Podcast appearances and mentions of Daniel C Dennett

You're Listening to Parallax Views https://parallaxviews.podbean.com/ Support the Show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Recorded: 12-11-24 On this edition of Parallax Views, journalsit and lawyer Charlotte Dennet returns to the program to discuss her book Follow the Pipelines: Uncovering the Mystery of a Lost Spy and the Deadly Politics of the Great Game for Oil, which features a forward by her brother, the late American philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel C. Dennett. Previously, Charlotte, alongside Gerard Colby, co-wrote a book that has been mentioned previously on the program, Thy Will Be Done: The Conquest of the Amazon: Nelson Rockefeller and Evangelism in the Age of Oil. Follow the Pipelines came about as a result of Dennett's search for answers about the death of her father, Daniel Dennett, who was the U.S.'s master spy in the Middle East. Dennett died in a plane crash that remains shrouded in mystery. This led Dennett to uncover the world of what she calls "The Great Game for Oil". We discuss the relationship between war and oil pipelines in this conversation. Although Charlotte and I have discussed Follow the Pipelines before, this conversation will focus more on Syria and the Great Game in light of the overthrow of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. For your benefit, Charlotte has provided maps from her book that will aid in understanding the conversation:

We announce FFRF's Chicago billboard saying "Keep Freedom Alive: Stop Project 2025." After reporting state/church complaints and victories in Texas, Missouri, Florida, and Arkansas, we announce FFRF Action Fund's "Secularist of the Week." Then, we take a time machine back to 2006, our first year of broadcast, to hear our first interview with philosopher Daniel C. Dennett, the year of release of his blockbuster book Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon.

WATCH: https://youtu.be/jTO-A1lw4JM Keith Frankish is a Honorary Reader in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield, a Visiting Research Fellow at The Open University, & an Adjunct Professor with the Brain & Mind Programme in Neurosciences at the University of Crete. He is the author of "Mind and Supermind" & "Consciousness", as well as numerous journal articles & book chapters. He is the editor of "Illusionism as a Theory of Consciousness" & the co-editor of "In Two Minds: Dual Processes and Beyond", "New Waves in Philosophy of Action", "The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Science", & "The Cambridge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence". Keith's research interests lie mainly in philosophy of mind, and he is known for defending an illusionist theory of phenomenal consciousness, an action-based account of conscious thought, and a two-level view of the human mind. TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) - Introduction (0:50) - Philosophy of Philosophers & Ethics of Ethicists (7:48) - Daniel C. Dennett (a tribute) (19:24) - The Four Horsemen (New Atheism) (25:12) - Consciousness & Illusionism Explained (33:06) - Illusionism vs Surrealism (Redder than Red) (43:13) - Descartes' Prison (47:54) - Ethical Implications of Illusionism (51:20) - François Kammerer's work on Illusionism (1:09:32) - Robert Lawrence Kuhn's "Landscape of Consciousness" (1:12:00) - Reactivity Schema Theory (answer to the "Illusion Problem") (1:32:36) - Questions for Keith from X (2:09:25) - Idealism (2:11:31) - Is IIT pseudoscience? (2:21:15) - Illusionism is an Intuition Pump for Consciousness (2:27:40) - Tricks of the Mind (2:35:15) - Free Will Compatibilism (2:43:08) - Keith's final thoughts EPISODE LINKS: - Keith's Website: https://www.keithfrankish.com/ - Keith's Round 1: https://youtu.be/QxDYG0K360E - Mind Chat Podcast: https://youtube.com/@mindchat - Keith's Twitter: https://twitter.com/keithfrankish?s=20 - Keith's Illusionism Lectures: https://tinyurl.com/bddbcyyu CONNECT: - Website: https://tevinnaidu.com - Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drtevinnaidu - X: https://twitter.com/drtevinnaidu - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drtevinnaidu - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drtevinnaidu - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtevinnaidu ============================= Disclaimer: The information provided on this channel is for educational purposes only. The content is shared in the spirit of open discourse and does not constitute, nor does it substitute, professional or medical advice. We do not accept any liability for any loss or damage incurred from you acting or not acting as a result of listening/watching any of our contents. You acknowledge that you use the information provided at your own risk. Listeners/viewers are advised to conduct their own research and consult with their own experts in the respective fields.

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Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: The Intentional Stance, LLMs Edition, published by Eleni Angelou on May 1, 2024 on LessWrong. In memoriam of Daniel C. Dennett. tl;dr: I sketch out what it means to apply Dennett's Intentional Stance to LLMs. I argue that the intentional vocabulary is already ubiquitous in experimentation with these systems therefore what is missing is the theoretical framework to justify this usage. I aim to make up for that and explain why the intentional stance is the best available explanatory tool for LLM behavior. Choosing Between Stances Why choose the intentional stance? It seems natural to employ or ascribe cognitive states to AI models starting from the field's terminology, most prominently by calling it "machine learning" (Hagendorff 2023). This is very much unlike how other computer programs are treated. When programmers write software, they typically understand it in terms of what they designed it to execute (design stance) or simply make sense of it considering its physical properties, such as the materials it was made of or the various electrical signals processing in its circuitry (physical stance). As I note, it is not that we cannot use Dennett's other two stances (Dennett 1989) to talk about these systems. It is rather that neither of them constitutes the best explanatory framework for interacting with LLMs. To illustrate this, consider the reverse example. It is possible to apply the intentional stance to a hammer although this does not generate any new information or optimally explain the behavior of the tool. What seems to be apt for making sense of how hammers operate instead is the design stance. This is just as applicable to other computer programs-tools. To use a typical program, there is no need to posit intentional states. Unlike LLMs, users do not engage in human-like conversation with the software. More precisely, the reason why neither the design nor the physical stance is sufficient to explain and predict the behavior of LLMs is because state-of-the-art LLM outputs are in practice indistinguishable from those of human agents (Y. Zhou et al. 2022). It is possible to think about LLMs as trained systems or as consisting of graphic cards and neural network layers, but these hardly make any difference when one attempts to prompt them and make them helpful for conversation and problem-solving. What is more, machine learning systems like LLMs are not programmed to execute a task but are rather trained to find the policy that will execute the task. In other words, developers are not directly coding the information required to solve the problem they are using the AI for: they train the system to find the solution on its own. This requires for the model to possess all the necessary concepts. In that sense, dealing with LLMs is more akin to studying a biological organism that is under development or perhaps raising a child, and less like building a tool the use of which is well-understood prior to the system's interaction with its environment. The LLM can learn from feedback and "change its mind" about the optimal policy to go about its task which is not the case for the standard piece of software. Moreover, LLMs seem to possess concepts. Consequently, there is a distinction to be drawn between tool-like and agent-like programs. Judging on a behavioral basis, LLMs fall into the second category. This conclusion renders the intentional stance (Dennett 1989) practically indispensable for the evaluation of LLMs on a behavioral basis. Folk Psychology for LLMs What kind of folk psychology should we apply to LLMs? Do they have beliefs, desires, and goals? LLMs acquire "beliefs" from their training distribution, since they do not memorize or copy any text from it when outputting their results - at least no more than human writers and speakers do. They must, as a result, ...

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: The Intentional Stance, LLMs Edition, published by Eleni Angelou on May 1, 2024 on LessWrong. In memoriam of Daniel C. Dennett. tl;dr: I sketch out what it means to apply Dennett's Intentional Stance to LLMs. I argue that the intentional vocabulary is already ubiquitous in experimentation with these systems therefore what is missing is the theoretical framework to justify this usage. I aim to make up for that and explain why the intentional stance is the best available explanatory tool for LLM behavior. Choosing Between Stances Why choose the intentional stance? It seems natural to employ or ascribe cognitive states to AI models starting from the field's terminology, most prominently by calling it "machine learning" (Hagendorff 2023). This is very much unlike how other computer programs are treated. When programmers write software, they typically understand it in terms of what they designed it to execute (design stance) or simply make sense of it considering its physical properties, such as the materials it was made of or the various electrical signals processing in its circuitry (physical stance). As I note, it is not that we cannot use Dennett's other two stances (Dennett 1989) to talk about these systems. It is rather that neither of them constitutes the best explanatory framework for interacting with LLMs. To illustrate this, consider the reverse example. It is possible to apply the intentional stance to a hammer although this does not generate any new information or optimally explain the behavior of the tool. What seems to be apt for making sense of how hammers operate instead is the design stance. This is just as applicable to other computer programs-tools. To use a typical program, there is no need to posit intentional states. Unlike LLMs, users do not engage in human-like conversation with the software. More precisely, the reason why neither the design nor the physical stance is sufficient to explain and predict the behavior of LLMs is because state-of-the-art LLM outputs are in practice indistinguishable from those of human agents (Y. Zhou et al. 2022). It is possible to think about LLMs as trained systems or as consisting of graphic cards and neural network layers, but these hardly make any difference when one attempts to prompt them and make them helpful for conversation and problem-solving. What is more, machine learning systems like LLMs are not programmed to execute a task but are rather trained to find the policy that will execute the task. In other words, developers are not directly coding the information required to solve the problem they are using the AI for: they train the system to find the solution on its own. This requires for the model to possess all the necessary concepts. In that sense, dealing with LLMs is more akin to studying a biological organism that is under development or perhaps raising a child, and less like building a tool the use of which is well-understood prior to the system's interaction with its environment. The LLM can learn from feedback and "change its mind" about the optimal policy to go about its task which is not the case for the standard piece of software. Moreover, LLMs seem to possess concepts. Consequently, there is a distinction to be drawn between tool-like and agent-like programs. Judging on a behavioral basis, LLMs fall into the second category. This conclusion renders the intentional stance (Dennett 1989) practically indispensable for the evaluation of LLMs on a behavioral basis. Folk Psychology for LLMs What kind of folk psychology should we apply to LLMs? Do they have beliefs, desires, and goals? LLMs acquire "beliefs" from their training distribution, since they do not memorize or copy any text from it when outputting their results - at least no more than human writers and speakers do. They must, as a result, ...

Letzte Woche habe ich hier über den «Eliza-Effekt» gesprochen, der das übergrosse Vertrauen erklärt, das Menschen einem chattenden Computer entgegenbringen. Eliza war der Name eines einfachen  Chat-Programms, das der deutsch-amerikanische Computerwissenschaftler Joseph Weizenbaum bereits 1966 entwickelt hatte. Die Menschen, die Eliza benutzten, waren überzeugt, dass der Computer sie verstand. Das wirft die Frage auf: Was ist es, das uns Menschen ausmacht? Goethe war überzeugt, dass der Mensch einen göttlichen Funken in sich trägt. Es ist ein Funke, der selbst das Grauen des Zweiten Weltkriegs überdauert. In Erich Maria Remarques Roman «Der Funke Leben» ist er auf die Hoffnung und den Überlebenswillen einiger Häftlinge im Konzentrationslager reduziert. Trotz des Grauens im Lager bewahren sie ihre Menschlichkeit. Der «Funke Leben» steht für die Unzerstörbarkeit des menschlichen Geistes. Auch John R. Searle ist überzeugt, dass es dieser Wille ist, der den Menschen ausmacht und ihm Bewusstsein verleiht. Der amerikanische Philosoph Daniel C. Dennett ist anderer Meinung. Für ihn ist der Mensch eine biologische Maschine und schlicht das Ergebnis der Evolution. Dennett sieht daher prinzipiell keinen Unterschied zwischen der biologischen Maschine Mensch und einer technischen Maschine mit künstlicher Intelligenz. Diese Woche ist Daniel C. Dennett gestorben. Ein Anlass, an seine Gedanken zur künstlichen Intelligenz zu erinnern: Ist der Mensch nur eine Maschine?Matthias Zehnder ist Autor und Medienwissenschaftler in Basel. Er ist bekannt für inspirierende Texte, Vorträge und Seminare über Medien, die Digitalisierung und KI.Website: https://www.matthiaszehnder.ch/Newsletter abonnieren: https://www.matthiaszehnder.ch/abo/Unterstützen: https://www.matthiaszehnder.ch/unterstuetzen/Biografie und Publikationen: https://www.matthiaszehnder.ch/about/

#ueberdentellerrand – der PodcastNews aus der Digital-, Kreativ-, Innovations- und Konsumwelt In diesem Podcast teilen wir unser Wissen, recherchieren und diskutieren und möchten zum Nach- oder Umdenken anregen. Teaser: "Über den Tellerrand schauen heißt zu akzeptieren, dass es nie wieder einen Status Quo geben wird."Dominik und Nina sprechen dieses Mal mit Prof. Dr. Christian Stöcker, Professor für digitale Kommunikation an der HAW Hamburg, Journalist und Autor. Reliable AI, Hamburg als Medienstandort und die Zukunft des Journalismus sind nur einige der Themen, die Christian mitgebracht hat. Warum Christians heimliche Liebe immer noch der C64 ist, warum wir alle wohl Raubkopierer:innen sind und was Social Media und KI gemeinsam haben, erfahrt Ihr in einer neuen Ausgabe von #ueberdentellerrand. Links: Christian Stöcker auf LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianstoecker/ Christian Stöcker inkl. seiner Bücher auf Wikipedia:https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_St%C3%B6ckerStudiengang „Digitale Kommunikation“ an der HAW Hochschule für Angwandte Wissenschaften Hamburg:https://www.haw-hamburg.de/studium/studiengaenge-a-z/studiengaenge-detail/course/courses/show/digitale-kommunikation/ Von Christian Stöcker erwähntes Buch:„Einsicht ins Ich: Fantasien und Reflexionen über Selbst und Seele“ von Douglas R. Hofstadter und Daniel C. Dennett #ueberdentellerrand ► Website: https://www.hamburg-news.hamburg/ueberdentellerrand► Newsletter: https://www.hamburg-news.hamburg/newsletterDie Hamburg Marketing GmbH übernimmt keine Haftung für die Inhalte externer Links. Für den Inhalt der verlinkten Seiten sind ausschließlich deren Betreiber verantwortlich. Das Gesprochene gibt die Meinung der einzelnen Personen wieder und repräsentiert nicht unbedingt die Meinung der Hamburg Marketing GmbH.

اپیزود ۳۷: بخش سوم از پرونده‌ی مکانیک ایمانمنابع این پرونده:Why We Believe, Evolution and The Human Way of Being by Agustin FuentesReligion Explained, The Evolutionary Origins of Religion by Pascal BoyerIn Gods We Trust, The Evolutionary Landscape of Religion, Scott AtranHow Religion Evolved and Why It Endures by Robin DunbarDarwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel C. DennettFrom Bacteria to Back and Back by Daniel C. Dennettاسپانسرهای این اپیزود:قهوه‌ی دیسترومرکز تجربه‌ی زندگی Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Verplaatsen van plant- en diersoorten door de mens is van alle tijden. Toch roepen herintroducties veel vragen op. Is er dan nog wel sprake van natuur? En kunnen we nog wat doen aan genetische erosie of is er al teveel verloren gegaan? Anthonie spreekt in deze aflevering met Dennis de Ryck en Tobias Ceulemans. Dennis werkt bij Natuurpunt in België als projectcoördinator voor LIFE Harwin en Life Belgium for Biodiversity. Tobias werkt aan de Universiteit Antwerpen als professor Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration. In deze aflevering raken we al snel tot kernvragen: wat is natuur? En hoe zien wij onszelf in relatie met die natuur? Ze zijn belangrijk bij de overwegingen rondom herintroductie. Ook bespreken we de voor- en tegenargumenten rondom herintroducties. Wanneer heeft het zin en wanneer niet? Verschillende voorbeelden van herintroducties van planten, vogels, dagvlinders en amfibieën passeren de revue inclusief hun valkuilen. Hoe je herintroductie kunt aanpakken bespreken we aan de hand van voorbeelden uit het LIFE Harwin-project, wat sinds 1 januari 2023 ten oosten van Leuven speelt in het Hageland. En wat heeft natuuramnesie met herintroducties te maken? De leestips van Dennis zijn ‘Natuuramnesie' van Marc Argeloo en ‘Pastorale' van James Rebanks. Tobias tipt ons ‘Planten tellen' van Piet Berger en collega's en 'Darwins gevaarlijke idee' van Daniel C. Dennett. Anthonie tipt in het gesprek het boek ‘Gewilde dieren' van Mark Zekhuis, Louis van Oort en Luc Hoogenstein. We verwijzen in deze aflevering naar aflevering 15 over natuuramnesie met Marc Argeloo. Wil je reageren op deze aflevering? Dat stellen we op prijs! Reacties zijn welkom via onze sociale media, @toekomstnatuur op X en @toekomstvoornatuur op Instagram of door een mailtje te sturen naar toekomstvoornatuur@vlinderstichting.nl.

Get tickets for our event: skeptic.com/event Daniel Dennett, preeminent philosopher and cognitive scientist, has spent his career considering the thorniest, most fundamental mysteries of the mind. Do we have free will? What is consciousness and how did it come about? What distinguishes human minds from the minds of animals? Dennett's answers have profoundly shaped our age of philosophical thought. In this episode, he reflects on his amazing career and lifelong scientific fascinations, as well as the value of life beyond the university, one enriched by sculpture, music, farming, and family.  Daniel C. Dennett is Professor Emeritus at Tufts University and the author of numerous books, including Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking, Breaking the Spell, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, and Consciousness Explained.

O mais notável filósofo cristão contemporâneo e o mais notável filósofo ateu contemporâneo, Alvin Plantinga e Daniel C. Dennett, num debate que nos ajuda a pensar e responder criticamente: Ciência e Religião – São Compatíveis? Uma leitura fascinante, tanto como porta de entrada para a filosofia da religião e para a terminologia filosófica, como para o suposto conflito entre criação e evolução. O cristianismo é compatível com a teoria evolucionária? A evolução é ateísta? Ciência e Religião – São Compatíveis? é o primeiro volume da série Filosofia e Fé Cristã, que reúne dez volumes de filosofia da religião e teologia filosófica para tornar conhecidos livros, autores e algumas das grandes questões da fé cristã.

When someone breaks the law, most of us have an instinct that they should be punished. In fact, that they deserve to be punished. At the base of this is a sense that we are morally responsible for our actions and we should get our ‘just deserts' if we make bad choices. This assumption is deeply encoded in the criminal law itself. Sure, there are other reasons we may want to put criminals behind bars – keeping society safe, deterring others from committing the same crime, even rehabilitation. But deep down lies the instinct of ‘retribution', that a person who has done wrong just deserves to be punished for their wrongdoing. But why do they? Well, at the root of it is our cherished belief that we have ‘free will'. That we make our decisions freely and that we can choose to act differently. Our guest Gregg Carusso rejects this idea entirely. He sees free will as an illusion. He asks us to consider a justice system built entirely without retributive justice, where no one is imprisoned because they ‘deserve' to be punished. Gregg is Professor of Philosophy, State University New York, Corning, Honorary Professor at Sydney's Macquarie University and Co Director of the Justice Without Retribution Network at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. In his latest book Just Deserts, Gregg debates with fellow philosopher Daniel C Dennett moral responsibility, punishment and free will. Our other guest, Katrina Sifferd believes the justice system can and should be grounded in a concept of free will. She shares some concerns with Gregg that the system is at times overly punitive, but believes that we have the capacity to act as morally responsible individuals. In fact, in her book ‘Responsible Brains', she looks at the neuroscience at work in our brain, and sees our ‘executive function' as the seat of our moral responsibility. Katrina is professor and chair of philosophy at Chicago's Elmurst University and co editor in chief of the publication Neuro-ethics. Katrina earned a Juris Doctorate and has worked on criminal justice projects for the US National Institute of Justice. She is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on responsibility, criminal law and punishment. You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on Instagram. Your hosts are Lloyd Vogelman and Emile Sherman. Find Lloyd @LloydVogelman on Linked in Find Emile @EmileSherman on Linked In and Twitter. This Podcast is Produced by Jonah Primo and Bronwen Reid Find Jonah @JonahPrimomusic on Instagram. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Repost of my chat with Gregg D. Caruso originally published on 11 Oct 2021. --- My guest today is Gregg D. Caruso, who is a Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Corning. He's also Visiting Fellow at the New College of the Humanities, and Honorary Professor of Philosophy at Macquarie University, Sydney. Gregg is also a Co-Director of the Justice Without Retribution Network housed at the University of Aberdeen School of Law. His research focuses on free will, moral responsibility, punishment, philosophy of law, jurisprudence, social and political philosophy, moral philosophy, philosophy of mind, moral psychology, and neurolaw. He's published numerous books, including Rejecting Retributivism: Free Will, Punishment, and Criminal Justice (2021); Just Deserts: Debating Free Will (w/Daniel C. Dennett) (2021); Free Will and Consciousness: A Determinist Account of the Illusion of Free Will (2012); Exploring the Illusion of Free Will and Moral Responsibility (2013); Science and Religion: 5 Questions (2014) and others. He joins me today to talk about free will, free will scepticism, moral responsibility, and our collective views on punishment. Some of the topics we covered are: Gregg's journey into philosophy of free will Dominant positions in the free will debate Explaining free will scepticism Social determinants and their impact on outcomes The mythology of meritocracy and the idea of being ‘self-made' The illusion of the ‘self' Free will scepticism, justice, and geopolitics Impact of the situational factors, environment, and context on behaviour Importance of understanding causes that lead to genocide, atrocities, and crimes Gregg's ‘Public Health Quarantine Model' explained This was a fascinating episode that will hopefully leave you with more questions than it answered. To find out more, you can visit Gregg's website here.  

My guest today is Gregg D. Caruso, who is a Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Corning. He's also Visiting Fellow at the New College of the Humanities, and Honorary Professor of Philosophy at Macquarie University, Sydney. Gregg is also a Co-Director of the Justice Without Retribution Network housed at the University of Aberdeen School of Law. His research focuses on free will, moral responsibility, punishment, philosophy of law, jurisprudence, social and political philosophy, moral philosophy, philosophy of mind, moral psychology, and neurolaw. He's published numerous books, including Rejecting Retributivism: Free Will, Punishment, and Criminal Justice (2021); Just Deserts: Debating Free Will (w/Daniel C. Dennett) (2021); Free Will and Consciousness: A Determinist Account of the Illusion of Free Will (2012); Exploring the Illusion of Free Will and Moral Responsibility (2013); Science and Religion: 5 Questions (2014) and others. He joins me today to talk about free will, free will scepticism, moral responsibility, and our collective views on punishment. Some of the topics we covered are: Gregg's journey into philosophy of free will Dominant positions in the free will debate Explaining free will scepticism Social determinants and their impact on outcomes The mythology of meritocracy and the idea of being ‘self-made' The illusion of the ‘self' Free will scepticism, justice, and geopolitics Impact of the situational factors, environment, and context on behaviour Importance of understanding causes that lead to genocide, atrocities, and crimes Gregg's ‘Public Health Quarantine Model' explained This was a fascinating episode that will hopefully leave you with more questions than it answered. To find out more, you can visit Gregg's website here.  

A special sister/brother treat! Charlotte Dennett discusses her book The Crash of Flight 3804: A Lost Spy, a Daughter's Quest, and the Deadly Politics of the Great Game for Oil (Foreword by brother Daniel C. Dennett) about the mysterious 1947 death of their father Daniel C. Dennett II when he was an American spy in the Middle East. Then we talk with her brother, the atheist philosopher Daniel C. Dennett III, about his new book Just Deserts: Debating Free Will.

After the horrible Supreme Court decision upholding an abortion ban, we say "DO mess with Texas." We honor the memory of actor Ed Asner and hear folksinger Kristin Lems perform her classic cautionary song "Days of the Theocracy." Then we listen to a retrospective of Freethought Matters TV guests, including Ron Reagan, John Davidson, Cecile Richards, Ann Druyan, Julia Sweeney, Daniel C. Dennett, two members of Congress, and others.

How did we come to have minds? For centuries, this question has intrigued psychologists, physicists, poets, and philosophers, who have wondered how the human mind developed its unrivaled ability to create, imagine, and explain. Disciples of Darwin have long aspired to explain how consciousness, language, and culture could have appeared through natural selection, blazing promising trails that tend, however, to end in confusion and controversy. Even though our understanding of the inner workings of proteins, neurons, and DNA is deeper than ever before, the matter of how our minds came to be has largely remained a mystery. That is now changing, says Daniel C. Dennett. In From Bacteria to Bach and Back, his most comprehensive exploration of evolutionary thinking yet, he builds on ideas from computer science and biology to show how a comprehending mind could in fact have arisen from a mindless process of natural selection. Part philosophical whodunit, part bold scientific conjecture, this landmark work enlarges themes that have sustained Dennett’s legendary career at the forefront of philosophical thought. Visit https://g.co/talksatgoogle/bachback to watch the video.

------------------Apoie o Canal------------ https://apoia.se/universogeneralista ------------------Youtube------------------ https://www.youtube.com/c/UniversoGeneralista ------------------Redes Sociais------------ https://www.instagram.com/universogeneralista/ -----------SOBRE O EPISÓDIO---------- Você sabe o que é a psicologia behaviorista? Quais as bases do comportamento religioso da nossa espécie? Para falar sobre isso, trouxemos o Psicólogo e Pesquisador Pedro Henrique de Faria Sampaio. Em nosso 41° episódio, exploramos as bases da psicologia behaviorista e sua diferença em relação às outras linhas da psicologia, quais são as bases do comportamento religioso e quais suas vantagens e desvantagens em relação a sobrevivência da nossa espécie. Tudo isso e muito mais! Pedro Sampaio é graduado em Psicologia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (2010), pós-graduado em Análise do Comportamento pelo Centro Universitário Newton Paiva (2012) e mestre em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (2016) na linha Behaviorismo Radical: Epistemologia, Ética e Cultura. É professor da pós-graduação em Psicologia Comportamental do Centro Universitário Newton Paiva desde 2017. Foi também supervisor de estágio em saúde mental no CAPS. Tem experiência na área Clínica e Acadêmica. Atualmente trabalha como professor universitário, palestrante e psicólogo clínico em consultório particular. Atualmente realiza pesquisa sobre “Saúde mental e religiosidade/espiritualidade de brasileiros durante a pandemia de Covid-19”,Psicologia Política e Economia Comportamental. -----------LINKS DO EPISÓDIO---------- - Lattes: Pedro Henrique de Faria Sampaio http://lattes.cnpq.br/9200436201952892 - Livros Ciência e Comportamento Humano - B. F. Skinner https://amzn.to/3pNeBiQ Sobre o Behaviorismo - B. F. Skinner https://amzn.to/3pNz87j Quebrando O Encanto: A Religião Como Fenômeno Natural - Daniel C. Dennett https://amzn.to/2McRJes Variedades da experiência científica: Uma visão pessoal da busca por Deus - Carl Sagan https://amzn.to/3j4TndT You Are Not So Smart - David McRaney https://amzn.to/3ctn8nh - Podcast Making Sense with Sam Harris https://open.spotify.com/show/5rgumWEx4FsqIY8e1wJNAk --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/universogeneralista/message

Magician’s Gambit, Chapter 19 Garion and the gang are out of the caves of Ulgo and back in the sunshine on the surface. He inadvertently nominates himself for Relg duty, which basically means to keep the newly emerged cave-dweller calm enough about open sky to not run screaming into the forest. Sondra tries to expound upon the attributes of the peoples of the Belgariad. It’s a hilarious effort. She’s painting and feeling the freshness of new creation and inspiration. Alysia is using drawing to release heavy stuff and maybe it will turn into something more: cha-ching! After all, inspiration is meant to be followed when it strikes. They’re both living parallel lives again. Stick around for "Prophecy Speaks", the segment of the show where real magic is on display and you are invited to join in. Share your own piece of prophecy with the secret episode #hashtag. Books we used for prophecy this week: - Breaking the Spell, Religion as a natural phenomenon, Daniel C. Dennett - Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins Head over to the website for the extended show notes. + Website belgariadandbeyond.goddesskindled.com + Facebook + Instagram @belgariadandbeyond + Voice Message anchor.fm/belgariadandbeyond + Email belgariadandbeyond@gmail.com Support us! ♥ Patreon patreon.com/belgariadandbeyond ♥ Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Theme music © 2018 Bone Deep Sound Productions This podcast is a Goddess Kindled Universe production © 2021 All rights reserved --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/belgariadandbeyond/message

Tony-nominated producer, Megan Kingery, joins us in episode 117 of Relate. In this episode, we talk about Megan's career as a "Producer of Everything," from Broadway to film to books and graphic novels. We discuss the importance of building something for a long time, how to choose what you produce, the true role of a producer in a production, and why stamina plays such a integral role in the entertainment industry. Please visit http://megankingery.com/ and https://www.poeglobal.com/ to learn more about Megan and the great projects she has worked on. Megan Kingery is the Executive Producer of POE GLOBAL and Tony-nominated “Producer of Everything.” She served as Creative Producer of Blue Man World, Blue Man Group's first exploration into print. Her other notable projects include NATASHA, PIERRE, AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 which gave her a Tony Nomination, FUN HOME which won the Tony award, and HAND TO GOD (Tony nomination). Megan is also the Executive Producer of THE SUBJECT, a feature film by Chisa Hutchinson, directed by Lanie Zipoy, starring Jason Biggs and Aunjanue Ellis, and ADAM MANN (NOT HIS REAL NAME) a new play by Marin Gazzaniga based on Caught in the Pulpit: Leaving Belief Behind by Daniel C. Dennett and Linda LaScola, in development with The Civilians. Creative Producer of PARTICLE FEVER (in development: book and lyrics by David Henry Hwang, music by Bear McCreary). Experiential Producer of the “In Her Shoes” campaign for Santander Bank, winner of Best Experiential and Best Tech for Good IDEAS award, and Best Experiential for AICP. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/relate-patrick-mcandrew/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/relate-patrick-mcandrew/support

Start of interview [1:38]Rick's "origin story" [1:55]His "traditional" corporate law practice for 25 years with Morris Nichols in Delaware ("the core of our advice followed two simple rules: shareholders get to elect the directors, and directors run the company for the benefit of those shareholders... all the rest is commentary") [3:45]How his focus changed in 2010 with B Lab's effort to push legislation in DE on benefit corporations [5:45]How B Lab's benefit corporations proposal differed from "constituency statutes" [07:50]Three sets of cases worth thinking about: 1) Pre-constituency statutes (shareholder primacy); 2) Constituency statutes ("it's a may, not a shall"); 3) Benefit corporations (only one case has been filed, in Virginia, and it quickly settled)  [10:41]The first benefit corporation statute was enacted in Maryland in 2010 [12:59]B Lab's push in Delaware, and how Rick joined B Lab. Some influence from Lynn Stout's "The Shareholder Value Myth."  [13:50]Although originally shunned by VCs, public benefit corporations incorporated in Delaware have raised ~$2.5bn between 2013 and 2019 per a recent study (based on 275 early-stage financings). Per Rick, total US fundraising by benefit corporations is in the order of $4 billion. [15:54]Evolution of legal structures for benefit corporations, expanding the BJR: B Lab's proposed MBCL, PBCs in Delaware, ABA version, British Columbia, etc.) [17:55]Accounting for social value "what gets measured, gets managed": SASB (sustainability metrics), GRI Standards, B Impact Assessment (score and certification). Pressure on the SEC and EU's metrics [26:16]Distinguishing benefit corporations (generic term, ~10,000 companies around the world), public benefit corporations (Delaware form, ~2,000 companies) and B-corps (certification by B Lab, ~3,500 internationally, of which only ~300 are benefit corporations). Danone's conversion to "Entreprise à Mission." [29:57]Traditional VC investors are investing in benefit corporations (not only impact investors) [34:20]Benefit corporations in public markets (3 IPOs, 3 conversions): Laureate Education (2017), Lemonade (2020), Vital Farms (2020). Brazil's Natura (certified B Corp) acquisition of Avon (2019), Danone and Amalgamated Bank  [36:22]How does Rick respond to criticism of the benefit corporation model and the need to get support from institutional investors to succeed [40:43]How to reconcile the current debate of the purpose of the corporation, plus ESG trends, with the benefit corporation movement [45:51]The focus of Rick's new project The Shareholder Commons (2019), with initial funding from the Ford Foundation. "We want to change the paradigm for institutional investors (through advocacy, guardrails, policy and litigation)" [50:03]His book "Benefit Corporation Law & Governance: Pursuing Profit with Purpose." (2017) [56:41]His favorite books: [58:36]The Mind's I (Douglas Hofstadter and Daniel C. Dennett)Wherever You Go, There You Are (Jon Kabat-Zinn)Morality, Competition and the Firm (Joseph Heath)His mentors: [01:01:07]John Johnston (Former partner at Morris Nichols)Lewis Black (Former partner at Morris Nichols)His favorite quote: [1:02:54]"No effort is wasted""Strategy is what you don't do"Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License 

Medvetandefilosofi, en roman om äktenskaplig samvaro och Platons samlade verk: det är vad vi ska läsa i sommar, enligt gästerna i Filosofiska rummets säsongsfinal. Den här våren har många av oss fått anledning att fundera mer än vanligt på livet. Med förändrade livspussel har djupare tankar kunnat ta plats. Coronaviruset har gjort det politiska personligt, och bakom inställda resor och studentkalas visar sig... ja, vadå? Framför oss har vi en sommar med inställda festivaler, stängda turistattraktioner och umgänge under ansvar. Därmed kan både behovet av, och tiden för, lite mer krävande litteratur vara inne. I Filosofiska rummets säsongsavslutning ger psykologen Katarina Blom, författaren Lena Andersson och kognitionsforskaren Mathias Osvath sina bästa lästips inför den långa sommaren 2020. Programledare: Tithi Hahn Producent: Mårten Arndtzén BOKTIPSEN: > Kärlekens väg av Alain de Botton. Översatt av Helena Sjöstrand Svenn och Gösta Svenn 2018. > Att förstå medvetandet hos människor och andra djur av Daniel C. Dennett. Översatt av Leif Åberg och Benny Kullinger 1999. > Skrifter 1-6 av Platon. Översatt av Jan Stolpe, 2018.

What piece of media has influenced us strongly as creators? Do you have one? Tell us–email the show at neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Kinds of Minds from Daniel C. Dennett and River Out of Eden from Richard Dawkins Justin: The works of Christopher Hitchens Brian: The Rational Optimist from Matt Ridley Bryce: […]

In 1986 AD, Daniel C. Dennett wrote Information, Technology, and the Virtues of Ignorance.For Dennett, good is an edible love affair. Toward hell, food adultery is a trajectory. Instead, I believe good is my one true Father, Jehovah Jirah. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bitjetkit/support

This month's episode is the beginning a four part series about the Neuroscience of Consciousness. This month I am discussing and comparing the ideas from several recent books on the subject in preparation for several upcoming interviews on the subject. Many people consider consciousness to be the biggest mystery of all, but in this episode we explore how progress has been made in unraveling the  ultimate "mystery of how our brain makes us human." Books featured in BS 160 (listed in the order cited): Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts by Stanislas Dehaene (2014) The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself by Sean Carroll (2016) The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures by Antonio Damasio (2018) From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds by Daniel C. Dennett (2017) Consciousness Demystified by Todd E. Feinberg, MD and Jon M. Mallatt, PhD   Links and References: Please visit http://brainsciencepodcast.com for additional references and episode transcripts.   Announcements:   Please complete a brief Audience Survey. Send email to brainsciencepodcast@gmail.com or post voice feedback at http://speakpipe.com/docartemis. To win an Amazon gift certificate: post a review of Brain Science in iTunes and send me a screenshot. Learn about Premium Content at http://brainsciencepodcast.com/donations Learn about Dr. Campbell's new coaching efforts at http://brainsciencepodcast.com/coaching Sign up for the free Brain Science Newsletter to get show notes automatically every month. Check out the free Brain Science Mobile app for iOS, Android, and Windows. Connect on Social Media: Twitter: @docartemis Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/brainsciencepodcast Please Visit This month's sponsors: TextExpander at textexpander.com/podcast Audible at audible.com/ginger Please Visit Our Sponsors TextExpander Audible

We ask regular TP contributors and guests to tell us about the books they've most enjoyed recently and the ones they are looking forward to reading this summer. History, science fiction, philosophy, memoirs and a little bit of politics too: it's all here.Sarah ChurchwellMy Face for the World to See, Alfred HayesIn Love, Alfred HayesChris BickertonThe Man Without Qualities, Robert MusilHans van de VenThe Great Flowing River, Chi Pang-yuanHelen ThompsonDominion, Tom HollandThe Hotel Years, Joseph RothThe Emigrants, W.G. SebaldDennis GrubeThe Fifth Risk, Michael LewisMiddle England, Jonathan CoeCatherine BernardIn our Mad and Furious City, Guy GunaratneDavid RuncimanFrom Bacteria to Bach and Back, Daniel C. Dennett Stories of Your Life and Others, Ted ChiangClare ChambersInvisible Women, Caroline Criado PerezNormal People, Sally RooneyChris BrookeOn Mercy, Malcolm BullPaul MasonLove Song: The Lives of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, Ethan MorddenTom HollandNefertiti’s Face, Joyce Tyldesley See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We recap the diverse international conference, “Days of Atheism” held in Poland in March, including the commemoration of the 330th anniversary of the execution of Polish writer Kazimierz Lyszczynski for atheism. In honor of Daniel C. Dennett, who visited FFRF’s office last week, we play Irving Berlin’s rousing 1922 song, “Pack of Your Sins and Go to the Devil." Then we talk with author, professor and clinical psychiatrist Hector A. Garcia about his new book Sex, Power, and Partisanship: How Evolutionary Science Makes Sense of Our Political Divide.

*David Chalmers * (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/david_chalmers)is University Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science and co-director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness at New York University. He is best known for his work on consciousness, including his formulation of the “hard problem” of consciousness; Daniel C. Dennett (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/daniel_c_dennett) is University Professor and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy and director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University. He is the author of a dozen books, including Consciousness Explained, and, most recently, From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds

**This week’s podcast guest Eaon Pritchard was a tough catch, seeing as he is based in Melbourne and all, but that didn’t stop us collaring him for a chat.** He’s a self-proclaimed ‘advertising douchebag’, but that does him a disservice, as Eaon has worked as an ad creative and planner for over 20 years, firstly in London and now over in Oz. He also lectures, consults, and writes regularly for WARC and other ad industry publications, while his spectacular and highly-praised book on advertising, ‘Where Did it All Go Wrong?’ caused R/GA’s Head of Strategy Rob Campbell to declare; “Eaon is funny and insightful. I hate him.” ///// **Eaon Pritchard:** Twitter: [@eaonp](https://twitter.com/eaonp) [Where Did It All Go Wrong](https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1544901054/) - Adventures At The Dunning Kruger Peak Of Advertising [The Stupidity Paradox: The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work](https://www.amazon.com/Stupidity-Paradox-Power-Pitfalls-Functional/dp/1781255415) by Mats Alvesson [The Triumph of Emptiness: Consumption, Higher Education, and Work Organization](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0199660948) by Mats Alvesson [Business Bullshit](https://www.amazon.com/Business-Bullshit-Andr-C3-A9-Spicer-dp-1138911674/dp/1138911674/) by Andre Spicer [Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking](https://www.amazon.com/Intuition-Pumps-Other-Tools-Thinking/dp/0393082067/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?crid=1NYB8CQC3RRH9&keywords=dennett+intuition+pumps&qid=1553815342&s=gateway&sprefix=dennett+intuition%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C351&sr=8-1-fkmrnull) by Daniel C. Dennett [The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0195060237) by Jerome H. Barkow /////

Publishers harvested a bumper crop of atheist book in 2006 and 2007. Letters to a Christian Nationby Sam Harris, The God Delusionby Richard Dawkins, Breaking the Spellby Daniel C. Dennett, and God Is (Not) Greatby Christopher Hitchens come readily to mind, among many others. Each of these book claimed in one way or another that belief in God was intellectually deficient, a matter of faith rather than reason. The philosophers who contributed to Two Dozen (or So) Arguments for Godbeg to differ. They think there are good reasons to believe that God exists. In Episode 155 of the Influence Podcast, Influencemagazine executive editor George P. Wood talks to Jerry L. Walls about good  arguments for God. Walls is Scholar in Residence and Professor of Philosophy at Houston Baptist University, as well as co-editor with Trent Dougherty of Two Dozen (or So) Arguments for God, which is published by Oxford University Press.

Credits Created, Produced and Edited by Jack Symes. Researched, Written and Co-Hosted with Andrew Horton and Olly Marley. Guest staring co-host Annabel Borthwick. Music produced by Billy Pearce. Artwork by Charlotte Mudd.   Acknowledgements Most importantly, this project would not be possible without the support of Westhill Endowment and Culham St Gabriel's. We would like to extend our gratitude to both Westhill Endowment and Culham St Gabriel's, who have provided us with the means to produce this work and distribute it free of charge.  To find out more about Westhill Endowment you can visit www.westhillendowment.org. To find out more about Culham St Gabriel’s, you can find further information at www.cstg.org.uk. Thank you to all of our fans, in particular our patrons - Aaron Maharry, Ben Bartos, Brian Smith, Dallas Moroz, David LaJeunesse, Dewaine McBride, Gilberto Morbach, Graham, Jackson Day, John Breeden, Josef Nickerson, Josiah Thorngate, Kevin Cleary, Ludwig Raal, Majed Redha, Mizrob A., Mátyás Kendli, Natalia Rucińska, Raven Thomas, Sabina Pilchova, SamEricEdge, Shaun Barber, Steven Schoeneck and Sam Cameron. Thank you to everybody we interviewed in Part II of the audiobook, in order of appearance: Yujin Nagasawa, Daniel Hill, Thom Atkinson, Peter Adamson, Joseph Shaw, Eric Metaxas, Christopher Rowland, Alison Stone, Michael Wilcockson, David Ford, Peter Ochs, Tim Mawson, Daniel C. Dennett, A. C. Grayling, Rick Lewis, Galen Strawson and Steven Pinker. Thank you to every member of support staff for their assistance during the organisation stages of this project. In particular, thank you to everybody who hosted recordings, including Lancaster University, the University of Liverpool, the University of Birmingham, Cambridgeshire County Library, Oxford University, New College of the Humanities, Joseph Shaw, Thom Atkinson, Michael Wilcockson, Tim Mawson and Galen Strawson. Thank you to everybody at The Panpsycast for your continued support and hard work. Andrew Horton, Olly Marley, Greg Miller, Thom Atkinson, Annabel Borthwick, Phoebe Light and Emily-Rose Ogland – this project would not be possible without you. On a personal note, it’s been a pleasure to meet all of our guests, but most of all work closely with my friends Olly and Andrew. Thank you to my family for all of your support. In particular, thank you to Stevie, Samuel and Maddison for not murdering me throughout this project.  A final thank you to Sarah Hall and Daniel for their invaluable mentoring and support over the past few years and throughout this project. In their own ways, they have greatly influenced The Panpsycast, and therefore, if you (the listener) do not enjoy this audiobook, you know who to blame.  I would also like to apologise to my garden which has been neglected during the production of this audiobook. JS

Further information: www.thepanpsycast.com/audiobook. Twitter: www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Full Interviews: Daniel Dennett. A. C. Grayling. Rick Lewis. Steven Pinker. Galen Strawson.

Yuval Noah Harari On this edition of Parallax Views I speak with author and artist Terry Tapp about his reflections on reading Israeli historian and New York Times bestseller Yuval Noah Harari's Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow and its worrying elitist underpinnings. We begin by discussing how Terry became interested in reading Harari's Homo Deus and his extremely negative reaction to it. We then back up a bit to discuss Harari's previous book Sapiens which leads us to a brief detour into the works of Lewis Mumford. After that we return to Terry's reading of Homo Deus and his many problems with it. This leads us into a discussion of issues related to the book such as the free will debate (which leads to a short anecdote about Terry's experience with New Atheist figurehead Daniel C. Dennett) and the elitist tendencies Terry found throughout Homo Deus which he ties back to Califronia's Silicon Valley tech community or the what he calls the "TED class". During the conversation we end up touching on the differences between the working class and the elite, Harari's unsettling concept of "the useless class", shamanism and art vs. Harari's data-ism, and the direction the Left should go in contrast to Harari. A Serf's Journal: The Story of the United States' Longest Wildcat Strike by Terry Tapp (Zero Books, 2017)

Watch the video here. ''Perhaps America's most widely read (and debated) living philosopher'' (New York Times), Daniel C. Dennett is the author of a score of books that explore the intersection of human consciousness and evolutionary biology, including Consciousness Explained, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, and Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking. He is Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. Building on ideas from computer science and biology, From Bacteria to Bach and Back posits bold stances upon how we came to have conscious minds.  A longtime writer for The New Yorker, Adam Gopnik is the author of Paris to the Moon and Angels and Ages: Lincoln, Darwin, and the Birth of the Modern Age, among other books. (recorded 2/9/2017)

We feel like we understand what it means to understand things but how can we be so sure? Isn't it nice when somebody can explain something clearly though.---- This week's links ----[1] Building an 8-Bit Computer - Ben Eater - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLowKtXNTBypGqImE405J2565dvjafglHU[2] Koodoo (Michael's day job) - https://koodoo.global[3] A Thousand Plateaus - a book Michael would not recommend by Deleuze and Guattari - https://amzn.to/2rsrkuw[4] Looking For Glove - Sharon's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/looking.for.glove/[5] You Suck at Photoshop - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_X5uR7VC4M&list=PLD19BCF9D57320E03[6] You Suck at Producing - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzfWWpa5SR8Gi_Q_3AbZ9V20Vpigpvqv1[7] Consciousness Explained - Daniel C. Dennett https://amzn.to/2KJUzSo[8] Chris Anderson on Web Video - https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_anderson_how_web_video_powers_global_innovation[9] Open Democracy - https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk[10] Michael's crazy shoebox virtual band and live techno - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCENs0x_gOU---- Credits ----Music is by http://michaelforrestmusic.comTalking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Find us on Facebook ----https://www.facebook.com/grandpodcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/panpsycast. Everything you could need, including links to all of Daniel C. Dennett’s work, can be found at www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. In the words of A. C. Grayling, Professor "Daniel C. Dennett is perhaps the most distinguished philosopher in the world". In a 2013 study by Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute, alongside philosophers Slavoj Zizek and Peter Singer, Daniel Dennett was ranked amongst the top 5 global thought leaders. Currently the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University, Daniel is best known for his contributions to cognitive science, philosophy of mind and philosophy of religion. His works Consciousness Explained, Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, Breaking the Spell and his latest work, From Bacteria to Bach and Back have had an immense impact in the worlds of philosophy and science.  For many, Daniel Dennett, known as ‘one of the four horsemen of new atheism’, is a household name, celebrated as a man who has explained away the hard problem of consciousness, religion, and fundamental questions surrounding free-will.

Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/panpsycast. Everything you could need, including links to all of Daniel C. Dennett’s work, can be found at www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. In the words of A. C. Grayling, Professor "Daniel C. Dennett is perhaps the most distinguished philosopher in the world". In a 2013 study by Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute, alongside philosophers Slavoj Zizek and Peter Singer, Daniel Dennett was ranked amongst the top 5 global thought leaders. Currently the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University, Daniel is best known for his contributions to cognitive science, philosophy of mind and philosophy of religion. His works Consciousness Explained, Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, Breaking the Spell and his latest work, From Bacteria to Bach and Back have had an immense impact in the worlds of philosophy and science. For many, Daniel Dennett, known as ‘one of the four horsemen of new atheism’, is a household name, celebrated as a man who has explained away the hard problem of consciousness, religion, and fundamental questions surrounding free-will. We’re going to be discussing Daniel Dennett’s approach to philosophy of religion in Part I, before we dive into philosophy of mind in Part II.

Have you ever thought about how much of a dick Jon Arbuckle is? I mean, really thought about it? Here's his poor cat, starved for attention after being supplanted by a younger, hipper version of himself, desperately attempting to curry favor with the guy and all Arfuckle can do is make a crack about the latter's weight. He's a real motherfucker, I tell you. I can't remember if we mentioned philosopher Daniel C. Dennett in this particular episode, but it's about as likely as not. Hosts: Christopher Winter, Jon Gibson, Amy Today's strip Check out our: Website! (You can do things there) Twitter! (It sucks) Facebook! (Whatever) Don’t forget to support us on Patreon! Or check out pitchdrop.net for more of this and other shows.

DANIEL C. DENNETT is the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy and co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University. He is the author, most recently, of _From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds. _ The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/danielcdennett-a-difference-that-makes-a-difference

Interview with Linda LaScola. We discuss her qualitative research with non believing clergy and her book with Daniel C. Dennett "Caught in the Pulpit: Leaving Belief Behind".Investing Skeptically: Mutual Funds vs. ETF, 12 month stock returns, Cushion returns for the last 12 months.

Daniel C. Dennett is one of the most influential philosophers of our time, perhaps best known in cognitive science for his multiple drafts (or "fame in the brain") model of human consciousness, and to the secular community for his 2006 book Breaking the Spell. Author and co-author of two-dozen books, he’s the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, where he taught our very own Point of Inquiry host Lindsay Beyerstein. Beyerstein and Dennett catch up to discuss Dennett’s newest book, From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds. It’s a fresh look at Dennett’s earlier work on the subject of consciousness, taken in new directions as he seeks a “bottom-up view of creation.” Join Dennett and Beyerstein as they discuss the how’s and why’s of consciousness, not just from an evolutionary and neurological standpoint, but also through the lenses of computer science and human culture. 

“If I know better than you know what I am up to, it is only because I spend more time with myself than you do.” ― Daniel C. Dennett, Freedom Evolves The Unconscious Diet.  Is there such a thing where one maintains their weight loss without having to think about it? Apparently, yes. I’m not […] The post The Unconscious Diet Bestseller-Podsnacks/Art of the Diet 071 appeared first on Art of the Diet.

"As long as one keeps searching, the answers come." —Joan Baez   ~The Simple Sophisticate, episode #131 Life in many ways feels as though it is a treasure hunt. However, I have good news. If my experience is any evidence, Joan Baez's quote above certainly rings true. Case in point, stumbling across British philosopher Bertrand Russell's book The Conquest of Happiness.  I happened to have been perusing in my local bookstore, stopping in to pick up another book that I had ordered when I came across the simple bright yellow cover of The Conquest of Happiness. Mind you, the copyright is 1930 and as the new introduction, written in 2012, by philosophy professor at Tufts University Daniel C. Dennett reminds, Russell's views while quite progress at the time clearly leave laid bare his ignorance about women and minorities. However, these should be set aside as we look through the lens as though he is speaking about all people, because what he reveals gave me reason to take a deep breath of appreciation. As Russell reminds straight-away with his title, happiness is something we must cultivate. It is not something that we are born with. Now, this is not to say that we are born unhappy, no, absolutely not. However, we are born, each of us, into a culture and world we did not choose. We must come to understand our place in it, understand the capabilities that are innately ours and how to offer them to the world all the while protecting ourselves and vulnerable heart. Russell offers wise words about what we can and cannot do. What is true and what we should let go of as once assumed as true along the path to attaining happiness and identifying what we think is causing our unhappiness. I have gone through and found 38 points he shares that through welcoming as either habits, practices, approaches or shifts in our thoughts and beliefs, can usher in a true happiness we may have never thought attainable. First: Determine what you most desire Then . . .  1. Diminish your preoccupation with yourself (stop meditating on your perceived sins and shortcomings) 2. Focus primarily on external objects: the state of the world, attainment of knowledge in a variety of avenues, and individuals for whom you feel affection. 3. Practice moderation 4. Aspire to be interested in a variety of things; the more opportunities for happiness you have, the less you are at the mercy of fate since if you lose one thing you can fall back on another. 5. Even when an unexpected negative event takes place, understand that it too can give pleasure. How? Appreciate the knowledge you have gained to better understand the world and reduce unnecessary fear. 6. Bolster your energy so when you have free time you can pursue what interests you without restraint. 7. Vow to have a zest for life, an incessant curiosity. 8. Understand this truth, affection is given to those who least demand it. 9. Those who face life with a feeling of security are much happier than the contrary. 10. You are more likely to realize what you fear by believing it. 11. Self-confidence comes from being accustomed to receiving as much of the right sort of affection as one has the need for (healthy, non-dependent, etc.) 12. A person who is hardy and adventurous can endure a great deal without damage. 13. The best type of affection is reciprocally life-giving: each receives affection with joy and gives it without effort, and each finds the whole world more interesting in consequence of the existence of this reciprocal happiness. 14. Affection, in the sense of a genuine reciprocal interest of two persons in each other, not solely as means to each other's good but rather as a combination having a common goal, is one of the most important elements of real happiness. 15. A capacity for genuine affection is one of the marks of someone who has escaped from the prison of one's self-absorption. 16. Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. 17. One must cultivate external interests that bring rest and do not call for any action, rather allow you to simply enjoy. 18. Never ignore opportunities to gain knowledge. 19. Contemplate what makes greatness of one's soul. When one is capable of greatness of soul, it will open wide the windows of the mind, letting the winds blow freely upon it from every operation of the universe. 20. During times of grief, loss or pain, turn towards something that is not the source of anxiety. (This is where having many, varied interests comes in quite handy). 21. One cultivates happiness and therefore must find ways of coping with the multitudinous cause of unhappiness. By choosing to unearth the answers, happiness expands. 22. Happiness is an achievement, not a gift. 23. Do your best (effort) and then leave it up to fate (resign). 24. Having an unconquerable hope means it must be large and impersonal (hopes for humanity and being okay with the progress made, no matter how small even if the goal wasn't reached yet). 25. Let go of worry, fret and irritation as they serve no purpose. 26. In times of quandary, it is better to do nothing than to do harm. 27. A certain kind of resignation is involved in the willingness to face the truth about ourselves. 28. Nothing is more fatiguing than to believe things that are only a myth or false. 29. Happiness requires food, shelter, health, love, successful work, and the respect of one's own herd. 30. Fear is the principal reason why humans are so unwilling to admit facts and so anxious to wrap themselves round in a warm garment of myth. 31. Accepting facts and truth is a way to tackle fear and reach true happiness. 32. The happy person is who lives objectively, who has free affections and wide interests, who secures her happiness through these interests and affections and through the fact that they in turn make the person an object of interest and affection to many others. 33. The person who demands affection is not the person upon whom it is bestowed. 34. Don't think about the causes of unhappiness; get outside of it, it must be by genuine interests, not by simulated interests. 35. Once you let go of self-absorption, let the spontaneous working of your nature and of external circumstances lead you. 36. Only what genuinely interests you can be of any use to you. 37. Undoubtedly, we should desire the happiness of those whom we love, but not as an alternative to our own. 38. A happy person feels a citizen of the universe, enjoying freely the spectacle it offers and the joys it affords, untroubled by the thought of death because they feel themselves not really separate from those who will come after them. It is in such profound instinctive union with the stream of life that the greatest joy is to be found. While there is much to digest and contemplate, what left me with hope was the reality that so much of what causes us pain is self-inflicted. While yes, there are many things that are out of our control, understanding the difference is key, but so too is recognizing when we have played a role that has adversely obstructed us from potential happiness. Simply put, we need to get out of our own way, and this list will help us all to do just that. ~SIMILAR POSTS FROM THE ARCHIVES YOU MIGHT ENJOY: ~A Powerful Couple: Boundaries & Vulnerability (podcast) ~10 Things People Who Have Found Contentment Understand About Uncertainty (podcast) ~Your Fear is Speaking Petit Plaisir —Paris-Manhattan ~soundtrack for the film ~starring Alice Taglioni and Patrick Bruel (English subtitles) https://youtu.be/XwofBhEMevw   Download the Episode Image: source

What started off as just myself, Olly and Andrew (my co-hosts) talking philosophy at the University of Birmingham in the early episodes, has blossomed into something extraordinary. Bear in mind, that when this project started, we had never podcasted before. So, expect some poor audio quality, and some even poorer jokes in the first 15-16 episodes. Now, The Panpsycast team goes beyond the original three. Greg Miller, Emily Rose Ogland, Phoebe Light and Thom Atkinson have joined the club, and as a consequence, we've produced some amazing content.   From our humble beginnings, we have gone from strength to strength and looking back, we’ve been lucky enough to interview some of the biggest names in philosophy - A. C. Grayling, Daniel C. Dennett, Peter Singer, Yujin Nagasawa, Bence Nanay, Alison Stone, Christian B Miller, Rebecca Roache, Galen Strawson, Steven Pinker - and the list goes on.  Not only do we interview big thinkers, but we also release informal discussions focusing on a broad range of areas within philosophy - existentialism, moral philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion - there really is something for everyone, and we always pitch our discussions at non-specialists. Every episode, we want somebody who is completely unfamiliar with a particular topic or thinker, to come out the other end at the forefront of the contemporary discussion - but most importantly, come out of the other end with a smile on their face.  To quote William James, “Good-humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to Nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us. I maintain that one should always talk of philosophy with a smile.” Thank you, we hope you enjoy the show.

Hannah Nicol is an academic advisor in international student affairs, teaches ESL classes at a university level, and spends all of her spare time traveling and dancing. “I can do anything for a year.” In this conversation we go into her early life growing up in Nigeria, the last 4 years she’s spent living in China and traveling Southeast Asia, how her liberal arts degree challenged her old worldview, her love of salsa dancing as a way to connect with others around the globe, and her desire to continue traveling the world and eating new and amazing foods. “If you’re 20 and healthy, travel the world.” If you want to hear more shows like this, rate us on iTunes and let us know. - - - - - 5 Key Takeaways 1. Salsa dancing is a great way to connect with others while traveling alone. There are festivals located all around the world. 2. Keep some kind of record of your experiences. Carry a small journal with you when you travel. Later in life you will be able to look back at all that you have done. 3. Going to college can open up the world to you and allow you to think freely. Especially if you grew up in a closed family or culture. 4. The world is not as mean as we think it is. People are generally kind and willing to help you. 5. Travel doesn’t have to be expensive. Pay attention to frequent flyer programs, and avoid the touristy areas. - - - - - Show Notes Intro / Trip to Cambodia [00:31] Cambodia Tuk-tuk Angkor Wat What took Hannah to Southeast Asia – Fulbright and beyond [02:59] Taiwan Fulbright Fellowship Macau Hong Kong How Hannah became interested in education and growing up in Africa [10:24] Philosophy Department of Philosophy – Bowling Green State University Nigeria Cultural norms and global awareness [21:47] Umbrella Revolution Travels through Southeast Asia [26:02] Frequent-Flyer Program Bali Myanmar Favorite experiences from traveling in Southeast Asia [33:44] Sri Lanka Nepal Connecting with others through [37:56] Salsa Dancing Work life as university teacher in Hong Kong [42:42] Benefits of health happiness and travel first [46:03] Journaling to capture memories and create positive focus [52:35] Obstacles and fears in a life of travel [58:54] One month yoga training in India [01:03:58] Association for Yoga and Meditation – India John’s 2014 PCH Bicycle Tour Habits and rituals / exercise for happiness [01:09:02] Major life influences [01:12:22] NACADA – National Academic Advising Association Favorite books [01:20:38] The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia – Elizabeth Gilbert Arthur Schopenhauer Friedrich Nietzsche Simone de Beauvoir Daniel C. Dennett Brave New World – Aldous Huxley 1984 – George Orwell Final advice [01:25:52] Peace Corps Article by Hannah in the eight Vector publication - - - - - Related Episodes Ep 6: Mislav Marohnić – Vagabond Programmer Ep 4: Liam Garrison – Adventure Junkie

DANIEL C. DENNETT (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/daniel_c_dennett) is a Philosopher; Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, Co-Director, Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University; Author, Intuition Pumps. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/daniel-c-dennett-the-de-darwinizing-of-cultural-change-headcon-13-part-x

It’s that time of year -- for nativity scene violations! We report on a couple of FFRF creche complaints (out of 60+ so far this year), then then we talk with Tom Cara, director of FFRF’s Metropolitan Chicago chapter, about the large atheist ‘A’ and the “nativity of the Bill of Rights” his group erected in downtown Daley Plaza. On the second half of the show, we interview Linda LaScola, one of the founders of the Clergy Project, and co-author of the new book (with Daniel C. Dennett) about clergy who have abandoned faith, Caught In The Pulpit: Leaving Belief Behind.

Tools For Thinking. This week we talk about songwriter Frank Loesser, immigration, the Boy Scouts ban on atheists, and religious symbols on government property. Then we interview philosopher Daniel C. Dennett about his new book, Intuition Pumps and Other Tools For Thinking.

Host: Indre Viskontas Having spent 50 years as an influential thinker, Daniel Dennett has earned the right to tell us how to think. His latest book is a collection of 77 tools for thinking, which every self-respecting critical thinker should consider, if not actively use. American philosopher and author Daniel C. Dennett is perhaps best known in cognitive science for his multiple drafts (or "fame in the brain") model of human consciousness and he is among the most influential philosophers of our day. He is the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, and the author of 16 books including Elbow Room; The Intentional Stance; Consciousness Explained; Darwin's Dangerous Idea and most recently, Intuition Pumps and other Tools for Thinking. Prof Dennett has also published more than 300 scholarly articles and was awarded the Erasmus Prize for his contributions to society in 2012.

What is free will and why should we care about it? Daniel C. Dennett addresses these questions in a wide-ranging Philosophy Bites interview with Nigel Warburton. Philosophy Bites is made in association with The Institute of Philosophy.

Institute of Philosophy Professor Daniel Dennett (Tufts) – Practical and ‘Theoretical’ Free Will Daniel C. Dennett, the author of Breaking the Spell (Viking, 2006), Freedom Evolves (Viking Penguin, 2003) and Darwin’s Dangerous Idea (Sim...

Institute of Philosophy Professor Daniel Dennett (Tufts) – Practical and ‘Theoretical’ Free Will Daniel C. Dennett, the author of Breaking the Spell (Viking, 2006), Freedom Evolves (Viking Penguin, 2003) and Darwin’s Dangerous Idea (Sim...

Discussing selections from Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel C. Dennett.

Daniel C. Dennett, Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, on What Should Replace Religions?

Daniel C. Dennett, Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, on What Should Replace Religions?

Victories and other updates in state/church news. Dan discusses his new book, "The Good Life." Prof. Dennett discusses "Breaking the Spell," his study on clergy leaving the pulpit.

Philosophy great Daniel C. Dennett will be the guest, to discuss his new study, "Preachers Who Are Not Believers," just published and posted by In Faith at the Washington Post Web site. The hosts will also discuss the religious composition of the Supreme Court, a timely topic with the announced resignation of John Paul Stevens. Famous freethinkers born in April will be highlighted, with the bonus of a rendition of Tom Lehrer singing his "Vatican Rag."

This weekend's show will comment on the Rev. Pat Robertson's remarks on Haiti and look other imprecatory prayer. The special guest: Philosophy's best and "Brightest": Daniel C. Dennett of Tuft University, author of the bestseller about religion, "Breaking the Spell."

Author of the bestselling "Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon," Prof. Daniel C. Dennett of Tufts University, will be interviewed. State/church activist Prof. Eric Barnes will also be interviewed about why he complained about ownership of a lighted cross by the Village of Holmen, Wis., and what has since transpired. Freethought Radio will update the continuing saga of pastors embarrassing the presidential candidates they have endorsed, in this case John McCain.

Guest speaker: Susan Blackmore PROGRAM NOTES: (Minutes : Seconds into program) 03:30 Jon Hanna introduces Susan Blackmore 08:04 "A lot of people kind of think that scientists like myself are kind of pushing the problem [of what is consciousness] away, some are, but there's a huge excitement about what we do with this mystery, and it's a very strange mystery indeed." 09:22 "That's what we mean by consciousness, in contemporary science, what it's like for you." 09:38 Susan talks about ‘the great chasm' between mind and brain, sometimes called the ‘fathomless abyss' . . . "It's the chasm between subjective, how it is to me, and objective, how we believe it must be in the real physical world. Don't underestimate this problem." 11:48 "So that's the sense in which I mean consciousness might be an illusion: not what it seems to be." 18:48 Susan begins her discussion about free will. 24:34 "You can see the readiness potential building up in someone's brain a long time, a long time in brain terms, before they know they are spontaneously and freely act." 26:56 "We can believe that free will is an illusion. That's my preferred solution. I don't want to press it on you, but it seems this way: When you look at these results, and many other results too, consciousness just doesn't seem to be the thing that starts things off." 51:07 "I suggest, that when you're walking around in your ordinary life, just realize how much you are not seeing, but you are not seeing it all." Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option Books discussed in this podcast            The Meme Machine by Susan Blackmore Consciousness: An Introduction by Susan Blackmore Conversations on Consciousness: What the Best Minds Think about the Brain, Free Will, and What It Means to Be Human by Susan Blackmore Consciousness Explained by Daniel C. Dennett Susan Blackmore's books on Amazon.com

Features an interview with Prof. Daniel C. Dennett, eminent Tufts University philosopher and author of the new book explaining the natural phenomenon of religion, Breaking the Spell. The show will also excerpt a short highlight of Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg's recent talk urging other scientists at the Salk Institute to help him wake up the world to the nightmare of religion. Freethinkers Almanac will pay homage to Mark Twain. (MP3, 51 min, 23.1 MB)