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100			_aDennett, Daniel C.
245			_aFreedom Evolves
260			_aNew York _bViking _c2003
300			_axii; 347p. _bhb _c24.2x16.2 cm.
520			_aIn this new book, Dennett shows that evolution is the key to resolving the ancient problems of moral and political freedom. Like the planet's atmosphere on which life depends, the conditions on which our freedom depends had to evolve, and like the atmosphere, they continue to evolve-and could be extinguished. According to Dennett, biology provides the perspective from which we can distinguish the varieties of freedom that matter. Throughout the history of life on this planet, an interacting web and internal and external conditions have provided the frameworks for the design of agents that are more free than their parts-from the unwitting gropings of the simplest life forms to the more informed activities of animals to the moral dilemmas that confront human beings living in societies.
650			_aFree will and determinism
650			_aDecision making
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