"A philosopher is someone who says, "We know it's possible in practice; we're trying to work out if it's possible in principle!"
About Daniel Dennett
Daniel Clement Dennett III was an American philosopher and cognitive scientist. His research centered on philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science.
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