Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness
Last updated October 31, 2026
Based on his Jean Nicod lectures in France, Daniel Dennett revisits his theory of consciousness and answers philosophers who say subjective experience can never be explained scientifically. He examines influential thought experiments, including the philosophical zombie and the scientist who knows everything about color but has never seen it, and argues that they mislead. He defends his view of consciousness as a kind of fame in the brain, where some contents gain lasting influence over others.
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