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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 “multiple drafts” model in (10[1])a 1991 (10[1])book. In Elbow Room, this thinker (10[1])characterized John Searle’s Chinese Room thought experiment as an intuition pump. A work by this thinker that describes “Cartesian Theater” claims that philosophical (-5[1])zombies can’t exist and there is no “hard problem” of its title concept. For 10 points, name this thinker who wrote Consciousness Explained. ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: Daniel Dennett [or Daniel Clement Dennett III]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Liberty C (DII)7410
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)Liberty B (DII)7610
Jonathan Shauf (UG)UNC B (UG)JMU B (UG)8210
Nicholas Lane (DII)GWU A (UG)UNC D (DII)105-5
Koji Bilbao (UG)Duke A (UG)Virginia B (UG)1290
Aleks Kozlowski (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)Maryland B (UG)1290