Dennett

Dennett is a surname that may refer to:

  • Daniel Dennett, U.S. philosopher
  • Edward George Dennett, Gloucestershire cricketer, one of the best bowlers never to play Test cricket
  • Russell Dennett, British musician (The Human League)
  • Tyler Dennett, American historian
  • Mary Dennett, American birth control activist
  • R. E. Dennett, English trader


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Famous quotes containing the word dennett:

    What makes some internal feature of a thing a representation could only its role in regulating the behavior of an intentional system.
    —Daniel Clement Dennett (b. 1942)

    To a first approximation, the intentional strategy consists of treating the object whose behavior you want to predict as a rational agent with beliefs and desires and other mental states exhibiting what Brentano and others call intentionality.
    —Daniel Clement Dennett (b. 1942)