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Daniel Dennett

1942 - 2024

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Daniel Clement Dennett III (March 28, 1942 – April 19, 2024) was an American philosopher and cognitive scientist. His research centered on the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of science, and the philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science. Dennett was the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University in Massachusetts. Dennett was a member of the editorial board for The Rutherford Journal and a co-founder of The Clergy Project. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Dennett is the 431st most popular philosopher (up from 465th in 2019), the 1,569th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,432nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Philosopher.

Daniel Dennett is most famous for his theory of the "intentional stance," which is the idea that we can understand the beliefs and desires of an entity by imagining that it is a person with intentions.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Daniel Dennett ranks 431 out of 1,267. Before him are Michael J. Sandel, Pavel Florensky, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, Antiochus of Ascalon, Edward de Bono, and Henri-Frédéric Amiel. After him are John of Salisbury, Francisco Ferrer, Moses Hess, Thomas Cajetan, Gautama Maharishi, and Peter Sloterdijk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Daniel Dennett ranks 102. Before him are Giuseppe Bertello, Jacques Dubochet, Oliviero Toscani, Milan Milutinović, Tony Buzan, and Margarethe von Trotta. After him are Mehran Karimi Nasseri, Jules Wijdenbosch, António Lobo Antunes, John Cale, Barry Levinson, and Fraser Stoddart. Among people deceased in 2024, Daniel Dennett ranks 78. Before him are Salvatore Schillaci, Dikembe Mutombo, Andrew Schally, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, Angelo Amato, and Marcello Gandini. After him are Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Fraser Stoddart, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Seiji Ozawa, Iris Apfel, and Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Daniel Dennett ranks 1,569 out of 20,380. Before him are Carolyn R. Bertozzi (1966), David Duchovny (1960), Linda McCartney (1941), Edmund Kemper (1948), Mitt Romney (1947), and Don Shirley (1927). After him are Raymond Leo Burke (1948), Alan Ladd (1913), George Stinney (1929), Roger Zelazny (1937), Mark Ruffalo (1967), and Cordell Hull (1871).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Daniel Dennett ranks 13. Before him are John Searle (1932), Anne Sullivan (1866), Robert Nozick (1938), Richard Rorty (1931), Hilary Putnam (1926), and Michael J. Sandel (1953). After him are Martha Nussbaum (1947), Murray Bookchin (1921), Ronald Dworkin (1931), Nelson Goodman (1906), Kenneth Waltz (1924), and Saul Kripke (1940).

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