onfabulations and the fabric of belief: Ames, D. (1984). Self shooting of a phantom head. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 145(2), 193; McKay, R. & Dennett, D. (2009) The evolution of misbelief. Behavioral and Brain Sciences vol. 32 pp. 493-561; Hirstein, W. (2005) Brain Fiction, Cambridge, MIT Press. *

put forward by Daniel Dennett that the Universe is an entirely determined place and any personal sense of free will and creativity is an illusion. In Dennett’s worldview, Andrew Wiles is a special purpose machine that was always destined to solve Fermat’s Last Theorem. I believe this model is flawed. It is

our abilities which will enrich our lives. But I am reasonably certain that computers will never be the overlords of bacteria. 35 See, for example, Dennett’s From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds (New York: W. W. Norton, 2017). 133 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016353 --- PAGE BREAK --- Alex “Sand

our abilities which will enrich our lives. But I am reasonably certain that computers will never be the overlords of bacteria. 35 See, for example, Dennett’s From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds (New York: W. W. Norton, 2017). 133 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016936 --- PAGE BREAK --- Alex “Sand

ion, brains, and human culture. Part philosophical whodunit, part bold scientific conjecture, this landmark work enlarges themes that have sustained Dennett’s legendary career at the forefront of philosophical thought. In his mimitable style—laced Brockman, Inc. Frankfurt 2016 Hotlist -4 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT

of learning [EBJ*97]. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013114 --- PAGE BREAK --- 11.4 Piaget’s Stages in the Context of Uncertain Inference 199 Davidson [Dav84], Dennett [Den87] and others support the common belief that theory of mind is dependent upon linguistic ability. A major challenge to this prevailing philosoph