From Bacteria to Bach and Back

Daniel C. Dennett, one of America’s foremost philosophers, presents a new account of the origins of the conscious mind in this major new book. Despite our greater understanding of the inner workings of proteins, neurons, and DNA, the matter of how our minds came to has remained largely a mystery for centuries. That is now changing, says Dennett, as he presents an argument that Darwinian principles are the best way to explain how consciousness, language, and culture could have appeared through natural selection.