Daniel Dennett, atheist philosopher guided by science, dies at 82. For decades, Dr. Dennett challenged religion and the meaning of consciousness as one of the most debated American philosophers ...

On April 19, Daniel Dennett, University and Fletcher Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, passed away at the Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. His death was caused by complications from ...

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. (Full disclosure: This ...

In the opening panel of the World Peace Foundation’s Unlearning Violence conference, Dr. Steven Pinker and Dr. Daniel Dennett debated this point. Pinker, the author of The Better Angels of Our Nature: ...

Dennett's work, though honest in its venture, has been described as controversial. "I was once denounced as a secretly paid CIA agent - that was pretty scary," he said. Far from it, Dennett obtained ...

In response to Mr. Dennett’s early landmark book, “Consciousness Explained” (1991), the cognitive-science cognoscenti quipped that the title should have been “Consciousness Explained Away.” ...

Philosophy Professor Daniel Dennett was rushed to the hospital from the Medford campus n an ambulance in late October. On Nov. 3, he posted an entry in his online blog describing his condition. Upon ...

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 ...

For more than 50 years, Daniel C. Dennett has been right in the thick of some of humankind’s most meaningful arguments: the nature and function of consciousness and religion, the development and ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Daniel C. Dennett is a Co-Director for the Center for Cognitive Studies in the Tufts University with five videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a ...

Professor Daniel Dennett. HARDtalk. Stephen Sackur meets Daniel Dennett, a philosopher who applies Darwinian evolutionary theory to religious beliefs.