Daniel C. Dennett (Author of Darwin's Dangerous Idea)

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Daniel C. Dennett

Born

in Boston, Massachusetts, The United States

March 28, 1942

Died

April 19, 2024

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Philosophy, Science, Nonfiction

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Daniel Clement Dennett III is a prominent philosopher whose research centers on philosophy of mind, science, and biology, particularly as they relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science. He is the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. Dennett is a noted atheist, avid sailor, and advocate of the Brights movement.

Dennett received his B.A. in philosophy from Harvard University in 1963, where he was a student of W.V.O. Quine. In 1965, he received his D.Phil. from Christ Church, Oxford, where he studied under the ordinary language philosopher Gilbert Ryle.

Dennett gave the John Locke lectures at the University of Oxford in 1983, the Gavin David Young Lectu ...more

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	Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life 4.07 avg rating — 16,786 ratings — published 1995 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon 3.89 avg rating — 12,767 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Consciousness Explained 3.90 avg rating — 8,496 ratings — published 1991 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking 3.78 avg rating — 4,324 ratings — published 2013 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds 3.79 avg rating — 3,590 ratings — published 2017 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freedom Evolves 3.82 avg rating — 2,843 ratings — published 2003 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kinds of Minds: Toward an Understanding of Consciousness 3.82 avg rating — 2,140 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting 3.87 avg rating — 803 ratings — published 1984 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology 3.96 avg rating — 646 ratings — published 1978 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“If you can approach the world's complexities, both its glories and its horrors, with an attitude of humble curiosity, acknowledging that however deeply you have seen, you have only scratched the surface, you will find worlds within worlds, beauties you could not heretofore imagine, and your own mundane preoccupations will shrink to proper size, not all that important in the greater scheme of things.”
― Daniel C. Dennett, Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

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“What you can imagine depends on what you know.”
― Daniel Dennett

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“You don't get to advertise all the good that your religion does without first scrupulously subtracting all the harm it does and considering seriously the question of whether some other religion, or no religion at all, does better.”
― Daniel Dennett

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God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens

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The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

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The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris

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On the Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt by Richard Carrier

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Philosophers Without Gods: Meditations on Atheism and the Secular Life by Louise M. Antony

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The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design by Richard Dawkins

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Inventing a Christian America: The Myth of the Religious Founding by Steven K. Green

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Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon by Daniel C. Dennett

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Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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