Daniel Dennett tackled some of the most vexing questions about the experience of being human (Credit: Getty Images) Before his recent death, the influential philosopher Daniel Dennett spoke to the ...

World-renowned philosopher Daniel Dennett, who championed controversial takes on consciousness and free will among other mind-bending subjects, died today at the age of 82. Stunned reactions to ...

In From Bacteria to Bach and Back, Daniel C Dennett investigates the evolution of consciousness. By Steven Poole In the preface to his new book, the ­philosopher Daniel Dennett announces proudly that ...

Not Daniel Dennett. His first academic paper, published in 1965, explained why he thought Dreyfus was wrong. There’s nothing special about intuition, says Dennett. “Intuition is simply knowing ...

Daniel Dennett, who has died aged 82, was the type of philosopher you couldn’t help but read. His work, directly relevant to biologists, physicists, computer scientists and cognitive ...