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    Daniel Dennett

    Daniel Dennett

    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy

    1942 – 2024

    Daniel Dennett was an American philosopher and cognitive scientist, widely regarded as one of the most influential philosophers of mind of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. He was a professor at Tufts University and co-director of its Center for Cognitive Studies, known for his rigorous naturalistic approach to consciousness, intentionality, and evolutionary theory.

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    Notable Achievements

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    Developed the 'multiple drafts' model of consciousness as an alternative to Cartesian materialism

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    Articulated the intentional stance as a predictive framework for attributing beliefs and desires

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    Authored 'Consciousness Explained' (1991), a landmark work in philosophy of mind

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    Defended a memetic account of cultural evolution in 'Darwin's Dangerous Idea' (1995)

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    Pioneered heterophenomenology as a third-person methodology for studying subjective experience

    Positions & Arguments(3)

    Skepticism

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    Turing's thesis is not susceptible to mathematical proof

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    Backward induction is self-undermining as a solution concept in certain extensive-form games

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    Turing's thesis is not susceptible to mathematical proof

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    Backward induction is self-undermining as a solution concept in certain extensive-form games

    Consciousness & Mind

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    Whether a priori deducibility from the explanans is sufficient for explaining consciousness depends in part on the nature of the premises from which the deduction proceeds

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