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Victim of the Brain
A 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).
Einstein audio
Einstein on a variety of topics – available here.
The Matrix and Philosophy
For many the term “film” let alone “Hollywood film” can be uttered in the same breath as philosophy (the only instances I can think of right now are Mishima, Death in Venice and Performance – three films conspicuously missing from a list of ostensibly philosophical films: I have mentioned elsewhere that what was passes for philosophy is contentious). Anyway, there is a film…
The Greenfield-Koch Debate
A 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.
Oliver Sacks Interview
(57 minutes)
Kripke: On Church’s Thesis
A 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
The title of Putnam’s lecture a nod and a wink to James. (87 minutes)
Hofstadter Lecture: Analogy as the Core of Cognition
Wonderful opportunity to see the man in person (66 minutes)
Watson Lecture: DNA and the Brain
(75 minutes)
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