{"product_id":"9780241954621-intuition-pumps-and-other-tools-for-thinking","title":"Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA few of us may be natural geniuses; others are blessed with reserves of willpower. Then there's the rest of us: not prodigies and short on time, but still aspiring to understand the world. What can we do? This guide enables you to tackle life's questions - evolution, meaning, consciousness and free will.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eIntuition \u003c\/i\u003ePumps, Daniel Dennett, one of the world's leading philosophers, and author of \u003ci\u003eConsciousness Explained\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFreedom Evolves\u003c\/i\u003e, offers aspiring thinkers his personal trove of mind-stretching thought experiments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThinking is hard. A few of us may be natural geniuses; others are blessed with reserves of willpower. Then there's the rest of us: not prodigies and short on time, but still aspiring to understand the world. What can we do? Daniel Dennett, one of the world's most original thinkers, reveals a collection of his favourite thinking tools, or 'intuition pumps'. From Occam's Razor to the benefit of mistakes, the 90% rule to avoiding 'deepitites', this entertaining guide will enable you to tackle life's most fundamental questions - evolution, meaning, consciousness and free will - and teach you to think truly independently and creatively.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Dennett is one of the most original and provocative thinkers in the world. A brilliant polemicist and philosopher, he is famous for challenging unexamined orthodoxies. His books include \u003ci\u003eBrainstorms\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrainchildren\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElbow Room\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConsciousness Explained\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDarwin's Dangerous Idea\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFreedom Evolves\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in North Andover, Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the world's most original and provocative thinkers' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A master class' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Intelligence, insight and flair . They don't come much bigger than Daniel Dennett' Julian Baggini, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A philosopher's box of tools for the musing mind' Melvin Konner, \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'You'll enjoy and be challenged by it'Steven Rose, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e'A lively primer on the radical answers Mr. Dennett has elaborated to the big questions in his nearly five decades in philosophy' Jennifer Schuessler, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'America's most important and entertaining philosopher' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943344844897,"sku":"9780241954621","price":12.91,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32394464.jpg?v=1738294093","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241954621-intuition-pumps-and-other-tools-for-thinking","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}