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November 9, 2018evolution

This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution

David Sloan Wilson’s soon-to-be released book. cultural evolutiondarwinDavid Sloan Wilsonevolutionary biologyEvolutionary PsychologyFriedrich Hayek

July 10, 2012Darwin, dawkins, Dennett, evolution, evolutionary biology, memetics, religion

Dawkins & Dennett

A recent discussion held at Oxford. (The picture above is Darwin, not Dennett :~) ) Daniel DennettRichard Dawkins

July 6, 2012david livingstone smith, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary epistemology, evolutionary psychology, violence, war

The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Violence, Homicide, and War

Look out for my chum David Livingstone Smith’s entry “War, Evolution, and the Nature of Human Nature“ Human evolutionViolence and Abuse

May 16, 2012david livingstone smith, essentialism, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, less than human, natural kinds, naturalism

What Does It Mean to Be Human?

My chum David Livingstone Smith has this piece in Psychology Today. David LivingstoneHumanPsychology TodaySocial science

May 3, 2012Darwin, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, John Gray, Jonathan Gottschall, liberalism, literature, religion, science, science wars

Stories, religion, politics and evolution

Staying with the literature theme of a few days ago and earlier today, here is another write up on Jonathan Gottschall’s new book and an article by JG himself here and a related review article of another book by John Gray here. E. O. WilsonJonathan GottschallJonathan HaidtLiteratureNew AtheismSolzhenitsynStorytelling

January 30, 2012conservatism, David Eagleman, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, Jesse Prinz, liberalism, moral philosophy, moral psychology, neural correlates, neurobiology, neurophilosophy, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, plasticity, political philosophy, roger scruton, Susan Greenfield

Nature, nurture and liberal values

Roger Scruton weighs in on the nature/nurture debate via a threefold review. (Image another Steve Pyke portrait). Roger Scrutonsteve pyke

June 7, 2011david livingstone smith, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, killing, less than human

Less than Human

My chum David being interviewed by a local Portland magazine programme here and featured on the BBC.

March 9, 2011brain, brain science, cognition, cognitive science, consciousness, Eliminative Materialism, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, moral philosophy, mri, neural correlates, neurophilosophy, neuroscience, patricia churchland, paul churchland, philosophy of mind, value

Pat Churchland on the source of value

Another video (via David Livingstone Smith) of Pat Churchland plugging her and Paul’s forthcoming book Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us About Morality. This talk is part of the The Great Debate conference Can Science Tell Us Right From Wrong?

March 5, 2011david livingstone smith, dehumanization, ethics, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, genocide, less than human, moral philosophy, war

A Philosophy of Genocide’s Roots

My chum David Livingstone Smith’s latest book (that I have been trailing) has just been reviewed in the New York Times. The subject matter is as timely as ever and is a cracking read accessible for a general audience and an academic audience.

September 30, 2010breaking the spell, Christopher Hitchens, cognitive science, consciousness, consciousness explained, Dennett, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, freedom evolves, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, religion, sweet dreams

Big Thinkers: Dennett

Here is a programme featuring Dennett that I hadn’t heretofore come across. Glad to see Dennett as busy and pugnacious as ever after his health scare a while back which he amusingly talks about here. Speaking of health, here is Dennett on Christopher Hitchens. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3