TY - BOOK AU - Dennett, Daniel C. TI - Consciousness explained SN - 9780140128673 U1 - 126 PY - 1993/// CY - London PB - Penguin KW - Consciousness KW - Mind and body N2 - Daniel C. Dennett's now-classic book blends philosophy, psychology and neuroscience - with the aid of numerous examples and thought-experiments - to explore how consciousness has evolved, and how a modern understanding of the human mind is radically different from conventional explanations of consciousness. What people think of as the stream of consciousness is not a single, unified sequence, the author argues, but 'multiple drafts' of reality composed by a computer-like 'virtual machine'. Dennett explains how science has exploded the classic mysteries of consciousness: the nature of introspection, the self or ego and its relation to thoughts and sensations, the problems posed by qualia, and the level of consciousness of non-human creatures. (https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/12906/consciousness-explained-by-daniel-c-dennett-illus-paul-weiner/9780140128673) ER -