The man who died June 6 in Bellingham after an apparent domestic violence homicide in his home left a profound legacy at Western Washington University, where he worked for more than three decades.

Daniel C. Dennett, University Professor and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, photographed in his office at Tufts.

Tufts University called him a major intellectual figure globally with his research on the philosophy of mind, science and particularly on evolutionary biology. He was one of the most widely read and ...

Daniel Dennett tackled some of the most vexing questions about the experience of being human (Credit: Getty Images) Before his recent death, the influential philosopher Daniel Dennett spoke to the BBC ...

Had the planets been properly placed above small Spencer, Wis. on the night of June 13, 1883 they would have pointed auspiciously, for one born under them, to the second week in May 1934. So born was ...