Question: Facts: - signature: file : daniel dennett signature.svg - birth name: daniel clement dennett iii - influences: charles alan turing william james friedrich nietzsche david hume wilfrid sellars darwin noam chomsky gilbert ryle w. v. quine richard dawkins - region: western philosophy - school tradition: analytic philosophy - influenced: richard dawkins douglas hofstadter geoffrey miller - awards: jean nicod prize -lrb- 2001 -rrb- - birth date: 28 march 1942 - main interests: philosophy cognitive science of mind philosophy of biology philosophy of science - name: daniel dennett - notable ideas: heterophenomenology reductionism cartesian theater intentional stance intuition pump multiple drafts model greedy - image: daniel dennett 2.jpg - era: 20th/21st-century philosophy - birth place: boston , massachusetts , u.s. - alma mater: harvard -lrb- d.phil . -rrb- university -lrb- a.b. -rrb- hertford college , oxford Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of daniel dennett .
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daniel clement dennett iii -lrb- born march 28 , 1942 -rrb- is an american philosopher , writer , and cognitive scientist whose research centers on the philosophy of mind , philosophy of science , and philosophy of biology , particularly as those fields related to evolutionary biology and cognitive science .he is currently the co-director of the center for cognitive studies , the austin b. fletcher professor of philosophy , and a university professor at tufts university .dennett is an atheist and secularist , a member of the secular coalition for america advisory board , as well as an outspoken supporter of the brights movement .dennett is referred to as one of the '' four horsemen of new atheism '' , along with richard dawkins , sam harris , and the late christopher hitchens .