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Born
Daniel Dennett was born in Boston Massachusetts. Daniel Dennett is a philosopher of the mind or a Naturalist. He is said to be a prominent figure in the Atheist movement for his work understanding the human mind and what consciousness is. -
College Education
Daniel Dennett was educated at various universities including Harvard and Oxford. He Received his BA from Harvard and his D.Phil from Oxford. -
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Work and Notable events
Daniel Dennett's first book was derived from his Doctoral thesis called "Content and consciousness" (1969). Daniel Dennett would work as the University Professor and Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University in Medford Massachusetts. (1985). Daniel also helped work with an MIT team on a robot named Cog (1993). This robot was intelligent and some think it may have had a consciousness. -
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Atheist movment
Daniel Dennett first wrote a book called "Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon" Where he argued that all religions are false and sparked the Atheist movement (2006). Later a debate he had with Alvin Plantinga in 2011 would become his next book "Science and Religion: Are They Compatible?" (2011). -
Work Cited
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Daniel C. Dennett". Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Mar. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-C-Dennett. Accessed 11 July 2022.