Daniel Dennett obituary


by The Guardian

The Guardian— Controversial US philosopher who sought to understand and explain the science of the mindDaniel Dennett, who has died aged 82, was a controversial philosopher whose writing on consciousness, artificial intelligence, cognitive science and evolutionary psychology helped shift Anglo-American philosophy from its focus on language and concepts towards a coalition with science.His naturalistic account of consciousness, purged as far as possible of first-person agency and qualitative experience, has...

Ars Technica—Philosopher Daniel Dennett dead at 82. Part of the "New Atheist" movement, best known for work on consciousness, free will.

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