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Birth
On March 28th 1942 Daniel Dennett was born to Ruth Marjorie and Daniel Clement Dennett Jr in Boston Massachusetts. -
Unfortunate events
After the death of his father Daniel and his family returned to the United states. His father was an agent for the Office of Strategic Services undercover to the U.S embassy in Beirut. -
Harvard Unversity
Dennett received his Bachelors in Philosophy from Harvard University in 1963 -
Gaduate
Daniel enrolled at Oxford University to study under Gilbert Ryle. In 1965 he graduated with his Doctorate of philosophy. -
Ph.D
Dennett received his Ph.D in philosophy. He then accepted a teaching position at UC Irvine. -
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Tufts University
In 1971 Daniel moved to Tufts University where he still currently works. In 1985 he was appointed the director for cognitive studies.He was appointed Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts in 2000.(The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica) -
Decorated
Dennett was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1987. That didn't stop his from achieving higher. -
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Author
Throughout his career He published multiple works including Consciousness Explained (1991), Darwin’s Dangerous Idea (1995),Kinds of Minds (1996) and Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking (2013),Brainchildren: Essays on Designing Minds (1998), Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness (2005), Neuroscience and Philosophy: Brain, Mind, and Language (2007), and From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds was published in 2017. -
MIT
Professor Dennett and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology attempted to construct a robot they named Cog. This robot was intended to have intelligence and even consciousness. youtube -
Four Horsemen
His published work Science and Religion: Are They Compatible? (2011) led to views of atheist activist forming a group called “the Four Horsemen of the Counter-Apocalypse.” this group consisted of Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris.
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Dangerous Minds
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Resourses
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica . “Daniel C. Dennett.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-C-Dennett. Accessed 4 July 2022. Klinghoffer, David. “Daniel Dennett: A Biography | Discovery Institute.” Discovery Institute, https://www.facebook.com/thediscoveryinstitute, 1 May 2009, https://www.discovery.org/a/10301/. -
Resourses
Famous Philosophers . “Daniel Dennett | Biography, Philosophy and Facts.” Famous Philosophers | Biography, Books and Their Philosophy, https://www.famousphilosophers.org/daniel-dennett/. Accessed 4 July 2022.