Memes and consciousness: Friend or foe?
Besides the renowned biologist, Richard Dawkins, Dennett is amongst the first to be cognizance of the importance of memes, making it central in the formulation of a Dennettian theory of consciousness. The importance of memes in Dennett's theory of consciousness lies second only to his heterophe...
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| description | Besides the renowned biologist, Richard Dawkins, Dennett is amongst the first to be cognizance of the importance of memes, making it central in the formulation of a Dennettian theory of consciousness. The importance of memes in Dennett's theory of consciousness lies second only to his heterophenomenological theory. This paper argues that Dennett's conception of meme and consciousness is flawed. It raises difficult and thorny issues that could not be easily resolved and hence discrediting Dennett's theorizing of consciousness generally. |
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| spelling | unimas-169122021-06-30T15:41:56Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16912/ Memes and consciousness: Friend or foe? Tan, Kock Wah Zaimuariffudin Shukri, Nordin H Social Sciences (General) Besides the renowned biologist, Richard Dawkins, Dennett is amongst the first to be cognizance of the importance of memes, making it central in the formulation of a Dennettian theory of consciousness. The importance of memes in Dennett's theory of consciousness lies second only to his heterophenomenological theory. This paper argues that Dennett's conception of meme and consciousness is flawed. It raises difficult and thorny issues that could not be easily resolved and hence discrediting Dennett's theorizing of consciousness generally. Elsevier Ltd. 2013-11 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16912/1/Zaimuariffudin.pdf Tan, Kock Wah and Zaimuariffudin Shukri, Nordin (2013) Memes and consciousness: Friend or foe? Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 97. pp. 517-521. ISSN 1877-0428 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275542689 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.10.267 |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) Tan, Kock Wah Zaimuariffudin Shukri, Nordin Memes and consciousness: Friend or foe? |
| title | Memes and consciousness: Friend or foe? |
| title_full | Memes and consciousness: Friend or foe? |
| title_fullStr | Memes and consciousness: Friend or foe? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Memes and consciousness: Friend or foe? |
| title_short | Memes and consciousness: Friend or foe? |
| title_sort | memes and consciousness: friend or foe? |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) |
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