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ⓘ About Daniel C. Dennett
Daniel C. Dennett is an American author, philosopher, and cognitive scientist. In science, his research centers on the philosophy of science, mind, and biology as those fields relate to cognitive science and evolutionary biology. Daniel is one of the Four Horsemen of New Atheism, along with Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens. He is a professor of Philosophy and the co-director of the Center of Cognitive Studies at Tufts University in Massachusetts. Throughout his career, Daniel has won several awards and prizes. In 2010, he was listed in the Freedom from Religion Foundation Honorary Board of distinguished achievers. In 2012, he won the Erasmus Prize, an annual award given to the person with the best contribution to European society, culture, and social science.
All Book Series by Daniel C. Dennett
Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology
Book 2 of 27 · published 1978
The Mind’s I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul
Book 3 of 27 · published 1981 Co-authored · Douglas R. Hofstadter
Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting
Book 4 of 27 · published 1984
The Moral First Aid Manual: The Tanner Lectures on Human Values
Book 5 of 27 · published 1986
Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
Book 10 of 27 · published 1995
Mind and Reality: The Nature of Mind and the Expansion of Consciousness
Book 12 of 27 · published 1999
Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness
Book 15 of 27 · published 2005
Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
Book 17 of 27 · published 2006
Science and Religion: Are They Compatible?
Book 19 of 27 · published 2010 Co-authored · Alvin Plantinga
Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind
Book 20 of 27 · published 2011 Co-authored · Reginald B. Adams Jr.,Matthew M. Hurley
Convergence of Biogenetics, Cognitive Neuroscience and Computing
Book 22 of 27 · published 2015
Caught in The Pulpit:Leaving Belief Behind
Book 23 of 27 · published 2015 Co-authored · Linda LaScola
From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds
Book 24 of 27 · published 2017
The Four Horsemen
Book 25 of 27 · published 2019 Co-authored · Christopher Hitchens,Richard Dawkins,Sam Harris
Just Deserts: Debating Free Will
Book 26 of 27 · published 2021 Co-authored · Gregg D. Caruso
The Last Three Minutes
Series opener · book 1 of 14 · published 1995 Anthology · Paul Davies
Three Roads To Quantum Gravity
Book 6 of 14 · published 2000 Anthology · Lee Smolin
The Origin Of Humankind
Book 11 of 14 · published 2008 Anthology · Richard E. Leakey
Laboratory Earth
Book 12 of 14 · published 2014 Anthology · Stephen H. Schneider
The Origin Of The Universe
Book 13 of 14 · published 2014 Anthology · John D. Barrow
The Pattern on the Stone
Latest in the series · book 14 of 14 · published 2014 Anthology · William Daniel Hillis
Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think
Book 2 of 4 · published 2006
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Who is Daniel C. Dennett?
Daniel C. Dennett is an American author, philosopher, and cognitive scientist. In science, his research centers on the philosophy of science, mind, and biology as those fields relate to cognitive science and evolutionary biology. Daniel is one of the Four Horsemen of New Atheism, along with Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens.
Which Daniel C. Dennett series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Science Masters series, the earliest of Daniel C. Dennett's multi-book series: it opens with The Last Three Minutes (1995) and runs to 14 books across 1995–2014, ending with The Pattern on the Stone (2014).
How many books has Daniel C. Dennett written?
Daniel C. Dennett has 45 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1969 and 2023. 14 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being The Science Masters series with 14 books — and 31 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Daniel C. Dennett's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Daniel C. Dennett's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Science Masters (1995–2014, 14 books).
How are Daniel C. Dennett's books organised into series?
This guide splits Daniel C. Dennett's 45 books into 1 named series and 31 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Science Masters (14 books, 1995–2014).