Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking — Quotes

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Author: Daniel C. Dennett Source: Goodreads

18 quotes, one page each — split at import because this page carried more quoted words than the wiki publishes on a single page.

Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking

Book page: dennett-intuition-pumps-part-1

• “I think we should stop treating ‘God works…”
• “No matter how smart you are, you’re smarter…”
• “Real magic, in other words, refers to the…”
• “A good library has all the good books…”
• “Philosophy—in every field of inquiry—is what you have…”
• “Carpenters don’t make their saws and hammers, tailors…”
• “To compose a successful critical commentary: 1. You…”
• “Some of my scientific friends and colleagues confess…”
• “It turns out that all the “magic” of…”
• “Those who are still strangely repelled by Darwinian…”
• “This is natural selection, plain as day: the…”
• “Our manifest image, unlike the daisy’s ontology or…”
• “It is not enough to succeed. Others must…”
• “Some philosophical research projects — or problematics, to…”
• “Anything that is usefully and voluminously predictable from…”
• “We have all heard the forlorn refrain “Well…”
• “Try to acquire the weird practice of savoring…”
• “Is compatibilism too good to be true? I…”