Daniel Dennett
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Daniel Dennett was an American philosopher who studied how the mind works, particularly focusing on consciousness and whether machines could think like humans. His ideas have been influential in debates about what makes us human and how to understand intelligence in both biological and artificial systems.
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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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