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9780195142358
"In DREAMING SOULS, Flanagan, synthesizer par excellence, applies Gould and Lewontin's spandrel theory to the age-old puzzlement 'What are dreams for?' He checks the fit, inspects the seams for gaps and the fabric for rents and snags. He rubs it against the grindstones of Dennet, Dawkins, Hobson, Descartes, and Freud (thankfully, even as he musters up these heavyweights and more, his deft, engaging style of writing is never bogged down in pedantry)."Flanagan, Owen is the author of 'Dreaming Souls Sleep, Dreams and the Evolution of the Conscious Mind', published 2001 under ISBN 9780195142358 and ISBN 0195142357.
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