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wadley@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Gregory Robert Wadley) writes:

>I'm reading "Consciousness Explained" by Dan Dennett.

>Can anyone tell me what the reaction to this book has been?
>References would be good.
>Sorry if it's been discussed already and I missed it.

  I can tell you my reaction.  It was that Dennett was basically engaging
in an exercise of his ego, and at the same time trying to sell me a bill
of goods.  I found his rather patronizing attitude ("Of course this new
view I am propounding is going to be complicated for you to understand
at first, yuo poor ignorant slob, but once you get it then you will be
on the right track at last and agree with me.") offensive, his arguments
generally not convincing, and in general agree with the comments made
last spring on this newsgroup by Mickail Zelaney that the book was
intellectually dishonest.
burt voorhees
burt@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca