Daniel Dennett (Tufts University): “Intuition Pumps and Other Tools in Thinking” and Book Launch

Intuition Pumps and Other Tools in Thinking
Speaker: Daniel Dennett (Tufts University)

Chair: Christian List (LSE)

Thursday 23 May; 6.30 – 8.00 pm

Sheikh Zayed Theatre; New Academic Building; LSE

Organised in collaboration with the Department of Philosophy; Logic and Scientific Method and the Forum for European Philosophy.

In this lecture; one of the world’s most original thinkers will show how he designs; uses; and dismantles the thinking tools that have illuminated his theories of meaning; mind; and evolution. The big difference between human minds and the minds of other animals is our equipping ourselves with literally hundreds of thinking tools–cultural software that we install in our brains much the way we download Java applets to our laptops and smart phones. Some of these tools are as simple as labels or metaphors; and others are sophisticated intuition pumps–persuasion-machines that can delude us if we’re not careful.

Daniel Dennett is University Professor and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy; and co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University.

Christian List is professor of political science and philosophy at LSE.

Book Launch

Daniel Dennett: Intuition Pumps and Other Tools in Thinking

The Book Launch will happen at the same time as Prof. Dennett’s public lecture at the LSE on 23 May; 6.30 – 8 pm.

The book will be available to purchase at the event.

Event details; including podcast