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Daniel Dennett
University Professor, Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University
Daniel C. Dennett is the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy and director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University.
Dennett believes it's time to unmask the philosopher's art and make thought experimentation accessible to a wider audience.
"How to Think Like a Philosopher," Dennett's five-part workshop, is a journey into the labyrinthine mind games played by Dennett and his colleagues. For the more utilitarian-minded, these are mental practices that will improve your ability to focus and think both rationally and creatively.
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Why don’t we hesitate getting into a car and driving 60 miles an hour with cars coming towards us at 60 miles an hour in the opposite lane?
For billions of years on this planet, there was life but no free will. The difference is not in physics—which has remained the same—but is ultimately in biology, specifically evolutionary […]
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Daniel Dennett Reveals His Favorite Philosopher.
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Daniel Dennett Explores Darwinism and Outer Space.
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Why Daniel Dennett applies Darwinism to everything.
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Daniel Dennett on the future of the human brain.
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Daniel Dennett Investigates Energy Innovation.
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Daniel Dennett Discusses the Problem of Robotic Warfare.
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If you look inside each neuron in the human brain, you will find motor proteins that are a bit of mindless nano-engineering.
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Our brains are cunningly evolved, cunningly designed to make life easier for us.
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Daniel Dennett with the argument against humanoid robots.
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Daniel Dennett Reveals the Mechanics of Studying Consciousness.
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Daniel Dennett explains consciousness and free will.
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Daniel Dennett on secular ecstasy.
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Daniel Dennett Explains His Book ‘Breaking the Spell’.
