Brainchildren: Essays on Designing Minds
Last updated October 31, 2026
This collection gathers Daniel Dennett's essays from the 1980s and 1990s on mind, consciousness, animal thinking and artificial intelligence. Some were written for specialists and others for general readers. Across the pieces he considers how minds might be designed, how we can learn what other animals know and feel, and what robots and computer programs reveal about the workings of human thought. Many first appeared in journals and edited volumes.
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