In the years since Daniel Dennett's influential Consciousness Explained was published in 1991, scientific research on consciousness has been a hotly contested battleground of rival theories -- "so rambunctious," Dennett observes, "that several people are writing books just about the tumult." With Sweet Dreams, Dennett returns to the subject for "revision and renewal" of his theory of consciousness, taking into account major empirical advances in the field since 1991 as well as recent theoretical challenges.In Consciousness Explained, Dennett proposed to replace the ubiquitous but bankrupt Cartesian Theater model (which posits a privileged place in the brain where "it all comes together" for the magic show of consciousness) with the Multiple Drafts Model. Drawing on psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and artificial intelligence, he asserted that human consciousness is essentially the mental software that reorganizes the functional architecture of the brain. In Sweet Dreams, he recasts the Multiple Drafts Model as the "fame in the brain" model, as a background against which to examine the philosophical issues that "continue to bedevil the field." With his usual clarity and brio, Dennett enlivens his arguments with a variety of vivid examples. He isolates the "Zombic Hunch" that distorts much of the theorizing of both philosophers and scientists, and defends heterophenomenology, his "third-person" approach to the science of consciousness, against persistent misinterpretations and objections. The old challenge of Frank Jackson's thought experiment about Mary the color scientist is given a new rebuttal in the form of "RoboMary," while his discussion of a famous card trick, "The Tuned Deck," is designed to show that David Chalmers's Hard Problem is probably just a figment of theorists' misexploited imagination. In the final essay, the "intrinsic" nature of "qualia" is compared with the naively imagined "intrinsic value" of a dollar in "Consciousness -- How Much is That in Real Money?"
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坦白说,我一开始是被封面吸引的,那种略带颓废感的油画风格,预示着这不是一本轻松愉快的故事。读进去之后,发现内容果然是相当沉重和引人深思的。这本书更像是一面镜子,照出了人性深处的阴暗面。作者毫不避讳地探讨了权力腐蚀人心、信任的脆弱性以及牺牲的代价这些宏大主题。叙事手法上,它采用了多重视角切换,每一个角色的独白都像是一块拼图,直到最后才拼凑出全貌,这种设计非常高明,但也要求读者必须保持高度专注。我尤其欣赏作者对环境氛围的营造,那种持续不断的压抑感和无处不在的监控感,让人仿佛能闻到空气中弥漫的尘土和铁锈味。美中不足的是,中间部分节奏略微拖沓,几段冗长的哲学思辨,虽然提升了作品的深度,但对于追求快节奏的读者来说,可能会有些考验耐心。总的来说,这是一部需要静下心来品读的作品,它不会给你简单的答案,只会留下无尽的思考空间。
评分这是一部文学性很强的作品,文字功底扎实到让人惊叹。作者的遣词造句极为讲究,充满了古典韵味,读起来就像是在欣赏一首精心打磨的诗歌。故事本身围绕着一个家族的兴衰展开,跨越了几代人的爱恨情仇,历史的厚重感扑面而来。我个人最喜欢的是作者对细节的捕捉,比如旧式家具的纹理、雨后庭院的气味,这些微小的描写,极大地增强了场景的真实感和沉浸感。它没有那种爆炸性的冲突,冲突都隐藏在对话的潜台词和人物克制的肢体语言中,需要读者细细体会。不过,正因为其文学性过高,对于习惯了直白叙事的读者来说,理解起来可能会有一定门槛。我曾需要反复阅读几遍某些段落,才能完全领会作者想要表达的深层含义。尽管如此,这份挑战是值得的,它带来的智力上的满足感是其他通俗小说无法比拟的。这是一本适合放在书架上,时不时翻阅品味的经典之作。
评分看完这本书,我感觉自己经历了一次关于“时间”的哲学探讨。叙事结构非常独特,它采用了非线性的叙事方式,故事的碎片散落在不同的时间点上,读者需要像侦探一样,将这些碎片重新组合起来,才能看到完整的图景。这种阅读方式要求读者非常投入,一旦错过一个细节,后续的理解就会出现偏差。作者似乎对物理学和形而上学有着深入的研究,书中对时间悖论的探讨既专业又富有诗意,没有那种枯燥的说教感,而是融入了人物的命运和情感之中。我特别佩服作者构建世界观的能力,那种关于记忆如何塑造现实的概念,被描绘得既迷人又令人不安。书中的情感线处理得非常克制而深刻,爱与失去的主题,在时间错位的背景下显得尤为悲怆。总而言之,这不是一本能让你轻松度过的书,它会挑战你的阅读习惯和思维定势,但它给予读者的回报,是远超一般小说的精神震撼。
评分这部小说真是让我又爱又恨,情节跌宕起伏得让人根本停不下来。作者的叙事技巧简直是教科书级别的,他总能在最恰当的时机抛出新的悬念,让你忍不住想一口气读完。故事背景设定在一个充满神秘色彩的古老城镇,那里的每一条小巷、每一栋老房子似乎都藏着不为人知的秘密。我特别喜欢书中对人物心理的细腻刻画,主角们内心的挣扎、恐惧与希望,都描绘得入木三分,让我感同身受。比如,当女主角发现自己身处的环境远比想象中复杂时,那种从最初的坚定到后来的迷茫与自我怀疑,写得真是太真实了。当然,也有一些地方我觉得处理得稍显仓促,比如某个关键转折点的铺垫略显不足,如果能再多花一些笔墨烘托气氛,效果可能会更震撼。不过瑕不掩瑜,整体而言,这是一部结构严谨、情感充沛的佳作,强烈推荐给喜欢深度解谜和复杂人性的读者。读完后,我感觉自己仿佛也参与了一场漫长而艰险的旅程,那种回味无穷的感觉,实在是太棒了。
评分我通常不太看这种带有奇幻色彩的作品,但朋友强力推荐,抱着试一试的心态打开了它,结果完全出乎意料。它巧妙地将高概念的奇幻设定,与极其接地气的人类情感纠葛结合在一起。那些关于“界限”和“选择”的讨论,虽然发生在魔法世界里,但核心依然是关于我们如何在现实中做决定的拷问。这本书最成功的地方在于,它构建了一个逻辑自洽的魔法体系,所有的规则和限制都解释得非常清晰,这避免了奇幻作品常见的“为赋新词强说愁”的空泛感。角色的成长弧线非常清晰,特别是那位性格古怪的导师角色,他的每一次教诲都充满了智慧和幽默感。唯一的遗憾是,结尾的处理稍显仓促,似乎是受到了篇幅的限制,很多支线人物的命运没有得到充分的交代,让人意犹未尽。但瑕不掩瑜,这是一次非常成功的奇幻冒险阅读体验,节奏把握得当,娱乐性和思想性兼备。
评分A discussion of non-topics, a reflection of what should be common sense to every educated person. Perhaps I am being radical.
评分A discussion of non-topics, a reflection of what should be common sense to every educated person. Perhaps I am being radical.
评分A discussion of non-topics, a reflection of what should be common sense to every educated person. Perhaps I am being radical.
评分A discussion of non-topics, a reflection of what should be common sense to every educated person. Perhaps I am being radical.
评分A discussion of non-topics, a reflection of what should be common sense to every educated person. Perhaps I am being radical.
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