I know "who he is". Do I have to agree with him because he is a professor? Every piece of his writing I saw used the most complicated language possible and the largest amount of digressions to in the end convey nothing concrete whatsoever and this is all the more true of this article. Moreover I think one can not make any serious contribution to cognitive science using the methodology he uses and that what he is doing is akin to people trying to explain "what gravity is" before Galileo came, abandoned the question, and used equations to predict effects of gravity instead. If I am wrong, I seriously would love an explanation of why do you think so.
As others have said Marvin Minsky, who I by the way respect way more than Dennett because in his prime he actually did do real research, had this idea of a "community of agents" thirty years ago or more, in fact he several time claimed that if only he would receive the money to hire programmers he would produce revolutionary AI programs in a matter of months. How this is looked upon by more mainstream scientists one can guess. To me the whole theory is as vague as saying that the brain is made up of cooperating parts. Does any of this lead to testable scientific predictions?
I admire your healthy level of skepticism. I've been intrigued by Dennett for years, but I haven't drunk his Kool-Aid.
How do you find triune brain theory? I'm finding it a very useful model. Want to know what I think many of these "brain guys" get wrong? The fact that many neural circuits include loops through the body at various distances. Doesn't it seem like many theories are actually projections of social models? (consider the shift from cleverly-connected agents to "decentralization" to competing individual neurons). There's a theory somewhere that says technocracies develop products that mimic their internal communication/social structure. I see startups go through this all the time. anyhoo...
It would have been good if you included your references instead of halfheartedly telling us the keywords why you maybe disagree. I still upped your comment, because despite your ignorance, you've developed your own views to things, which as I said, just lack the references. Have an open mind and go beyond the words, start with your own imagination. To me it sounds, as if you cannot reason Dennett, but you leave us unclear what "that" logic inaccuracy is, thus making you appear ignorant.
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I recently read "Intuition Pumps And Other Tools For Thinking" by Dennett (http://www.amazon.com/Intuition-Pumps-Other-Tools-Thinking/d...). I think you are not giving him enough credit. He actually spends most of the book arguing against popular ideas in philosophy that either have no support in science, or have counter-evidence in science. I found the book was written clearly, with very little philosophical jargon.
