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Is Daniel Dennett's "Consciousness Explained" worth reading still, in terms of being up-to-date?

I'm listening to The Tell-Tale Brain on audiobook. I'm thinking of getting Consciousness Explained next. My concern is that it's a bit of an old book, and the supposed explanation of consciousness may be outdated. Is this the case?

I'll be getting it on audiobook as well, if you have anything to say about that.

Thanks!
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The "pandemonium"/"multiple drafts" model he describes in the book is still the favored model for consciousness for Dennett and it remains influential in the field. Moreover, Dennett's primary aim in the book is to deflate a common sense view of consciousness in order to make the computational models in neuroscience make sense from a philosophical and first-person perspective. So, even though philosophy of mind has moved to new territories of dispute and new concerns (e.g., dynamic and embodied models of cognition), CE still has foundational significance. Besides, it's just a great book to read. Dennett has a way with words.