If Brains Are Computers, Who Designs the Software?
University Professor of Philosophy, Tufts University
Argues that Darwinian natural selection and cultural memes build 'competence without comprehension,' assembling human conscious reflection from sub-personal neural processes.
Cognitive science sees the brain as a sort of computer, but how does education redesign these cerebral computers? Cognitive scientist, philosopher, and expert on consciousness Daniel Dennett explains.
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There is widespread agreement among researchers in cognitive science that a human brain is some kind of computer, but not much like the laptop. If we look at perceptual experience, and education in particular, as a process of redesigning our cerebral computers, how does the software get designed, and what are the limits of this design process? Daniel C Dennett finds out.