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Daniel Dennett
Daniel Clement Dennett III (born March 28, 1942) was an American philosopher, writer, and cognitive scientist whose research centered on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science.
As of 2017, he was the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. Dennett was an atheist and secularist, a member of the Secular Coalition for America advisory board, and a member of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, as well as an outspoken supporter of the Brights movement. Dennett is referred to as one of the "Four Horsemen of New Atheism", along with Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens.
Daniel Clement Dennett III (born March 28, 1942) was an American philosopher, writer, and cognitive scientist whose research centered on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science.
As of 2017, he was the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. Dennett was an atheist and secularist, a member of the Secular Coalition for America advisory board, and a member of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, as well as an outspoken supporter of the Brights movement. Dennett is referred to as one of the "Four Horsemen of New Atheism", along with Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens.
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In Search of the Self
The Limits of Logic
The Fractured Mind
The Dance of Life
In Search Of Ourselves
Neuroscience vs. Philosophy
The Limits of Reason
The Illusion of Sense
How to be a Stoic
Knowing Others and Knowing Oneself
The Mind and the World
The Limits of Freedom
The Secrets of Consciousness
Matter and Mind
Hearts and Minds
The Story of I
The Chemistry of Freedom
Mind and the Universe
Fate, Freedom, and Neuroscience
Truth, Lies and Self-Deception
Secrets of the Mind
The Mind's Eye
The Extended Mind
Owning Ourselves
Being Conscious
On Having a Mind, Having a Body, and Being a Person
The Fragility of the Human Personality
Dangerous Convictions
Actual Consciousness
Stories of Desire
At One With Ourselves
Mind in the 21st Century
The Tyranny of Freedom
The Evolution of Consciousness
The Edge of Reason
Metaphors of the Mind
The Road to the Good Life
Are Selves Unreal?
Animal Reason
Inside the Mind’s Eye
Catching Sight of Ourselves
The Philosopher’s Guide to Style
The Ego Trick
Sensuality and Deception
Who Looks Back in the Mirror
Outrageous Fortune
The Architecture of Being
Entering the Unknown
Thinking Afresh
The View From Outside