Conjuring Consciousness – Does consciousness exist? – Daniel Dennett

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Conjuring Consciousness: Does consciousness exist? – Daniel Dennett.

Consciousness is both the most familiar thing to all of us, and one of the most mysterious. Real consciousness, in the eyes of some people isn’t something you could possibly explain. There are even scientists who think, almost by definition, consciousness defies explanation. It’s beyond human explanation. If you’ve explained anything, what you HAVEN’T explained is consciousness.

Daniel Clement Dennett III is an American philosopher, writer, and cognitive scientist whose research centers on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science.

He is currently the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. Dennett is an atheist and secularist, a member of the Secular Coalition for America advisory board, and a member of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, as well as an outspoken supporter of the Brights movement. Dennett is referred to as one of the “Four Horsemen of New Atheism”, along with Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens.

Dennett is a member of the editorial board for The Rutherford Journal.

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Daniel Dennett wiki – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Dennett
Tufts University – http://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/dennett/
Daniel Dennett: ‘You can make Aristotle look like a flaming idiot’ – https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/may/22/daniel-dennett-aristotle-flaming-idiot
Daniel Dennett – The Information Philosopher – http://www.informationphilosopher.com/solutions/philosophers/dennett/
How To Criticize With Kindness – https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/03/28/daniel-dennett-rapoport-rules-criticism/
The Normal Well-Tempered Mind – https://www.edge.org/conversation/daniel_c_dennett-the-normal-well-tempered-mind
Daniel C. Dennett – American philosopher – https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-C-Dennett
The Secret of Consciousness – http://www.newphilosopher.com/articles/the-secret-of-consciousness-with-daniel-c-dennett/
Philosophers: Stop Being Self-Indulgent and Start Being Like Daniel Dennett, says Daniel Dennett – http://dailynous.com/2016/08/29/philosophers-should-be-more-like-daniel-dennett-says-daniel-dennett/
Daniel Dennett on why faith should be investigated scientifically – http://www.beliefnet.com/faiths/secular-philosophies/the-spell-breaker.aspx
One of the most famous living philosophers says much of philosophy today is “self-indulgent” – https://qz.com/768450/one-of-the-most-famous-living-philosophers-says-much-of-philosophy-today-is-self-indulgent/
Daniel Dennett Presents Seven Tools For Critical Thinking – http://www.openculture.com/2013/05/philosopher_daniel_dennett_presents_seven_tools_for_critical_thinking.html
A Conversation with Daniel Dennett – https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/digicult/dennett.htm
Dan Dennett and the New Atheism – http://www.philosophersmag.com/index.php/tpm-mag-articles/14-interviews/31-dan-dennett-and-the-new-atheism
Daniel Dennett Quotes – https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/daniel_dennett.html
Daniel Dennett: A Biography – http://www.discovery.org/a/10301
Daniel Dennett on the Evolution of the Mind, Consciousness and AI – http://www.intelligencesquared.com/events/daniel-dennett-on-the-evolution-of-the-mind-consciousness-and-ai/
Daniel Dennett – Tools for Thinking – http://www.pointofinquiry.org/daniel_dennett_tools_for_thinking/

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