... immorality of revelations Pyrrhonian crisis Daniel Dennett In a strict sense, the term ‘theology’ covers all systematic ways of talking and writing about God or gods. ¹ In Western academic traditions, it is customary to distinguish between two different kinds of theology. The one, called...

... Vilenkin Alex Genesis Book of new atheist rhetoric Richard Dawkins Sam Harris Christopher Hitchens Daniel Dennett Alan Lightman Jim Holt ...

... Korbinian scaling problem memory modularity cognitive science massive modularity evolutionary psychology Daniel Dennett Evidence of neural reuse points to an overall picture of the brain that has disruptive implications for the modularity of mind, particularly for classical varieties of the theory...

...To bring the story of system forward to the present, this Coda recounts the author’s involvement in an attempt to reshape knowledge called the Whole Enchilada group. Its work highlighted the ongoing importance of Darwin to current efforts at reform. Building on Daniel Dennett’s focus...

...—an account of what makes them have the meaning they have in terms of the procedures that regulate their acceptance. The account is based on Daniel Dennett’s Intentional Stance. The role of belief and desire ascriptions in the prediction of behaviour generates an acceptance procedure—accept or reject belief...

... Richard Dawkins Stephen Gould Daniel Dennett Jacques Derrida In the late twentieth century, it was as hard to look forward to the Kingdom of God as it was to look back to Paradise—perhaps even harder. The dead were generally believed to be just that, quickened (if at all) by photographs, videos...

... naturalism seems better suited to accommodate animal and human suffering, naturalistic accounts of value (Darwinian-ism in particular) are problematic. Richard Dawkin and Daniel Dennett's use of the Crane and the Skyhook metaphors is critiqued. Theism provides a richer, broader account of the cosmos...

... phrenology verbs decision making dynamical systems theory fallacy of division Dennett Daniel Metaphor view Searle John homuncular functionalism personal subpersonal distinction proto cognitive operations category mistake Maxwell Bennett P. M. S. Hacker Ludwig Wittgenstein Daniel Dennett John...

... Clark Kelly Dennett Daniel psychologists animals Darwin Calvin John Dawkins Richard instinct law s of nature Plantinga Alvin Reformed epistemology Descartes René Moser Paul K Reformed epistemologist Thomas Reid natural signs spandrel Daniel Dennett perception sensation Paul Moser...

...This chapter highlights the importance of methodology in order to explain the religious experience the same way with the philosophy of mind. It focuses on the works of Daniel Dennett such as ‘Breaking the Spell; Religion as a Natural Phenomenon’, which has his own approach to such religious...

... subpersonal cognitive psychology Darwinian thinking evolution gradualism essentialism language faculty phonology syntax semantics Daniel Dennett One thing that has always distinguished Dan Dennett’s philosophy is his eagerness to get his hands dirty with the phenomena, to take things apart and see...

... kinds of minds Daniel Dennett What are the main stages in the evolution of cognition, the crucial transitions between simpler and more complex forms? When addressing this question, it is tempting to adopt a kind of linear thinking—X leads to Y which leads to Z...

... naturalization Daniel Dennett eliminative naturalism heterophenomenology Thomas Metzinger phenomenal content self-models Even if the first-person perspective cannot be reduced, perhaps it can be eliminated. Several important philosophers have attempted to eliminate the first-person perspective from...

...’ against Daniel Dennett’s physicalist account of consciousness and Wilfrid Sellars’ concept of the ‘scientific image’. In negotiating a pathway between these positions, the chapter considers whether music—and its determination of an autonomous aesthetic sphere—may offer a productive alternative perspective...

...This chapter uses ideas from James Gibson's ecological approach to perception, Gerald Edelman's distinction between primary and higher-order consciousness, and Daniel Dennett's ‘multiple drafts’ model, to explore the consequences for consciousness of the reciprocal relationship between musical...

... evolutionary biology, have profound negative implications for belief in God. Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion and Daniel Dennett's Breaking the Spell, both published in 2006, argue that the Darwinian theory of evolution erodes many traditional metaphysical notions...

...This chapter examines a number of contemporary compatibilist views on freedom and responsibility. The discussion is organized around themes from Daniel Dennett’s influential compatibilist work, Elbow Room (1984), and in the light of these themes the chapter also considers a number...

...The “rationalizing interpretation” view of psychological discourse, associated with Donald Davidson and Daniel Dennett, has been widely influential as a reconstruction of our practices of ascribing attitudes to others, and as an account of the meaning of psychological terms. This perspective has...