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Daniel Dennett
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American philosopher (1942–2024)
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Daniel Dennett (1942–2024) was a male philosopher and author associated with Tufts University. His work includes *Convergence of Biogenetics, Cognitive Neuroscience and Computing*. He was recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
Dennett’s writings have been tagged with themes of atheism, atheism, spoken word, and philosophy. He is the subject of 1,155 other encyclopedia articles. Notable quotes attributed to him include, “I think religion for many people is some sort of moral viagra,” and “Not a single one of the cells that compose you knows who you are, or cares.”
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Place of death
- Portland
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Hertford College
- Employer
- University of California, Irvine
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Gilbert Ryle
- Movement
- analytic philosophy
- Official website
- sites.tufts.edu/cogstud/daniel-dennett
- Image
- Daniel Dennett 2.jpg
- Work location
- Harvard
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- influenced by
- Richard Dawkins
- Commons category
- Daniel Dennett
- date of birth
- 1942-03-28
- birth name
- Daniel Clement Dennett III
- Commons gallery
- Daniel Dennett
- name in native language
- Daniel Clement Dennett
- writing language
- English language
- affiliation
- Tufts University
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- date of death
- 2024-04-19
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Encyclopedic overview
Daniel Clement Dennett III (March 28, 1942 – April 19, 2024) was an American philosopher and cognitive scientist. His research centered on philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science.
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 was a member of the editorial board for The Rutherford Journal and a co-founder of The Clergy Project.
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