Daniel Dennett’s fertile imagination is captivated by the very dangerous idea that the neo-Darwinian theory of biological evolution should become the basis for what amounts to an established state ...

One of the most influential philosophers and cognitive scientists, Daniel C. Dennett, passed away this week. He was one of the first contemporary philosophers to take naturalism really seriously, i.e.

Philosopher and author Daniel C. Dennett, whose bestselling and often controversial books explored religion, morality, consciousness, and evolutionary biology, among other topics, died at Maine ...

Tufts University called him a major intellectual figure globally with his research on the philosophy of mind, science and particularly on evolutionary biology. He was one of the most widely read and ...

Philosopher Daniel Dennett died a few days ago, on April 19. When he argued that we overrate consciousness, he demonstrated, paradoxically, how conscious he was, and he made his audience more ...

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Learning what we are -- I am who I am -- The air we breathe -- Dumbo's magic feather and the peril of Paulina -- Some useful oversimplifications -- From physics to design in Conway's life world -- Can ...