[填空题]"THINKING is hard," (36) Daniel Dennet, a professor of philosophy at Tufts University. "Thinking about some problems is so hard that it can make your head ache just thinking about thinking about them." He has spent half a century pondering some of the knottiest problems around: the nature of meaning, the (37) of minds and whether freewill is possible. His latest book, Intuition Pumps (自觉泵) and Other Tools for Thinking, is a precis of those 50 years, distilled into 77 (38) and mostly bite-sized chapters.
"Intuition pumps" are what Mr Dennet calls thought experiments that aim to get at the nub of concepts. But the aim of this book is not (39) to show how the pumps work, but to (40) them to help readers think through some of the most profound conundrums.
This pump which Mr Dennet calls a "cascade of homunculi (级联侏儒)", was (41) by the field of artificial intelligence. An programmer begins by taking a problem a

[填空题]"THINKING is hard," (36) Daniel Dennet, a professor of philosophy at Tufts University. "Thinking about some problems is so hard that it can make your head ache just thinking about thinking about them." He has spent half a century pondering some of the knottiest problems around: the nature of meaning, the (37) of minds and whether freewill is possible. His latest book, Intuition Pumps (自觉泵) and Other Tools for Thinking, is a precis of those 50 years, distilled into 77 (38) and mostly bite-sized chapters.
"Intuition pumps" are what Mr Dennet calls thought experiments that aim to get at the nub of concepts. But the aim of this book is not (39) to show how the pumps work, but to (40) them to help readers think through some of the most profound conundrums.
This pump which Mr Dennet calls a "cascade of homunculi (级联侏儒)", was (41) by the field of artificial intelligence. An programmer begins by taking a problem a

[单项选择]A. Prof. Blake is wonderful.
B. Prof. Blake is an interesting person.
C. The woman is the only one who studies hard in the class.
D. Most students do not like Prof. Blake’s lectures.

[填空题]Daniel: Daniel Van, Product Promotion Department. What can I do for you
Brown : Promotion I don’ t want promotion, I want whoever is in charge of orders. Can’ t you people get anything straight
Daniel: What sort of orders are you calling about, Mr...
Brown : Kendall. Brown Kendall of Star Company. It’ s an order for 100 revolving chairs that we’ ve been waiting over a month for, even though we were promised immediate delivery.
Daniel: Well, Mr. Kendall, I’ m afraid the Manager in charge of orders is out at the moment. But perhaps
I can help you. Now, would you please just tell me again what the order was for
Brown：100 revolving chairs．We’ve got people here waiting for their chairs...
Daniel：Hmm，that does sound bad，Mr．Kendall．I am sorry if you’ve been inconvenient．I will see what I call do about it．Have you got the order number handy
Brown：Yes，it’s 87920．
Daniel：Thanks．Now，just let me check our record…I don’t see anything about it in our file．How about