Philosopher Daniel Dennett has died

He was 82. See here: https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/philosopher-daniel-dennett-dead-at-82/

For me, Dennett’s most influential idea was his distinction between “skyhooks” and “cranes”: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1068/p241101

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2 Responses to Philosopher Daniel Dennett has died

  1. Craig C's avatar Craig C says:

    Thank you for letting me know — one of the most influential books in my life was the one he co-edited with Hofstadter, “The Mind’s I”. While I thought that Dennett, like most philosophers, was as preoccupied with picking arguments as he was advancing his own notions (or felt that the two preoccupations were inexorably intertwined), I appreciated his 1980s sensibilities in the 1980s. I didn’t think he weathered as well, or perhaps as distinctively, in the 2000s.

  2. It looks like now only two of the four horsemen of “new atheism” are still alive.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Atheism#:~:text=Major%20figures%20of%20New%20Atheism,conversion%20to%20Christianity%20in%202023.

    Even though I am non-religious, I have been skeptical of the atheism movement ( I reject proselytization).

    But ..

    I loved the Hitchens’s Menckenian-wit

    Enjoyed Sam Harris’s podcast prior to him imposing a paywall.

    Richard Dawkins is a legend.

    I hate to admit it, but I am not that familiar with Dennett.

    I’ve read a couple of his articles in an issue of Philosophy Now, I purchased from Barnes & Noble a few years back.

    I do know he has been a very influential thinker.

    R.I.P

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