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Published Content and Consciousness
In his book 'Content and Consciousness,' Dennett sets out a framework for thinking about the relation of the mind to the brain that he is continuing to research even this day. Dennett's solution was controversial as it begins by dividing the problem into giving a theory of mental content and a theory of consciousness. -
Published Consciousness Explained
In his book, 'Consciousness Explained,' Dennett wrote about a comprehensive analysis of the human brain how physical and cognitive parts play roles in it, and how physical and cognitive parts work to induce consciousness. A special point about this book is that Dennett introduced the Multiple drafts model of consciousness, which essentially describes how each section of the brain has different roles. -
Published Darwin's Dangerous Idea(with video)
In his book, 'Darwin's dangerous idea,' Dennett argued that Darwin's natural selection caused the brain, mind, and consciousness to appear. Later in 1996, this book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv1MMX9Z9s4
Here is Darrett directly speaking about this book with a great example of Sweden's road. -
Published Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
In his book 'Breaking the spell: religion as a natural phenomenon,' Dannett claimed that religion is in need of scientific analysis so that its nature and future may be better understood, which is essentially saying that religion is born by the evolution of social behavior. With this book, Dannett started to be known as "the four horsemen of the counter-apocalypse," with Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris.