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Daniel Dennett
Daniel Dennett advocated that life evolves to require the ability to utilize information for survival and thus the mind is evolved; furthermore, as a body becomes more complex it requires a more complex component to control each other component, and this component is developed through the logic of evolutionary biology and communication. -
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Philosophy Of Cognition
A passion and central focus of Dennett, the philosophical domain of cognition explores the function of the brain and how it controls the transport of information to sustain itself and its body. Specific studies in this field include the origins of consciousness, development of the brain, behavior of the brain, and relationship between the brain and the body. -
Birth
Daniel Dennett was born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. Throughout his life, Dennett traveled between the East and West coasts of the United States of America professing cognitive philosophy at various institutions including University of California Irvine and Tufts University (Britannica).
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Daniel C. Dennett". Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Feb. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-C-Dennett. Accessed 10 March 2024. -
Content and Consciousness
Published "Content and Consciousness", Dennett authored a book on consciousness, the subject he studied as a doctoral student of philosophy (Britannica). This work entered Dennett to his life of study of the mind.
Dennett, D. C. Content and Consciousness. Routledge, 2016.
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Daniel C. Dennett". Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Feb. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-C-Dennett. Accessed 10 March 2024. -
From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds
Dennett discusses how the mind evolves to the benefit of life in his publication "From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds" (Rose).
Dennett, D. C. From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds. Penguin Books, 2018.
“From Bacteria to Bach and Back by Daniel C Dennett Review – Consciousness Explained?”, Steven Rose, The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 2 Feb. 2017, www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/02/from-bacteria-to-bach-and-back-by-daniel-c-dennett-review. -
Dennett Addresses Brain Purpose
On Oct 2, 2018, Dennett attended a debate where he posited the argument that the brain is a computer programmed through the environment of itself and its body to control itself and its body. Because the purpose of the brain is to manipulate information to control itself and its body, the brain is a computer.
Is your brain a computer? Daniel Dennett vs Keith Ward -
Noam Chomsky on Daniel Dennett
On 13 April 2022, Theory of Everything (TOE) Clippings interviewed philosopher Noam Chomksy who provided input on subjects from the perspective of Daniel Dennett. Chomsky contrasts Dennett with arguments concerning the priority of understanding consciousness over matter itself.
Noam Chomsky on Daniel Dennett