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Hubert Dreyfus
American philosopher / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hubert Lederer Dreyfus (/ˈdraɪfəs/; October 15, 1929 – April 22, 2017) was an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. His main interests included phenomenology, existentialism and the philosophy of both psychology and literature. Dreyfus was known for his exegesis of Martin Heidegger, which critics labeled "Dreydegger".[2]
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Born | (1929-10-15)October 15, 1929 |
Died | April 22, 2017(2017-04-22) (aged 87) |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Era | 20th/21st century philosophy |
Region | Western Philosophy |
School | Phenomenology |
Main interests | Phenomenology, existentialism, philosophy of literature, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of artificial intelligence |
Notable ideas | Dreyfus' critique of artificial intelligence, postcognitivism, Heidegger's hermeneutic realism[1] |
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Dreyfus was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001 and is a recipient of the Harbison Prize for Outstanding Teaching at UC Berkeley.[3] Erasmus University awarded Dreyfus an honorary doctorate "for his brilliant and highly influential work in the field of artificial intelligence, and for his equally outstanding contributions to the analysis and interpretation of twentieth century continental philosophy".[4][5]