Daniel Dennett, professor emeritus of philosophy at Tufts College, well-known for his work in philosophy of thoughts and a variety of different philosophical areas, has died.
Professor Dennett wrote extensively about points associated to philosophy of thoughts and cognitive science, particularly consciousness. He’s additionally acknowledged as having made vital contributions to the idea of intentionality and debates on free will. A few of Professor Dennett’s books embody Content material and Consciousness (1969), Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Thoughts and Psychology (1981), The Intentional Stance (1987), Consciousness Defined (1992), Darwin’s Harmful Thought (1995), Breaking the Spell (2006), and From Micro organism to Bach and Again: The Evolution of Minds (2017). He printed a memoir final yr entitled I’ve Been Thinking. There are additionally a number of books about him and his concepts. You may be taught extra about his work here.
Professor Dennett held a place at Tufts College for almost all his profession. Previous to this, he held a place on the College of California, Irvine from 1965 to 1971. He additionally held visiting positions at Oxford, Harvard, Pittsburgh, and different establishments throughout his time at Tufts College. Professor Dennett was awarded his PhD from the College of Oxford in 1965 and his undergraduate diploma in philosophy from Harvard College in 1963.
Professor Dennett is the recipient of a number of awards and prizes together with the Jean Nicod Prize, the Thoughts and Mind Prize, and the Erasmus Prize. He additionally held a Fulbright Fellowship, two Guggenheim Fellowships, and a Fellowship on the Heart for Superior Research in Behavioral Sciences. An outspoken atheist, Professor Dennett was dubbed one of many “Four Horsemen of New Atheism”. He was additionally a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, an honored Humanist Laureate of the Worldwide Academy of Humanism, and was named Humanist of the 12 months by the American Humanist Group.
The next interview with Professor Dennett was recorded final yr:
(through Eric Schliesser)
Associated: “Philosophers: Stop Being Self-Indulgent and Start Being Like Daniel Dennett, says Daniel Dennett“. (Different DN posts on Dennett may be discovered here.)
Obituaries elsewhere:
