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Date of Birth
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28-March-1942
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Place of Birth
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Boston
(Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America, Area code 617, Area code 857)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Dan Dennett, Daniel Clement Dennett, Daniel C. Dennett, Daniel Clement Dennett III
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Profession
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Philosopher, Author, Writer, Professor, Cognitive scientist, Essayist
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Quotes
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- A scholar is just a library's way of making another library.
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Daniel Clement "Dan" 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, the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and a University Professor at Tufts University. Dennett is an atheist and secularist, a member of the Secular Coalition for America advisory board, 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.
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