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Daniel Dennett

American philosopher of mind and cognitive scientist (1942 to 2024), co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University; author of Consciousness Explained, Darwin's Dangerous Idea and Breaking the Spell.

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Word and ObjectBook Willard Van Orman Quine

recommended

I arrived at Harvard the year that Word and Object—the first book on my list—came out.

Five Books interview: the best books on Favorite Books

2023-09-25·fivebooks.com ↗

Beyond ConceptsBook Ruth Millikan

recommended

But in Beyond Concepts Millikan carries it much further, and she goes all the way to the metaphysics, to the ontology.

Five Books interview: the best books on Favorite Books

2023-09-25·fivebooks.com ↗

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