20th-21st Century · Philosophy (Phenomenology, AI Critique)
Hubert Dreyfus (1929-2017) was an American philosopher and professor at UC Berkeley, renowned for his influential critiques of artificial intelligence and his interpretations of continental philosophy, particularly the works of Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and Kierkegaard. He bridged analytic and continental traditions, applying phenomenological insights to questions of mind, technology, and human expertise. His work challenged computational models of cognition and emphasized embodied, situated understanding.