Douglas Hofstadter, writing in the New York Review of Books, praised Brainstorms, calling it "one of the most important contributions to thinking about thinking yet written".[2]John Haugeland reviewed Brainstorms for the journal Philosophy of Science where he called it "philosophically important and delightfully written", though he criticised Dennett's arguments about morality.[3]Gilbert Harman, writing in The Philosophical Review, called Brainstorms "brilliant".[4] Robert Cummins wrote in Philosophical Topics that Brainstorms is "important and good" and called it "the most entertaining bit of non-fiction I've read in a long while."[1]
^Douglas Hofstadter (29 May 1980). "Who Am I Anyway?". New York Review of Books. 27 (9).
^John Haugeland (1980). "Book Review: Brainstorms Daniel C. Dennett". Philosophy of Science. 47 (2): 326–327. doi:10.1086/288936.
^Gilbert Harman (January 1980). "Reviewed Work: Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology by Daniel C. Dennett". The Philosophical Review. 89 (1): 115–117. doi:10.2307/2184867. JSTOR2184867. S2CID33311289.
