Daniel Dennett, professor emeritus of philosophy at Tufts University, well-known for his work in philosophy of mind and a wide range of other philosophical areas, has died. Professor Dennett wrote extensively about issues related to philosophy of mind and cognitive science, especially consciousness....
One of my favourite philosophers. He visited my Uni and had a great anecdote about a quote from his book: "maybe we are all zombies (it would be the height of intellectual dishonesty to quote this out of context)", where he visited another Uni, and all the students had organised to wear t-shirts emblazoned with "Maybe we are all zombies - Daniel Dennett".