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Who is Daniel Dennett
Daniel Dennett is a Boston, Massachusetts born American philosopher that studies the mind. His father was Islamic history scholar and mother was a teacher. Dennett graduated from Harvard University with his philosophy degree then proceeded to the University of Oxford for his PHD. -
Cognitive Science
Dennett became the director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University in Massachusetts. He was initially considered a radical because of his outlook on how the mind affects the body. This would eventually change the more that he uncovered about how the brain works -
Artificial Intelligence
Dennett had his hands in Massachusetts Institute of Technology's attempt in designing a conscious robot -
Dennett's thoughts of religion
"His 2006 volume Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon advanced evolutionary explanations for the development of religious thought. He considered religious inclinations to be largely a by-product of instinct-driven social phenomena." In other words he believed when we as humans don't have an evident answer to something we utilize religion to explain the phenomenon. -
Reference
“Daniel C. Dennett.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., 15 Mar. 2010, www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-C-Dennett. -
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TED Talks
Dennett, Dan. “Dan Dennett.” TED, www.ted.com/speakers/dan_dennett. Accessed 21 Sept. 2023.