Daniel Dennett Quotes about Philosophy

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When people ask me what philosophy is, I say philosophy is what you do when you don't know what the right questions are yet. Once you get the questions right, then you go answer them, and that's typically not

When people ask me what philosophy is, I say philosophy is what you do when you don't know what the right questions are yet. Once you get the questions right, then you go answer them, and that's typically not philosophy, that's one science or another. Anywhere in life where you find that people aren't quite sure what the right questions to ask are, what they're doing, then, is philosophy.

Daniel Dennett

Philosophy, People, Answers

AI makes philosophy honest

Daniel Dennett

Philosophy, Honest

There is no such thing as philosophy-free science, just science that has been conducted without any consideration of its underlying philosophical assumptions.

Daniel Dennett

Honesty, Integrity, Philosophy

Daniel C. Dennett (2014). “Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking”, p.20, W. W. Norton & Company

Philosophers' Syndrome: mistaking a failure of the imagination for an insight into necessity.

Daniel Dennett

Philosophy, Imagination, Philosopher

"Consciousness Explained". Book by Daniel Dennett, 1991.

What you can imagine depends on what you know. Philosophers who know only philosophy consign themselves to a janitorial role in the great enterprises of exploration that are illuminating the mysteries of our lives.

Daniel Dennett

Philosophy, Roles, Philosopher

Daniel Dennett Quotes about Philosophy

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