I've Been Thinking

A generous book written by a figure who has made a significant impact on philosophy ... Anyone interested in philosophy should read it` Nigel Warburton, Times Literary Supplement `One of today`s most readable, intellectually nimble and scientifically literate philosophers` Nature `Who would have guessed that a philosopher`s life could be so full of adventures?` Daniel C. Dennett, philosopher and cognitive scientist, has spent his career considering consciousness. I`ve Been Thinking traces the development of Dennett`s own intellect and instructs us how we too can become good thinkers. Dennett`s restless curiosity leads him from his childhood in Beirut to Harvard, and from Parisian jazz clubs to `tillosophy` on his tractor in Maine. Along the way, he encounters and debates with a host of legendary thinkers, and reveals the breakthroughs and misjudgments that shaped his paradigm-shifting philosophies. Thinking, Dennett argues, is hard, and risky. In fact, all good philosophical thinking is inevitably accompanied by bafflement, frustration and self-doubt. It is only in getting it wrong that we, very occasionally, find a way to get it right. This memoir by one of the greatest philosophers of our time will speak to anyone who seeks a life of the mind with adventure and creativity.