Freedom evolves / by Daniel C. Dennett.

By: Dennett, D. C. (Daniel Clement)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Viking, 2003Description: xiii, 347 p. : ill., charts ; 25 cmISBN: 0670031860 (hbk)Subject(s): Free will and determinism | Decision makingDDC classification: 123
Contents:
Ch. 1. Natural Freedom -- Ch. 2. A Tool for Thinking about Determinism -- Ch. 3. Thinking about Determinism -- Ch. 4. A Hearing for Libertarianism -- Ch. 5. Where does all the Design Come From? -- Ch. 6. The Evolution of Open Minds -- Ch. 7. The Evolution of Moral Agency -- Ch. 8. Are You Out of the Loop? -- Ch. 9. Bootstrapping Ourselves Free -- Ch. 10. The Future of Human Freedom.
Review: "Four billion years ago, there was no freedom on our planet, because there was no life. What kinds of freedom have evolved since the origin of life? Can there be freedom and free will in a deterministic world? If you are free, are you responsible for being free, or just lucky?".Summary: "In Freedom Evolves, Daniel C. Dennett, the author of Darwin's Dangerous Idea and Consciousness Explained, sets out to answer these questions, showing how we, alone among the animals, have evolved minds that give us free will and morality.Summary: In a series of strikingly original arguments drawing on evolutionary biology, cognitive neuroscience, economics, and philosophy, he demonstrates that if we accept Darwin's reasoning, we can build from the simplest life forms all the way up to the best and deepest human thoughts on questions of morality and meaning, ethics and freedom."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Natural Freedom -- Ch. 2. A Tool for Thinking about Determinism -- Ch. 3. Thinking about Determinism -- Ch. 4. A Hearing for Libertarianism -- Ch. 5. Where does all the Design Come From? -- Ch. 6. The Evolution of Open Minds -- Ch. 7. The Evolution of Moral Agency -- Ch. 8. Are You Out of the Loop? -- Ch. 9. Bootstrapping Ourselves Free -- Ch. 10. The Future of Human Freedom.

"Four billion years ago, there was no freedom on our planet, because there was no life. What kinds of freedom have evolved since the origin of life? Can there be freedom and free will in a deterministic world? If you are free, are you responsible for being free, or just lucky?".

"In Freedom Evolves, Daniel C. Dennett, the author of Darwin's Dangerous Idea and Consciousness Explained, sets out to answer these questions, showing how we, alone among the animals, have evolved minds that give us free will and morality.

In a series of strikingly original arguments drawing on evolutionary biology, cognitive neuroscience, economics, and philosophy, he demonstrates that if we accept Darwin's reasoning, we can build from the simplest life forms all the way up to the best and deepest human thoughts on questions of morality and meaning, ethics and freedom."--BOOK JACKET.

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