Philosopher Daniel Dennett died a few days ago, on April 19. When he argued that we overrate consciousness, he demonstrated, paradoxically, how conscious he was, and he made his audience more ...

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I first encountered Daniel Dennett’s work in an undergraduate philosophy class. I read his Consciousness Explained, a massive, groundbreaking book that demolished everything I knew about the nature of ...

Are atheists a disadvantaged group? Do they need to have their consciousness raised about their solidarity with each other, perhaps by giving themselves a new name, in the same way that gays did?