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.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tufts University called him a major intellectual figure globally with his research on the philosophy of mind, science and particularly on evolutionary biology. He was one of the most widely read and ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. It would be hard to confuse Daniel Dennett for anyone other than a philosopher. With his voluminous white beard, ...

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 ...

Early last week rumors began flying in Williamstown, Mass, that President Tyler Dennett of Williams College was going to resign. Bristle-headed President Dennett, fishing at his camp near Lake George, ...

The philosopher Daniel Dennett, who died at the age of 82 on 19 April, was among the sharpest and most prophetic minds of the last half-century. Throughout his life, he dared to tackle some of the ...