Daniel Clement Dennett III (March 28, 1942 -)

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  • Daniel Dennett was born.

    Daniel Dennett was born.
    Daniel Clement Dennett III was born on March 28, 1942, in Boston, Massachusetts to Ruth Marjorie and Daniel Clement Dennett Jr.

  • Content and Consciousness

    Content and Consciousness
    Dennett's first book Content and Consciousness was published in 1969. It's an original work that attempts to clarify essential problems concerning western philosophical thought: the relationship between the mind and body. Dennett attempts to explain his theory of the human mind and body based on the latest developments at the time which came to be known as cognitive science.

  • Elbow Room

    Elbow Room
    Elbow Room was first published in 1984 and later revised in 2015. This book focuses on Dennett's case for compatibilism. Compatibilism is the belief that free will and determinism can be both believed and exist without conflicting with each other. In this work, Dennett expresses theories of free will in a multitude of fields in science. Fields such as evolutionary biology, engineering, automata theory, and artificial intelligence.

  • Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness

    Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness
    In Sweet Dreams, Dennett attempts to reinstate his theory of consciousness for revision and renewal since new developments in the field have been achieved since 1991. In 1991 he published the book, In Consciousness Explained in which he suggests the Cartesian Theater model be replaced with the Multiple Drafts Model.

  • Dangerous Ideas | Daniel Dennett

    Dangerous Ideas | Daniel Dennett
    Here is a short educational YouTube video featuring Tufts University conducting a short interview with philosopher Daniel C. Dennett revolving around his ideologies upon religious ideas.
    https://youtu.be/v9dZeJ3owGg