Consciousness Explained

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Consciousness Explained is a 1991 book by philosopher Daniel Dennett that presents a influential cognitive and philosophical theory of consciousness grounded in neuroscience and computational models.

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instanceOf book
cognitive science book
non-fiction book
philosophy book
addressesProblem mind–body problem
problem of qualia
unity of consciousness
advocatesView functionalism about consciousness
materialism about mind
author Daniel Dennett
claims conscious experience is a product of parallel, distributed processes
consciousness can be explained in naturalistic terms
there is no single central place in the brain where consciousness happens
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticizedBy David Chalmers
John Searle
genre cognitive science
philosophy of mind
hasISBN 978-0-316-18065-8
hasNotableConcept fame in the brain
heterophenomenology
multiple drafts model
narrative center of gravity
influenced cognitive science of consciousness
philosophy of consciousness debates
influencedBy artificial intelligence research
cognitive psychology
evolutionary biology
neuroscience
language English
mainSubject cognitive science
consciousness
philosophy of mind
mediaType print
notableFor critique of traditional qualia concepts
integration of philosophy and cognitive science
naturalistic theory of consciousness
opposesView Cartesian theater model of consciousness
substantive qualia
proposesTheory multiple drafts model of consciousness
publicationYear 1991
publisher Little, Brown and Company
relatedWork Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting
surface form: Elbow Room

Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness
usesFramework computational models of cognition
neuroscientific evidence

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multiple drafts model of consciousness describedIn Consciousness Explained