Daniel C. Dennett, University Professor and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, photographed in his office at Tufts.

In the movie “Diner,” there is a moment when a teen out for a drive stops to gaze at a beautiful woman galloping through the countryside on her stallion. He turns to his friend and says, “Do you ever ...

The man who died June 6 in Bellingham after an apparent domestic violence homicide in his home left a profound legacy at Western Washington University, where he worked for more than three decades.

Big thinkers make for big targets and they don't come much bigger, physically and intellectually, than Daniel Dennett. The tall, 71-year-old philosopher looks every inch the enthusiastic sailor he is, ...

Daniel Dennett tackled some of the most vexing questions about the experience of being human (Credit: Getty Images) Before his recent death, the influential philosopher Daniel Dennett spoke to the BBC ...

On the door of his office at Tufts University, philosophy professor Daniel Dennett displays a banner quoting the late American writer Gore Vidal. It reads, "It is not enough to succeed; others must ...

Daniel Dennett’s fertile imagination is captivated by the very dangerous idea that the neo-Darwinian theory of biological evolution should become the basis for what amounts to an established state ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The man who died June 6 in Bellingham after an apparent domestic violence homicide in his home left a profound legacy at Western ...

Dennett’s belief that the US military is in Iraq to establish a “working society” is all the more striking given that a clear majority, even in the US, is openly hostile to the war and highly ...