Question

In an article, this thinker related being told by a group of Houston brain surgeons to simply think of a procedure as “a mere stretching of the nerves” to retrieve a nuclear warhead from under Tulsa, Oklahoma. In another article, this thinker describes a hypothetical wine-tasting machine used by the Gallo Brothers that will never experience the real taste of wine. This author of “Where Am I?” put forward a physicalist (-5[1])“multiple drafts” model in a 1991 book. (10[1])In Elbow Room, (10[1])this thinker characterized John Searle’s Chinese Room thought experiment as an intuition pump. (10[1])A work by (10[1])this thinker (10[1])that describes “Cartesian Theater” claims that philosophical zombies can’t exist and there is no “hard problem” of its title concept. For 10 points, (-5[1])name this thinker who wrote Consciousness Explained. (0[1])■END■ (10[1]0[2])

ANSWER: Daniel Dennett [or Daniel Clement Dennett III]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Parth JagtapEdinburghCambridge C70-5
Enoch YuenImperial ABristol7710
Sam FooCambridge AOxford C8010
Omer KeskinOxford AKCL9310
Sam MooreDurham ASheffield9610
Ian DewanKielCambridge B9810
Aisling SkeetDurham BWarwick121-5
Oscar SiddleWarwickDurham B1280
Elliot CosnettOxford BImperial B1290
Linus LuuCambridge CEdinburgh12910
Taiga ClarkeImperial BOxford B1290