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Religion and Ethics Discussion => Philosophy, in all its guises. => Topic started by: Walt Zingmatilder on April 19, 2024, 08:23:36 PM

Title: Daniel Dennett has died
Post by: Walt Zingmatilder on April 19, 2024, 08:23:36 PM: Eminent American philosopher Daniel Dennett has passed.
Title: Re: Daniel Dennett has died
Post by: Nearly Sane on April 20, 2024, 09:37:46 PM: I liked Breaking the Spell, but Consciousness Explained didn't, and Darwin's Dangerous Idea was too evangelical for me.

https://www.msn.com/en-GB/entertainment/music/daniel-dennett-fiery-atheist-philosopher-who-saw-human-brains-as-programmes--obituary/ar-AA1njsKE?ocid=sapphireappshare
Title: Daniel Dennett has died
Post by: bluehillside Retd. on April 21, 2024, 09:06:47 PM: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/21/daniel-dennett-obituary
Title: Re: Daniel Dennett has died
Post by: Steve H on April 22, 2024, 07:24:17 PM: Quote from: Walt Zingmatilder on April 19, 2024, 08:23:36 PM
Eminent American philosopher Daniel Dennett has passed.
Passed what - his A-levels? Drop the twee American euphemism - he's died, as you said in the thread title.
Title: Re: Daniel Dennett has died
Post by: Walt Zingmatilder on April 22, 2024, 10:04:39 PM: Quote from: SteveH on April 22, 2024, 07:24:17 PM
Passed what - his A-levels? Drop the twee American euphemism - he's died, as you said in the thread title.
He's passed Steve, like the parade.
Title: Re: Daniel Dennett has died
Post by: jeremyp on April 23, 2024, 10:23:11 AM: Quote from: SteveH on April 22, 2024, 07:24:17 PM
Passed what - his A-levels? Drop the twee American euphemism - he's died, as you said in the thread title.

A kidney stone.

It's OK though, I believe there is a computer somewhere with an almost exact copy of his mind in it.

https://www.lehigh.edu/~mhb0/Dennett-WhereAmI.pdf
Title: Re: Daniel Dennett has died
Post by: Nearly Sane on April 25, 2024, 03:57:12 AM: Dawkins on Dennett.

https://youtu.be/wFQ4v9BZD8s?si=tGnRFqD-cPID3HCk
Title: Re: Daniel Dennett has died
Post by: Alan Burns on April 29, 2024, 03:54:13 PM: Quote from: bluehillside Retd. on April 21, 2024, 09:06:47 PM
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/21/daniel-dennett-obituary
Reading this obituary I was struck by the monumental efforts he employed to try to explain how conscious intent can arise from the physical workings of a material brain. The irony being that any physical explanation would render the concept of conscious intent to be an illusion because physical reactions are not driven by intent, but by unavoidable reactions to previous events. Instead of trying to explain the impossible, why not accept the simple truth that conscious intent is a reality involving more than physical reactions alone can ever achieve.