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Birthplace
Daniel Dennett III was born on March 28th, 1942, in Boston, Massachusetts. Daniel Dennett is a Naturalist philosopher who specializes in the mind -
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Philosophy of Mind
Since his time in Oxford, Dennett has been trying to establish a philosophy of mind based on empirical research. Empirical research is information found through documentation, observation, and experimentation. He has expressed his mind many time through every book he has written. In his book "Consciousness Explained", he describes his multiple draft model where he explains his idea how information recieved is transmitted through our brain and works with our concious. -
Philosophical view of Free Will
Daniel Dennett has said before that he is a compatibilist on free will. compatibilist is a person who believes that free will and determinism are mutually compatible. Free will is basically believing there is more than one course of action to come to a single point. While many philosophers believe in one theory and try to explain how their theory works, Dennett Explains how there are many theories that can conclude to the same point trying to be established. -
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Evolution Debate
Since the 1990's, Dennett has been addressing his ideas on evolution by natural selection. He believes that it happens in a "algorithmic process" where everything happens in one specific way and doesn't occur any other way. His views on evolution are told as being an adaptationist, the idea that organisms are evolved adaptations. -
Artificial Intelligence
Dennett is fascinated with the work behind artificial intelligence, he does not agree with it. He states that human nature will anthropomorphize and give them abilities they are not designed to do. He believes that the danger that comes from artificial intelligence is that people will misunderstand their nature, and will begin to control themselves and other artificial intelligence in a "parasitic" way. He explains in one of his books that people will not see the raising concerns this puts. -
Artificial Intelligence
