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Born
Daniel Clement Dennett III was born in Boston, Massachusetts. -
Bachelor of Arts in philosophy, Harvard University
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Doctor of Philosophy in philosophy, University of Oxford
Dissertation: The Mind and the Brain: Introspective Description in the Light of Neurological Findings; Intentionality -
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Professor, University of California Irvine
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Content and Consciousness
Content and Consciousness, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, and Humanities Press, New York, 1969 (International Library of Philosophy and Scientific Method). (Paperback edition, 1986; Italian edition, 1992; Spanish edition, 1994). -
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Folk Psychology and Theory of Mind
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Conciousness, Free Will, Cognition
The majority of Dennett's work has dealt with consciousness. What is consciousness? Philosopher, Dan Dennett explains.
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Professor, Tufts University
Daniel C. Dennett : Home, ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/dennett/index.html. Dan Dennett - Philosopher, cognitive scientist
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Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology
Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology, Bradford Books, 1978. (Italian edition, 1991; Swedish edition, 1992; Portuguese edition, 2000); "Where am I?" translated into Estonian, Akadeemia 7, 2013, pp. 1155-1324; translated into Hebrew, Alaxon, August 25th, 2016. This work introduced Dennett's views on Free Will. He aligns his view with the notion that free will and determinism are not incompatible, hence the term compatibilism. -
The Intentional Stance
The Intentional Stance, MIT Press/A Bradford Book, 1987 -
Elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Consciousness Explained
Consciousness Explained, Little, Brown, 1991, Penguin, 1992 This publication is arguably Dennett's most groundbreaking work. He proposes his cognitive theory of consciousness. This work states that consciousness is a set of independent networks working together to form the illusion of consciousness itself. He also proposes that there is no "hard problem", and that our consciousness functions at the bare minimum for survival. (2013 WORLD.MINDS)
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Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life, Simon & Schuster, 1995 -
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Evolutionary Theory
During this time, Dennett placed an emphasis on the interdisciplinary work on the theory of evolution. His most recent work involves Artificial Intelligence. Information, Evolution, and intelligent Design - With Daniel Dennett
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZX6awZq5Z0 Daniel Dennett - Information & Artificial Intelligence
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Freedom Evolves
Freedom Evolves, Allen Lane Publishers, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2003 Is Free Will an Illusion? What Can Cognitive Science Tell Us?
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2004 Humanist of the Year
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Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon, Viking Press, 2006 -
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Religious Beliefs & Science
During this time, Dennett focused much of his time to the claim that scientific Inquiry of religious beliefs is necessary for a better understanding of the nature of things. During this time, he was infamously coined as one of the "Four Horsemen of Atheism" along with Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, and Sam Harris. The Four Horseman - Hitchens, Dawkins, Dennet, Harris [2007]
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Freedom From Religion Foundation Honorary Board of distinguished achievers
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Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking, W.W. Norton & Co., NY, 2013 This work by Dennett proposed cognitive thinking tools for problem solving, including his coined idea of "intuition pumps" Daniel Dennett on Tools To Transform Our Thinking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJsD-3jtXz0
