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Daniel Dennett, fiery atheist philosopher who saw human brains as ‘programmes’ – obituary
Telegraph (U.K.) ^
| April 19, 2024
| Telegraph Obituaries
Posted on 04/19/2024 8:21:52 PM PDT by grey_whiskers
Daniel Dennett, the American philosopher, who has died aged 82, was, with Richard Dawkins, a leading proponent of Darwinism and one of the most virulent controversialists on the academic circuit...
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Current Events; Skeptics/Seekers
KEYWORDS: atheism; danieldennett; dennett; obituary; richarddawkins
Where's that "Grim Reaper and the Claw Machine" meme?
To: grey_whiskers
Well, it sure looks like Daniel is wrong about his beliefs now.
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posted on
04/19/2024 8:22:44 PM PDT
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No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: grey_whiskers; neverdem; SunkenCiv; Cindy; LucyT; decimon; freedumb2003; ...
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posted on
04/19/2024 8:28:44 PM PDT
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grey_whiskers
( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: No name given
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posted on
04/19/2024 8:31:58 PM PDT
by
Taxman
((SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2024! SAVE AMERICA!))
To: grey_whiskers
Although grieving for him,
I’ve got to admit his statement in the Telegraph article on his confidence : “It helps being right.” kicks @ss to the nth degree.
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posted on
04/19/2024 8:45:52 PM PDT
by
A strike
(There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by 'climate change')
To: grey_whiskers
Whoops, just noticed the title.
“Fiery” ...
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posted on
04/19/2024 8:47:23 PM PDT
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grey_whiskers
( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: grey_whiskers
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posted on
04/19/2024 8:54:03 PM PDT
by
Right Brother
(Pray for God's intervention to stop UMCRevMom's invasion of Free Republic.)
To: Taxman
To: grey_whiskers
The three most evil men in recent history whose views poisoned the world:
Darwin
Marx
Freud
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posted on
04/19/2024 8:56:30 PM PDT
by
little jeremiah
(Nothing Can Stop What Coming)
To: grey_whiskers
fiery atheist Most atheists end up fiery.
To: grey_whiskers
Everything has to be explained in terms of natural processes...except his ideas....
I wonder how he understands the natural processes so well...while the physicists argue over the basic structures of matter and energy under the shadow of the uncertainty constraints of Heisenberg...
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posted on
04/19/2024 9:48:48 PM PDT
by
Getready
(Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
04/20/2024 12:11:13 AM PDT
by
Taxman
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To: Joe 6-pack
Dennett saw brains as a programme. I guess his brain just did a:
BranchUnconditional, Endit
Endit, Halt
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posted on
04/20/2024 1:14:37 AM PDT
by
.44 Special
(Taimid Buacharch)
To: .44 Special
Or, in the words of that computer instruction, “Halt and catch fire.”
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posted on
04/20/2024 4:47:47 AM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: grey_whiskers
Regarding dead Dennett, I read his "Explaining Consciousness" many years ago, which manged to purport with wordy and sometimes interesting anecdotes that he would "explain consciousness." He came nowhere near to doing so. It was the academic version of what is today called "click bait."
Additionally and very under-reported, he stated his goal was to rid the world of religion. As with the old joke of Nietzsche and God, wherein the "God is dead" writer died, Dennett saw none of his true goals realized. He was a fancy talking fraud, in the end.
This is a small example of what has been happening in academia and publishing for decades now. BS with footnotes.
I tossed his book years back, by the way. Kept the Good Book.
To: No name given
How does his dying make his beliefs wrong?
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