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Daniel Clement Dan Dennett III (born March 28 1942) is an American philosopher writer and cognitive scientist whose research centers on the philosophy of mind philosophy of science and philosophy of biology particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science.He is currently the Co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy and a University Professor at Tufts University.

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birth date
1942-03-28
birth place
Boston
BNF Id
120370629
era
20th-century philosophy, Contemporary philosophy
individualised GND number
119351900
influenced
Richard Dawkins
influenced by
Charles Darwin
LCCN Id
n/81/89168
main interest
Cognitive science, Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of science, Philosophy of biology
notableIdea
Multiple drafts model, Intuition pump, Heterophenomenology, Cartesian theater, Greedy reductionism, Intentional stance
philosophicalSchool
Analytic philosophy
region
Western philosophy

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