Big Thinkers - Daniel Dennett [Philosopher] (3 of 3)

Big Thinkers is a former ZDTV (later TechTV) television program. It featured a half-hour interview with a "big thinker" in science, technology, and other fields. Interviews were filmed in a 16:9 format and intercut with public domain material from the Prelinger Archives. This archival footage (mostly film clips from the 1940's and 50's) was used to create visual metaphors highlighting the speaker's points.

This episode features Daniel Dennett. He 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, the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and a University Professor at Tufts University. Dennett is also a noted atheist and advocate of the Brights movement.

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Here are links to all 3 parts:
1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0wetQwH9nY
2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y82d06KURA4
3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MisXHBUjnbo

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• big
• thinkers
• daniel
• dennett
• philosophy

[RabidApe]

coooooooooooool!

thanks for posting these!

[IChoseTheRedPill]

thank you for sharing these videos with us...

peace2U

[nephildevil]

this guys simply ignores the mind and all "unseen things", he should move on from the 18th century, this is the 21th century now, everything is made up from multidimensional vibrations and the cat is both alive and dead ...So to speak, as it is another example of "unseen things" of course.

[buzz120937]

Wished you lived next door to talk with,sooooo smart. Guess I will just be happy with your video's,thanks for all the postings.

[NightmareCinemaChild]

There's something so very reassuring about listening to Dan Dennett speak.

[TAz69x]

LOL, looked like Adam was grabbing that tree's penis

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[gspahr]

Is Dennett left handed?

Great video by the way.

[dkcow0]

He seems like a nice guy.

[Greenball244]

@BelfastAtheist

What are you basing your numbers on? This is incorrect. Sweden( I live there myself) is very much so an atheist country. No were in the media, politics or school do you ever hear the mentioning of God. Even though there might exist believers in Sweden of many sorts, they are certainly not any way or form running the machinery of the swedish society. So his thesis still holds. Sweden is a very functioning society without the help of an all-knowing deity.

[jakepinoywolrd85]

@abelromkes

the stars peanut butter zeitgeist bi-lateral moon shaving cream pistacio darwin. now that's philosopy. you can say anything and pretend it makes sense =) gotta love it

[Savipalooza]

3:11 - 4:06 is awesome.

[SlugChristie]

kind of a sad snowball fight at the end there