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Not School April: Dennett and Germans and Aristotle

March 29, 2016 by Brian Wilson 1 Comment

Come get involved in the coming month with a Not School group, or propose your own!

Is “Hungernachdeutschphilosophie” a made up word? Maybe, but it works.

Not School This March: Hobbes, Nietzsche, Dennett, Plato, Hegel

March 3, 2016 by Brian Wilson 1 Comment

Something for the Ubermensch in all of us: Hobbes, Nietszche, Dennett, some Intro to Philosophy readings starting with Plato, and don’t forget the Aftershow on Hegel! Get in on Not School’s offerings for March!

More Fun Debating Free Will (and Bashing Dan Dennett)

July 9, 2011 by Daniel Horne 2 Comments

Pop science journalists / authors Bob Wright and John Horgan have an interesting debate on free will from a, well, pop science point of view. Nothing gets resolved, as always, but I like hearing well-informed middle-aged guys argue the same debate we’ve been hearing since the university dorm room. Highlights include Wright’s assessment of Daniel Dennett’s Freedom Evolves:The book is stupid, Continue Reading …

Notes on Dennett’s “Breaking the Spell,” Part 1

March 31, 2011 by Mark Linsenmayer 25 Comments

For our atheism episode (which has, incidentally been pushed back to be recorded in late May or possibly June… sorry, Russ!), I’m trying to read through the most popular of the “new atheist” books, and I’m sure we’ll only end up discussing some select portions of the books in any detail, so as I’m going through these, I’m going to Continue Reading …

Episode 21: What Is the Mind? (Turing, et al) (Citizens Only)

June 28, 2010 by Mark Linsenmayer 8 Comments

Alan Turing

Discussing articles by Alan Turing, Gilbert Ryle, Thomas Nagel, John Searle, and Dan Dennett. What is this mind stuff, and how can it “be” the brain? Can computers think? What is it like to be a bat? With guest Marco Wise.

End Song: “No Mind” by Mark Lint and the Fake Johnson Trio (1998)

PREVIEW-Episode 21: What Is the Mind? (Turing, et al)

June 28, 2010 by Mark Linsenmayer 69 Comments

Alan Turing

Discussing articles by Alan Turing, Gilbert Ryle, Thomas Nagel, John Searle, and Dan Dennett. What is this mind stuff, and how can it “be” the brain? Can computers think? What is it like to be a bat? With guest Marco Wise.

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