and provocative thinkers Daily Telegraph A master class Guardian Intelligence, insight and flair … They don t come much bigger than Daniel Dennett Julian Baggini, Guardian A philosopher s box of tools for the musing mind Melvin Konner, Nature You ll enjoy and be challenged by it Steven Rose, Guardian A lively primer on the radical answers Mr. Dennett has elaborated to the big questions in his nearly five decades in philosophy Jennifer Schuessler, The New York Times America s most important and entertaining philosopher Observer"