Dennett is one of the foremost determinists today, advocating a mechanical 
explanation of consciousness. His major work, Consciousness Explained, posits 
a theory that consciousness is an abstraction built from a linear narrative of 
one's life, based on a functionalist view of cognitive science.

He developes the method of "heterophenomenology", a procedure in which a person 
is asked about their experiences, and these accounts are passed through a third
party who collates and organizes them. Through this sandardizing process, we 
are able to begin to make a picture of the phenomenology of the mind.

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