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Born
Daniel C Dennett was born on March 28 1942 in Boston Massachusetts who specializes in the philosophy of the mind and has also "made autodidactic forays into the fields of artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and cognitive psychology" (Britannica). -
Content and Consciousness
Is Dennett's first book based off of his Doctoral thesis which talks about the relationship between the mind and the body. This book began the framework for his ideas about how the brain and body interact and have set the stage for his research that he continues today. This book was the start of Dennett's Multiple Drafts, or Fame in The Brain Theory. You can find this book in the APUS Library. -
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Fame in The Brain
Dan Dennett is most famously known for his concepts of the conscious experience. "Dennett calls Cartesian materialism, the idea that after early unconscious processing occurs in various relatively peripheral brain structures" (Dennett, Akins). He says that everything comes together in the brain at some point in order form a presentation for your brain to understand. Although there is no such known place in the brain there are many theories the claim there must be something. -
Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
Dennett's book looks at Darwinism and evolution. This work does not try to go against Darwin, but rather tries to elaborate on it and explain that everything that has any type of importance in the world is a product of Darwin's evolution. Dennett focuses on the influence Darwin had on other scientist. -
Dan Dennett Ted Talk
Attached is a link to a TED Talk by Dan Dennett where he he talks about "The Illusion of Consciousness". In the video, Dennett argues that we do not understand our own consciousness as well as we think we do because we are made up of tiny robot cells that work together to somehow make up our minds. https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_dennett_on_our_consciousness?language=en#t-342727