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Daniel Dennett

 

Daniel Dennett

Daniel Dennett will serve as Visiting Distinguished Fellow starting February 2008.

Daniel Dennett is University Professor and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University. He previously held a position at the University of California Irvine and has served as Visiting Professor at Harvard, the University of Pittsburgh, and Oxford. Professor Dennett is a world-renowned leader in the philosophy of mind. He is the author of several notable books, including Breaking the Spell, Freedom Evolves, Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, Consciousness Explained, The Intentional Stance, Elbow Room, Brainstorms, and Content and Consciousness. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1987.

Daniel Dennett will give the following lecture series. All lectures will be at 10:30am in the Environmental Studies Seminar Room (unless otherwise noted): Bren Building, Room 4016. Supporting files for the lecture series are available at this page.

February 4

The evolution of content: how free floating rationales became anchored *

 
February 12

Public Lecture

Evolution of Evitability *

Note: This lecture is scheduled from 3-4:30pm and wil be given in the Engineering Science Building in Room 1001

 
February 20

Cultural evolution: different theories and how to harmonize them *

 
February 25

The evolution of "why?" *

 
March 3

Evolutionary processes in individual brains/minds *

 
March 10

The evolution of freedom and responsibility *

 
March 17 The Evolution of 'Why'
 

 

 
  * I treat seminars as exploratory occasions, and in the course of giving half a dozen I expect the discussion will lead us into new paths, so the titles on ALL the lectures are tentative.