Hubert Dreyfus

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Hubert Lederer Dreyfus ( ; 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, as well as the philosophical implications of artificial intelligence. He was widely known for his exegesis of Martin Heidegger, which critics labeled "Dreydegger".

Dreyfus was featured in Tao Ruspoli's film ''Being in the World'' (2010)'','' and was among 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.