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Overview

Can there be freedom and free will in a deterministic world? Renowned philosopher Daniel Dennett emphatically answers "yes " Using an array of provocative formulations, Dennett sets out to show how we alone among the animals have evolved minds that give us free will and morality. Weaving a richly detailed narrative, Dennett explains in a series of strikingly original
arguments--drawing upon evolutionary biology, cognitive neuroscience, economics, and philosophy--that far from being an enemy of traditional explorations of freedom, morality, and meaning, the evolutionary perspective can be an indispensable ally. In Freedom Evolves, Dennett seeks to place ethics on the foundation it deserves: a realistic, naturalistic, potentially unified vision of our place in nature.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780142003848
  • ISBN-10: 0142003840
  • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
  • Publish Date: January 2004
  • Dimensions: 8.03 x 5.33 x 0.84 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.69 pounds
  • Page Count: 368
  • Reading Level: Ages 18-UP

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