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On March 28, 1942 Daniel Dennett was born to Ruth Marjorie Leck and Daniel Clement Dennett Jr. in Boston, Massachusetts. -
Dennett married Susan Bell in North Andover, Massachusetts. -
In 1963 Daniel Dennett finished his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Harvard University.
Dennett continued his education in Philosophy. -
In 1965 he received his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Oxford. -
In 1969 he published his first book “Content and Conscienous” which originated as his doctoral thesis. -
After leaving his job at the University of California he took a job at Tufts University in 1971.
He became director of Tufts University’s Center for Cognitive Studies in 1985 (McNeil, 2020). -
In 1991 Daniel published his book known as "Conscious Explains" that explains how the conscious mind comes from the interactions of the physical and cognitive processes that happen within the brain. It states that consciousness is different between every person and every organism. -
In 1995 Darwin’s Dangerous Idea was published. The book proposed that Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution is dangerous because it projected the idea that human life was different and special from everything else. Human life is not just an algorithm that worked after billions of failed trials but rather a divine design. Morality in humans came from evolution and morality is not natural. -
He was appointed Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts in 2000 (Loatha, 2023). -
Loatha, G. (2023, June 6). Daniel C. Dennett. Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-C-Dennett Tufts University. (n.d.). Daniel Dennett. Department of Philosophy. https://as.tufts.edu/philosophy/people/faculty/daniel-dennett#:~:text=Phil.,the%20American%20University%20of%20Beirut. McNeil, T. (2020, September 2). Our brains, our selves: Daniel Dennett. Tufts Now. https://now.tufts.edu/2020/09/02/our-brains-our-selves
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Today Daniel Dennett still lives with his wife, Susan Bell, in North Andover, Massachusetts. They have one son and daughter with five grandchildren. On his free time he enjoys sailing around the coastline.
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