?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Living+on+the+Edge&rft.creator=Dennett%2C+Daniel&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=In+a+survey+of+issues+in+philosophy+of+mind+some+years+ago%2C+I+observed+that+%22it+is+widely+granted+these+days+that+dualism+is+not+a+serious+view+to+contend+with%2C+but+rather+a+cliff+over+which+to+push+one's+opponents.%22+(Dennett%2C+1978%2C+p.252)+That+was+true+enough%2C+and+I+for+one+certainly+didn't+deplore+the+fact%2C+but+this+rich+array+of+essays+tackling+my+book+amply+demonstrates+that+a+cliff+examined+with+care+is+better+than+a+cliff+ignored.+And%2C+as+I+have+noted+in+my+discussion+of+the+blind+spot+and+other+gaps%2C+you+really+can't+perceive+an+edge+unless+you+represent+both+sides+of+it.+So+one+of+the+virtues+of+this+gathering+of+essays+is+that+it+permits+both+friend+and+foe+alike+to+take+a+good+hard+look+at+dualism%2C+as+represented+by+those+who+are+tempted+by+it%2C+those+who+can+imagine+no+alternative+to+it%2C+and+those+who%2C+like+me%2C+still+find+it+to+be--in+a+word--hopeless.&rft.date=1993&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F270%2F1%2Fliveedge.htm&rft.identifier=++Dennett%2C+Daniel++(1993)+Living+on+the+Edge.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F270%2F