Can we know our own minds?
October 18, 2007Victim of the Brain
October 18, 2007A 1988 docudrama about “the ideas of Douglas Hofstadter“. The protagonist is Dutch director Piet Hoenderdos. The film features interviews with a youngish Hofstadter and a never young looking Dan Dennett :) (90 minutes).
The Greenfield-Koch Debate
October 13, 2007A somewhat hurried Greenfield-Koch debate which I discovered on Peter Mandik’s excellent blog.
I don’t think this standard debating format works well – in many respects it vulgarizes the topic.
The full debate (75 minutes – 247MB or available in 15 minutes chunks) can be found on the Mind Science Foundation website.
Kripke: On Church’s Thesis
October 8, 2007A surprisingly aged Kripke lecturing (84 minutes)
and on the occasion of his 65th birthday: The First Person (83 minutes) with Q & A (13 minutes)
Putnam Lecture: The Depths and Shallows of Experience
October 8, 2007The title of Putnam’s lecture a nod and a wink to James. (87 minutes)
Hofstadter Lecture: Analogy as the Core of Cognition
October 8, 2007Wonderful opportunity to see the man in person (66 minutes)
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