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The Science Studio: Interview with Daniel Dennett

submitted by mauz15

1 decade 5 years 6 months 1 week ago

Dennett talks about his life, beliefs, work, philosophy, science, religion, and more. Interviewed by Roger Bingham.

Related: http://www.videosift.com/video/Daniel-Dennett-at-Beyond-Belief-Enlightenment-20

Daniel Clement Dennett (born March 28, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a prominent American philosopher whose research centers on philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science. He is currently the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. Dennett is also a noted atheist and advocate of the Brights movement.

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Full transcript
http://thesciencenetwork.org/media/videos/29.pdf

BicycleRepairMan

Dennett's article about his near-death experience is a MUST-READ, and can be found in Christopher Hitchens book "The Portable Atheist" and also online here

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Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Thursday, May 21st, 2009 7:47am PDT - promote requested by gwiz665.

It cracks me up when the camera pans to the audience and at least one person is either picking their nose, yawning, sleeping or staring off into space.

This one is even better for this phenomenon: http://www.videosift.com/video/Daniel-Dennett-Is-Science-Showing-We-Don-t-Have-Free-Will

Dan Dennett is a true genius. It's too bad he isn't as flashy as Dawkins, as his ideas and the manner in which he communicates them would be much more palatable to religious conservatives.

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