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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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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Convergence of Biogenetics, Cognitive Neuroscience and Computing
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Orange County
Discography
- Dub Street2023
- Get Down2023
- Grease2023
- Sublime2024
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 382
- Total plays
- 1,000
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 66,894x
- Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks
· 2003 · cited 45,770x
- UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 44,346x
- Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk
· 1979 · cited 40,280x
- MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0
· 2013 · cited 34,833x
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Quotes
- “We really have to think of reasoning the way we think of romance, it takes two to tango. There has to be a communication.”
- “We now understand how very complex and even apparently intelligent phenomena, such as genetic coding, the immune system, and low-level visual processing, can be accomplished without a trace of consciousness. But this seems to uncover an enormous puzzle of just what, if anything, consciousness is for. Can a conscious entity do anything for itself that an unconscious (but cleverly wired up) simulation of that entity couldn't do for itself?”
- “I think religion for many people is some sort of moral viagra.”
- “Not a single one of the cells that compose you knows who you are, or cares.”
- “Go ahead and believe in God, if you like, but don't imagine that you have been given any grounds for such a belief by science.”
- “Homunculi are bogeymen only if they duplicate entire the talents they are rung in to explain. If one can get a team or committee of relatively ignorant, narrow-minded, blind homunculi to produce the intelligent behaviour of the whole, this is progress.”
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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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