?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Get+Real&rft.creator=Dennett%2C+Daniel&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=There+could+be+no+more+gratifying+response+to+a+philosopher's+work+than+such+a+bounty+of+challenging%2C+high-quality+essays.+I+have+learned+a+great+deal+from+them%2C+and+hope+that+other+readers+will+be+as+delighted+as+I+have+been+by+the+insights+gathered+here.+One+thing+I+have+learned+is+just+how+much+hard+work+I+had+left+for+others+to+do%2C+by+underestimating+the+degree+of+explicit+formulation+of+theses+and+arguments+that+is+actually+required+to+bring+these+issues+into+optimal+focus.+These+essays+cover+my+work+from+top+to+bottom.+Just+about+every+nook+and+cranny+is+probed+and+tested+in+ways+I+could+never+do+for+myself.+The+essays+thus+highlight+the+areas+of+weakest+exposition+of+my+views%3B+they+also+show+the+weak+points+of+the+views+themselves--and+suggest+repairs%2C+which+I+am+sometimes+happy+to+accept%2C+but+not+always%2C+since+there+are+a+few+cases+in+which+one+critic+deftly+disarms+another%2C+sight+unseen.+I+will+be+fascinated+to+learn+how+the+individual+authors+react+to+each+other's+essays%2C+since+they+side+with+me+on+different+points%2C+and+disagree+about+what+is+still+in+need+of+revision+or+repair.&rft.date=1994&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F280%2F1%2Fgetreal.htm&rft.identifier=++Dennett%2C+Daniel++(1994)+Get+Real.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F280%2F<script src='//archive-bar.soton.ac.uk/archive-bar.js'></script>