Round 9: 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 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 about the consequences of evolutionary theory. (10[2])A book by this thinker introduced the “multiple drafts” model, which denies the existence (10[1])of qualia and opposes the “Cartesian theater” model of the mind. For 10 points, name this atheist philosopher who wrote Darwin’s Dangerous Idea (10[1])and Consciousness Explained. (0[4])■END■

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