Hubert Dreyfus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hubert Dreyfus

American philosopher

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1929

Place of Birth: Terre Haute, Indiana, United States

Date of Death: 22-Apr-2017

Profession: university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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Hubert Lederer Dreyfus (; 1929–2017) 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, as well as the philosophical implications of artificial intelligence.
He was known for his exegesis of Martin Heidegger, which critics labeled "Dreydegger".Dreyfus is featured in Tao Ruspoli's film Being in the World (2010), and was amongst the philosophers interviewed by Bryan Magee for the BBC Television series The Great Philosophers (1987).The Futurama character Professor Hubert Farnsworth is partly named after him, writer Eric Kaplan having been a former student.