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Daniel Dennett

University Professor, Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University

Daniel Clement Dennett III is an American philosopher, writer, and cognitive scientist. He is currently Professor Emeritus at Tufts University.

Dennett is a firm atheist and secularist, a member of the Secular Coalition for America advisory board, 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.

Dennett attended Phillips Exeter Academy and spent one year at Wesleyan University before receiving his Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Harvard University in 1963, where he was a student of W. V. Quine. In 1965, he received his Doctor of Philosophy in philosophy from the University of Oxford, where he studied under Gilbert Ryle and was a member of Hertford College.


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I've Been Thinking

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Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

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Consciousness Explained

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DARWIN'S DANGEROUS IDEA: EVOLUTION AND THE MEANINGS OF LIFE

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Science and Religion: Are They Compatible? (Point/Counterpoint)

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Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology

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Freedom Evolves

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Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness (Jean Nicod Lectures)

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Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking

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