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, Alan Turing, and more
Spouse: Susan Bell (m. 1962)
Awards: Jean Nicod Prize (2001) and Erasmus Prize (2012)
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Dennett was the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University in Massachusetts. Dennett ...
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Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University. He lives with his wife in Maine, and has a daughter, a ...
Apr 19, 2024 · Daniel Dennett, a leading philosopher with provocative takes on consciousness, free will, and AI, has died at 82. Alonso Nichols/Tufts ...
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