For what it’s worth, I disagree with your first recommendation.
I do agree that Dennett (both in DDI and more generally) has an admirable willingness to engage with the “bullshit” in his field, though he also is willing to unilaterally dismiss vast swaths of it when he decides it’s no longer valuable for him to engage with (see, for example, his treatment of qualia in ‘Consciousness Explained’… or listen to him talk to undergraduates, if he still does that; he was always a treat to listen to).
OK, thanks… that’s clear.
For what it’s worth, I disagree with your first recommendation.
I do agree that Dennett (both in DDI and more generally) has an admirable willingness to engage with the “bullshit” in his field, though he also is willing to unilaterally dismiss vast swaths of it when he decides it’s no longer valuable for him to engage with (see, for example, his treatment of qualia in ‘Consciousness Explained’… or listen to him talk to undergraduates, if he still does that; he was always a treat to listen to).