Daniel Dennett

Also known as Daniel C Dennett, Daniel C. Dennett, Daniel Clement Dennett III, Daniel Clement Dennett

amerikansk filosof

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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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Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Known for

Free Will — Self2022
Psi — Self2021
I, Pastafari: A Flying Spaghetti Monster Story — Self2019
Losing Our Religion — Self2017
A Better Life — Self2015
Creating Freedom: The Lottery of Birth2013
The Unbelievers — Self2013
Atheist Alliance International Convention 2007 — Self2008
Discussions with Richard Dawkins, Episode 1: The Four Horsemen — Self2008
The Genius of Charles Darwin — Self2008

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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
member of: European Academy of Sciences and Arts
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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Daniel Clement Dennett III, född 28 mars 1942 i Boston, Massachusetts, är en amerikansk professor i filosofi. Dennett är föreståndare för Centret för kognitiva studier vid Tufts University.Han har en fil. kand. i filosofi från Harvard (1963) och doktorerade i filosofi 1965 under överseende av Gilbert Ryle vid Oxfords universitet. Han undervisade vid under perioden 1965 till 1971. Från 1971 har han undervisat vid Tufts University. Dennett är författare till ett flertal böcker om evolution och medvetandet och är även känd som en av ateismens "fyra ryttare" där de andra tre är Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris och den framlidne Christopher Hitchens.

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