Daniel Dennett
American philosopher and cognitive scientist
Daniel Clement Dennett III was an American philosopher and cognitive scientist. His research centered on the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of science, and the philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology... Wikipedia
Born: 1942, Boston, MA
Died: April 19, 2024 (age 82 years), Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME
Influenced: Richard Dawkins, David Chalmers, Douglas Hofstadter, and more
Influenced by: Richard Dawkins, Charles Darwin, Hilary Putnam, and more
Spouse: Susan Bell (m. 1962)
Awards: Jean Nicod Prize (2001) and Erasmus Prize (2012)