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78 | Daniel Dennett on Minds, Patterns, and the Scientific Image

2020-01-06 · 122 min · episode 78 · 9 entities

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Wilfrid Sellars described the task of philosophy as explaining how things, in the broadest sense of term, hang together, in the broadest sense of the term. (Substitute "exploring" for "explaining" and you'd have a good mission statement for the Mindscape podcast.) Few modern thinkers have pursued this goal more energetically, creatively, and entertainingly than Daniel Dennett. One of the most respected philosophers of our time, Dennett's work has ranged over topics such as consciousness, artificial intelligence, metaphysics, free will, evolutionary biology, epistemology, and naturalism, always with an eye on our best scientific understanding of the phenomenon in question. His thinking in these areas is exceptionally lucid, and he has the rare ability to express his ideas in ways that non-specialists can find accessible and compelling. We talked about all of them, in a wide-ranging and wonderfully enjoyable conversation. Support Mindscape on  Patreon . Daniel Dennett received his D.Phil. in philosophy from Oxford University. He is currently Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy and co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University. He is known for a number of philosophical concepts and coinages, including the intentional stance, the Cartesian theater, and the multiple-drafts model of consciousness. Among his honors are the Erasmus Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the American Humanist Association's Humanist of the Year award. He is the author of a number of books that are simultaneously scholarly and popular, including  Consciousness Explained,   Darwin's Dangerous Idea , and most recently  Bacteria to Bach and Back . Web site Bibliography Google Scholar page Amazon author page Wikipedia Talk on The Illusion of Consciousness Center for Cognitive Studies The Clergy Project Twitter