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Daniel Dennett March 28, 1942

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  • Birth

    Born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 28th, 1942.
    He is currently 79 years old
    His field is the philosophy of mind, of science, and of biology in particularly.

  • Doctorate

    Received his doctorate of philosophy at the University of Oxford

  • Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology

    Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology
    Published Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology. This is a book of essays that Dennett shares his ideas of consciousness, theory of mind, and free will.
    Dennett, Daniel C. Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1981. Print

  • Consciousness Explained

    Consciousness Explained
    Published Consciousness Explained. In this Dennett explains that a persons consciousness comes from physical and cognitive processes in the brain, and from calculations that are occurring at close to the same time. In this, he explains his Multiple Drafts Model.
    Dennett, D C. Consciousness Explained. Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1991. Print.

  • Multiple Drafts Model

    The multiple drafts model is a model that Dennett explained in his book Consciousness Explained. The idea of the model is to make the consciousness a physical thing, and that the brain acts like an information processor. In this model, Dennett believes that when you see something there are multiple explanations of what it could be. Dennett also uses the Multiple Drafts Model to reject the Cartesian Theatre Model.

  • Darwin’s Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life

    Darwin’s Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
    Published Darwin’s Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life. This book is mostly Dennett supporting and defending Darwinian evolution and natural selection. In this book, Dennett explains that natural selection is responsible for all aspects of peoples existence, and that the human mind and consciousness derive from evolution.

    Dennett, D C. Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. Print.

  • Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness

    Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness
    Published Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness. In this, Dennett revises his previous theories on consciousness and rebrands his multiple drafts model as the fame in the brain model.
    Dennett, D. (2006). Sweet dreams: Philosophical obstacles to a science of consciousness. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

  • Free Will

    Attached is an interview in which Daniel Dennett speaks about free will.
    Daniel Dennett - What is Free Will

  • Citations

    “Multiple Drafts Model.” Multiple Drafts Model - Academic Kids, academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Multiple_Drafts_Model. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Daniel C. Dennett". Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Mar. 2021, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-C-Dennett. Accessed 2 November 2021. Horgan, John. “Is Consciousness Real?” Scientific American Blog Network, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2017, blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/is-consciousness-real/