Re: Off-topic: Daniel Dennett (was: cultures and mysticism)

[Stephen McCamant <alias@xxx.xxxx]

>>>>> "CRP" == Christopher Palmer <reid@pconline.com> writes:

CRP> On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, John Cowan wrote:

JC> There is a Daniel Dennett article called "Giving Libertarians What
JC> They Want", which uses "libertarian" in the sense "believer in
JC> free will" (!)

CRP> Do you have a reference? I'd love to grab it. Dennett can be
CRP> amusingly infuriating. :^)

"On Giving Libertarians What _They Say_ They Want" [emphasis mine] 
pp. 286-299 in _Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and
Psychology_.  Montgomery, Vt.: Bradford Books, 1978.
(Later reprinted by MIT Press)
Reference from http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~scctr/philosophy/dennett/

I too had unrealistic expectations based on the title (though I
haven't yet actually read it).

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