From The Royal Institution.
Join the late, renowned philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel C Dennett on a captivating journey of intellectual exploration through his own life.
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This lecture was recorded on 3 October 2023 at the Ri.
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00:00 Introduction
2:30 The importance of making mistakes
7:30 Tools of the mind
11:20 How can you get the right knowledge?
14:24 Douglas Hofstadter and Joosting
19:46 Richard Dawkins and memes
22:57 Ruth Millikan and language
24:20 Giulio Tononi and the IIT controversy
31:50 Descartes’ mistakes
35:50 Daniel’s biggest mistake
40:43 Helping philosophers and scientists to imagine
43:07 Julian Jaynes, consciousness and dualism
48:22 More iconoclasts of philosophy
52:46 Karl Pribram and James Gibson
From his formative years in Beirut to his academic pursuits at Harvard, and from the vibrant jazz clubs of Paris to his introspective musings on his tractor in Maine, discover the stories behind some of his most influential books, such as ‘Consciousness Explained’ and ‘Darwin’s Dangerous Idea’. Whose contents have reshaped our understanding of the mind, consciousness and the nature of the human experience.
Explore Daniel’s insight into thinking, as he contends that true thinking is arduous and uncertain. The pursuit of philosophical ideas is often accompanied by confusion, frustration, and self-doubt. It is through these challenging moments of error that we occasionally discover the path to profound insights.
So join us for a unique opportunity to see one of the last talks by one of the greatest philosophers of our time and come on an exhilarating journey of the mind, leaving with new insight into the path to intellectual growth.
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Daniel Clement Dennett was an American philosopher, writer, and cognitive scientist whose research centred on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science.
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