Daniel Dennett, Hertford Alumnus and Philosopher (1942 – 2024)

24 April 2024

Daniel Dennett, Hertford alumnus and renowned philosopher, has died at the age of 82. Dennett came up to Oxford in 1963 to start a DPhil under Gilbert Ryle, having previously finished an undergraduate degree in philosophy at Harvard. He dedicated his subsequent career to philosophy of the mind, with a particular focus on cognitive studies. He claimed that his overall philosophical project remained largely the same from his time at Oxford onwards.

After Hertford, Dennett took up a post at UC Irvine, followed by a decades-long career at Tufts University, where he stayed on as Emeritus Professor after his retirement.

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