Round 5: Tossup 15

This thinker redefined Miriam Weizenbaum’s idea of “deepity” as a statement that seems profound, but is actually trivial and meaningless. This thinker criticizes the concept of “Non-overlapping magisteria” and argues that religion (-5[1])should not be off limits from scientific inquiry in the book Breaking the Spell. This thinker coined the term “intentional stance” for a high degree of abstraction in mental content. This thinker uses crane design as an allegory in a book (10[1])about the (10[1])consequences of evolutionary theory. A book by this thinker introduced the “multiple drafts” model, which denies the existence of qualia and opposes the “Cartesian theater” model of the mind. For 10 points, name this atheist philosopher who wrote Darwin’s Dangerous Idea and (-5[1])Consciousness Explained. (0[2])■END■

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