Daniel C. Dennett

University Professor of Philosophy, Tufts University

Royal Institution

1 standalone talk · 1 total lecture · 1h recorded

Philosophy & Ethics Biology & Neuroscience

Standalone talks by Daniel C. Dennett

Self-contained public lectures, keynote addresses, and research seminars.

If Brains Are Computers, Who Designs the Software?

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Philosophy·Public Colloquium

If Brains Are Computers, Who Designs the Software?

Daniel C. Dennett·Royal Institution

Argues that Darwinian natural selection and cultural memes build 'competence without comprehension,' assembling human conscious reflection from sub-personal neural processes.