Daniel Dennett Quotes About Biology

Quotes about: Biology

• Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds are a result of our fast evolving culture.

  Daniel Dennett

  Mind, Culture, Biology

  "Daniel Dennett: 'I don't like theory of mind'". Interview with Carole Jahme, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2013.

• Some cultural phenomena bear a striking resemblance to the cells of cell biology, actively preserving themselves in their social environments, finding the nutrients they need and fending off the causes of their dissolution.

  Daniel Dennett

  Cells, Bears, Needs

• The evidence for evolution pours in, not only from geology, paleontology, biogeography, and anatomy, but of course from molecular biology and every other branch of the life sciences.

  Daniel Dennett

  Paleontology, Branches, Molecular Biology

• Wherever there is a design that is highly successful in a broad range of similar environments, it is apt to emerge again and again, independently - the phenomenon known in biology as convergent evolution. I call these designs 'good tricks.'

  Daniel Dennett

  Successful, Design, Evolution

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