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Powers That Be: An Adventure in Metaphysics
Philosophical Investigations, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper is an investigation into the increasingly popular trend amongst philosophers on the metaphysics of powers, exemplified by the statement: ‘To be real is to possess a power to affect (or to be affected by) other things’. First, I briefly trace the history of this idea (from the Eleatic dialectic of ancient times to present day quantum
David Rozema
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¿Determinados para ser libres y responsables? El compatibilismo de Daniel Dennett
, 2021 This article aims at reviewing Daniel Dennett's approach to free will, as hisposition remains in force in the discussion on the subject as a perspectivesolidly contrary to extreme models. To this end, we will follow Dennett's route ofcriticism of
Lezama, José
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O nascimento do homem e do meme
Kalagatos, 2021 A chamada teoria da co-evolução gene/cultura poderia facilmente ter uma interpretação memética e com isso indicar um fundamento empírico para as tradicionais análises meméticas, como as de Daniel Dennett e Susan Blackmore, que sugerem que o cérebro ...
Gustavo Leal Toledo
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Daniel C. Dennett - Consciousness Explained [PDF]
, 2014 Aan de hand van het boek van Daniel Dennet – dat in het eerste deel wordt samengevat – wordt antwoord gezocht op de vraag of Dennett in zijn boek antwoord geeft op de door hemzelf, geponeerde vraag (i.e.
J.K. van Zeeland
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La mente alfabetizada: ¿un subtipo de mente gregoriana?
Ideas y ValoresDaniel Dennett concibe al lenguaje como una estrategia adaptativa de los “sistemas gregorianos”, criaturas diseñadas por la evolución para acumular y transmitir conocimientos y herramientas. En este contexto, las palabras son “herramientas-mentales” que
María Fissore
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Logos: Revista de Lingüística, Literatura y Filosofía, 2014 El presente trabajo se propone analizar la posición de Daniel Dennett con respecto a la realidad y naturaleza del yo. El autor considera que la concepción del yo humano propia del sentido común, en tanto que un elemento único, simple, idéntico y continuo,
Ayelen Sánchez
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Reductionism in Engram Neuroscience
European Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 63, Issue 8, April 2026.Reductionist methods inspire several seemingly incompatible explanations and ontologies. But such adversarial approaches can be fruitful for theorising in neuroscience. We argue that reductionist methods are at their most useful when coupled with integrative practices that include multiple heterarchical levels of organisation, various kinds of analysis,
Caitlin Mace +2 more
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Handling Everyday Life: An Analysis of Ordinary Acting
Theoria, Volume 92, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT What does it mean to shape one's own everyday life and to be the author of one's ordinary acting with all its repetitions, anchored habits and well‐known practices? In this paper, I argue that moral philosophy should pay more attention to human agency in quotidian contexts.
Johannes Müller‐Salo
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Zygon, 1998 Thomas Ryba,The Essence of Phenomenology and Its Meaning for the Scientific Study of Religion Daniel C. Dennett,Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meaning of Life Edited by Clifford N. Matthews and Roy A.
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Anales del Seminario de Historia de la FilosofíaEste artículo examina cómo la separabilidad y unidad mente-cuerpo resultan clave para poner de manifiesto lo inapropiado del “teatro cartesiano”, metáfora creada por Daniel Dennett para criticar la experiencia consciente unificada en Descartes.
Rodrigo Alfonso González Fernández +1 more
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