#dan dennett

[tenth-sentence]

With the human species, as Dan Dennett observed, you can never be sure that what you see is instinct, because you might be looking at the result of a reasoned argument, a copied ritual or a learned lesson.

"Nature via Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human" - Matt Ridley

[in-sightjournal]

An Interview with Tim Roberts on National Advanced Semiconducters, Online Learning, Chalmers, Dennett, Hofstadter, and Becoming Wiser (Part Two)

An Interview with Tim Roberts on National Advanced Semiconducters, Online Learning, Chalmers, Dennett, Hofstadter, and Becoming Wiser (Part Two)

Interviewer: Scott Douglas Jacobsen

Numbering: Issue 22.A, Idea: Outliers & Outsiders (Part Eighteen)

Place of Publication: Langley, British Columbia, Canada

Title: In-Sight: Independent Interview-Based Journal

Web Domain: http://www.in-sightjournal.com

Individual Publication Date: March 8, 2020

Issue Publication Date: May 1, 2020

Name of Publisher: In-Sight Publishing

Frequency: Three Times Per…

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Consciousness Explained by Daniel C Dennett [A Review]

Consciousness Explained by Daniel C Dennett [A Review]

The difficulty of explaining consciousness, that has flummoxed the best minds of our species, remains elusive but has long reached the point where the flawed, misguided and just plain wrong, ideas of the past should be laid to rest. With that, and the difficulty of the subject, in mind, the ambitiously-titled Consciousness Explainedoffers a thorough but challenging introduction to the issues of…

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Philosophy Humans

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How Human Consciousness Evolved | Daniel Dennett

[thehurdygurdyman]

"That’s one of the most threatening thoughts to me. Because for better or for worse, I put comprehension as one of my highest ideals. I want to understand everything. I want people to understand things. I love understanding things. I love explaining things to myself and to others. We’ve always had plenty of people who, for good reason, said, “Oh, don’t bother explaining to me how the car engine works, I don’t care. I just push the ignition and off I go.” What happens when we take that attitude towards everything?"

[otatma]

Absolutely fascinating.