Daniel Dennett

Author of such groundbreaking and influential books as Consciousness Explained and Darwin''s Dangerous Idea Daniel C. Dennett has reached a huge general and professional audience that extends far beyond the confines of academic philosophy. Dennett has made significant contributions to the study of consciousness the development of the child''s mind cognitive ethnology explanation in the social sciences artificial intelligence and evolutionary theory. This volume is the only truly introductory collection that traces these connections explores the implications of Dennett''s work and furnishes the non-specialist with a fully-rounded account of why Dennett is such an important voice on the philosophical scene. Andrew Brook is Professor of Philosophy Director of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies and Chair of the Cognitive Science Ph.D. at Carlton University. He co-authored Knowledge and Mind with Robert Stainton (MIT Press 2000) and authored Kant and the Mind (Cambridge 1994). He has co-edited three books including Dennett''s Philosophy: A Comprehensive Assessment with Don Ross and David Thompson (MIT Press 2000). Don Ross is Professor of Economics and Convenor of the Programme in Philosophy Politics and Economics at the University of Cape Town. He is the author of numerous articles on the philosophy of cognitive science and the foundations of micoreconomics and game theory and is co-editor of Dennett''s Philosophy: A Comprehensive Assessment with Andrew Brook and David Thompson (MIT Press 2000). He has presented lectures widely in his native Canada and in the United States Europe Africa and Australia.