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Birth and Early Life
Daniel Clement Dennett III was born on March 28th, 1942 in Boston Massachusetts. He was son to Ruth Marjorie and Daniel Clement Dennett Jr. and lived part of his childhood in Lebanon as his dad was a counter-intelligence agent. He moved back to the states when he was five. -
Schooling and Graduation
At the age of 11, one of Daniel's summer camp counselors referred to him as a philosopher, so he decided to make a career out of it. He began attending Harvard in 1959 and graduated in 1963 with a Bachelors of Science in Philosophy, following that up with his Doctorates in 1965. -
Jobs Held/Holding
Daniel Dennett has held a few positions since his lengthy trek into philosophy started:
-University Professor at Tufts University (1971)
-Director of Cognitive Studies at Tufts University (1985)
-Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University (2000) on top of this he is also considered one of the fields top philosophers of New Atheism -
Famous Works
Three of Daniel's favorite topics throughout his life have been consciousness, free will, and religion. All of his works delved into explaining how evolution has caused this and that religion is a natural phenomena used to explain other phenomena. These Works include:
-Brainstorms (1981)
-Elbow Room (1984)
-The Mind's I (1985)
-Content and Consciousness (1986)
-The Intentional Stance (1987)
-Consciousness Explained (1991)
-Darwin’s Dangerous Idea (1995)
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Famous Works (Cont.)
-Kinds of Minds: Towards an Understanding of Consciousness (1997)
-Brainchildren: Essays on Designing Minds (1998)
-Freedom Evolves (2003)
-Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness (2005)
-Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon (2006)
-Neuroscience and Philosophy: Brain, Mind, and Language (2007)
-Science and Religion (2010)
-Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking (2013)
-Caught in the Pulpit: Leaving Belief Behind (2013)
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Famous Works (Cont. 2)
-Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind (2011)
-From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds (2017) -
Views on Consciousness and Free Will