Daniel C. Dennett
Born
in Boston, Massachusetts, The United States
March 28, 1942
Died
April 19, 2024
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Influences
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Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
26 editions
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1995
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Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
3 editions
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2006
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Consciousness Explained
43 editions
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1991
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Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking
41 editions
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2013
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From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds
29 editions
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2017
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Freedom Evolves
25 editions
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2003
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Kinds of Minds: Toward an Understanding of Consciousness
48 editions
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1996
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Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting
31 editions
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1984
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Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology
27 editions
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1978
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Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness
19 editions
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2005
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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.”
― Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
― Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
“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.”
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