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Materialist Reader
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1. Consciousness Explained (Penguin Science) by Daniel C. Dennett

The list author says:
	"A soul can be made of tiny robots and still feel like us."

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2. Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life (Penguin Science) by Daniel C. Dennett

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	"Natural selection is a basis for meaning."

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3. The Road To Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe by Sir Roger Penrose

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	"Real maths and real physics that practicing physicists would recognise. The Spacetime chapter is stunning. Plenty of Penrosian heterodoxy."

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4. The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind (Penguin Science) by Steven Pinker

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	"Psychology has mechanisms. Speech is one of the crucial ones."

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5. The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature (Penguin Press Science) by Steven Pinker

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	"The universals of human language reveal the detailed frameworks of perception"

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6. The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary edition by Richard Dawkins

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	"First of the big Dawkins three. Evolution is not wishy-washy "good of the species" -- it's as statistical as thermodynamics."

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7. The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene (Popular Science) by Richard Dawkins

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	"The beaver dam is equal to the beaver tail as an expression of the beaver genome. Enjoy the haplo-diploidy in the genetics of eusocial insects."

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8. The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins

The list author says:
	"Paley was right. There does have to be a watchmaker, but it seems that natural selection suffices"

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9. The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life by Prof Richard Dawkins

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	"I can't be bothered with Dawkins' shouty-crackers atheism. He should stick to zoology and the Tale shows why."

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10. Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon by Daniel C. Dennett

The list author says:
	"If you want atheism, Dennet does it better. Polite, urgent, impeccable -- and devastating."

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11. The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature (Penguin Press Science) by Steven Pinker

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	"Better as polemic than science, but it's very comforting to learn how little of our children's development is our fault."

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12. Freedom Evolves by Daniel C. Dennett

The list author says:
	"Freedom is compatible with deterministic physics. Enjoy the demolition of all the sorts of free will we think we might want but don't really."

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