IVE 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 creativi