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TagDaniel Dennett (1942–2024)

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Exploring the Intricate Connections of the Human Mind Through Gears and Creativity. Generative AI
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 22, 2025
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Evolution, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind
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Isn’t It a Bit Late To Try Retreading Eliminative Materialism?

Daniel Dennett was an eliminative materialist at a time when the idea that consciousness is an illusion sounded cool and daring. And the Big Explanation was just around the corner…
Denyse O'Leary
August 22, 2025
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Evolution, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind
Overall, Jonny Thomson’s effort to keep Dennett’s eliminative materialism alive unintentionally points up how fragile it has actually become. Read More ›
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Nature Within.
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 16, 2025
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Animal mind, Panpsychism, Philosophy of Mind, Physics
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Science Writer: The Self Is Part of a Conscious Universe

Annaka Harris seems to be fleeing eliminative materialism — the snake that eats its own tail
Denyse O'Leary
June 16, 2025
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Animal mind, Panpsychism, Philosophy of Mind, Physics
Harris is the wife of well-known New Atheist neuroscientist Sam Harris, at one time one of the Four Horsemen of the New Atheist apocalypse. Read More ›
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Land with dry and cracked ground. Desert,Global warming background
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Denyse O'Leary
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January 21, 2025
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Philosophy of Mind, Religion, Science
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Daniel Dennett Made Atheism Easy to Understand

In the process, he somehow also made it less believable
Denyse O'Leary
January 21, 2025
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Philosophy of Mind, Religion, Science
Dennett may be best remembered for inadvertently helping to reduce the popularity of atheism Read More ›
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The confrontation of a heatwave and a melting glacier, symbolizing the collision of rising temperatures and shrinking ice masses. Concept of climate change impact on glaciers. Generative Ai.
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 30, 2024
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Philosophy, Politics, Religion
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New Atheism Is Shrinking and It’s Not Entirely Clear Why

Now, there is an eerie unfashionable silence that fashionable media are beginning to notice. For one thing, it is affecting Richard Dawkins
Denyse O'Leary
September 30, 2024
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Philosophy, Politics, Religion
The Woke, it turns out, are no more tolerant of atheists than they are of anyone else with divergent views. That may be what finally fells new atheism. Read More ›