Re: MD Chance and natural selection

From: MATTHEW PAUL KUNDERT (mpkundert@students.wisc.edu)
Date: Sun Aug 17 2003 - 22:01:25 BST

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    Ian,

    > Darwin has come a long way since his death, and I think our
    > misunderstandingis that you hold a fairly primitive view of his
    > legacy.My understanding of Darwinism is updated by Gould, Dawkins,
    > Pinker and Jones
    > amongst others.

    Add Daniel C. Dennett to that list. He's the leading philosopher in making sense of how consciousness and sentience evolves (cf. Consciousness Explained).

    His new book, Freedom Evolves, is excellent, by the way.

    Matt

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