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Daniel C. Dennett

Daniel C. Dennett

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Psychology

D-Index
74
Citations
52967
World Ranking
1822
National Ranking
1070

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Erasmus Prize, Praemium Erasmianum Foundation
  • 2011 - Mind & Brain Prize, University and Polytechnic of Turin
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2001 - Jean Nicod Prize, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
  • 1994 - Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) For contributions to foundational problems in artificial intelligence and the philosophy of mind.
  • 1987 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1986 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Daniel C. Dennett is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States. Their recent scholarly output covers a range of topics within cognitive science, philosophy, and neuroscience, with publications in several notable journals and collaborations with frequent co-authors.

Their recent papers include:

  • The User-Illusion of Consciousness, 2021, Journal of Consciousness Studies
  • On track to a standard model, 2020, Cognitive Neuropsychology

They also appear as a co-author or are cited alongside works from other researchers, including papers such as The rationale of rationalization (2020, Behavioral and Brain Sciences), What makes a theory of consciousness unscientific? (2025, Nature Neuroscience), and Explaining or redefining mindreading? (2020, Behavioral and Brain Sciences).

Frequent co-authors of Daniel C. Dennett include Lindsey Drayton, Rolf Van Der Sanden, Patrick Scheffmann, Ralph Adolphs, and Renée Baillargeon.

Their publications frequently appear in the following venues:

  • Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • Avant
  • Behavioral and Brain Sciences
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • Journal of Consciousness Studies

The scientist's work spans multiple subfields of study, including:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Philosophy
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

Key topics of their research cover:

  • Philosophy and Theoretical Science
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
  • Origins and Evolution of Life
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Embodied and Extended Cognition

Over the course of their career, Daniel C. Dennett has received several awards, including:

  • Erasmus Prize from the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation (2012)
  • Mind & Brain Prize from the University and Polytechnic of Turin (2011)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2009)
  • Jean Nicod Prize, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) (2001)
  • Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) for contributions to foundational problems in artificial intelligence and the philosophy of mind (1994)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1987)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1986)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Best Publications

  • The Intentional Stance

    Daniel Clement Dennett

  • Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology

    Daniel Clement Dennett

  • Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

    Daniel Clement Dennett

  • Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting

    Daniel Clement Dennett

  • Darwin's dangerous idea : evolution and the meanings of life

    Daniel Clement Dennett

  • Kinds of Minds: Towards an Understanding of Consciousness

    Daniel Clement Dennett

  • Content and consciousness

    Daniel Clement Dennett

  • Time and the Observer: the Where and When of Consciousness in the Brain

    Daniel C. Dennett;Marcel Kinsbourne

  • Intentional systems in cognitive ethology: The 'panglossian paradigm' defended

    Daniel C. Dennett

  • Quining Qualia

    Daniel C. Dennett

  • Beliefs about beliefs [P&W, SR&B]

    Daniel C. Dennett

  • Darwinizing culture : the status of memetics as a science

    Robert Aunger;Daniel Clement Dennett

  • The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience

    Daniel C. Dennett;Francisco J. Varela;Evan Thompson;Eleanor Rosch

  • The evolution of misbelief.

    Ryan T. McKay;Daniel C. Dennett

  • Consciousness cannot be separated from function

    Michael A. Cohen;Daniel C. Dennett

  • Brainchildren: Essays on Designing Minds

    Daniel Clement Dennett

  • From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds

    Daniel Clement Dennett

  • Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind

    Matthew M. Hurley;Daniel Clement Dennett;Reginald B. Adams

  • Kinds Of Minds

    Daniel Clement Dennett

  • Neuroscience and Philosophy: Brain, Mind, and Language

    Maxwell Bennett;Daniel Dennett;Peter Hacker;John Searle

  • Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking

    Daniel Clement Dennett

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryan McKay
Ryan McKay Royal Holloway University of London
Reginald B. Adams
Reginald B. Adams Pennsylvania State University
Natalie Sebanz
Natalie Sebanz Central European University
Leda Cosmides
Leda Cosmides University of California, Santa Barbara
Wolfgang Prinz
Wolfgang Prinz Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

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