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Content and Consciousness
This publication was Daniel Dannets first attempts at looking into the relationship between mind and body in the field of cognitive science.It is his first rebuttal of Cartesian dualism and one of the founding texts of philosophy of mind (Dennett 1969). This publication is the backbone of his future ideas and publications Dennett, Daniel C. (1968). Content and Consciousness. Routledge. -
Consciousness Explained
In this publication, Daniel Dennett explains how consciousness arises from interaction of the physical and cognitive processes that occur in the brain. His ideas in this publication are controversial with philosphers because he describes the consciousness as calculations in the mind, rather than consciousness being of another wordly phenomenon. Dennett, D. C. (1991). Consciousness explained. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. -
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
The publication by Daniel Dennett describes Charles Darwin's Natural Selection Theory and the natural selection process as a blind process that is algorithmic process. He relates it to the human consciousness as it being an algorithmic and mechanical process. (Dennett 1995)Dennett, D C. Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996 -
From Bacteria to Bach and Back
In Daniel Dennett's most recent publication, he explains that the human consciousness is no more mysterious than gravity. Dennett builds on the ideas from computer science and from biology to explain how human consciousness could have came from a mindless process of natural selection. Dennett, Daniel C. 2017. From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds.New York: W. W. Norton. xviii, 496 pages