Ever since I learned from Dennett's "Understanding Consciousness" that he does not believe in the existence of qualia (aka conscious experience*), I have seriously wondered whether it's worth the trouble to read anything else he wrote. (He later summarized his argument in "Quining qualia", online at < http://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/papers/quinqual.htm >.) --Dan ___________________________________ * See, e.g., < http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qualia/ > Steve Witham wrote: << I agree that Dennett's "Elbow Room" does a pretty good job of disentangling (heh) quantum whatsit issues from more sensible ponderings about free will. . . .
_____________________________________________________________________ "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that certain je ne sais quoi." --Peter Schickele