We're sharing this full interview, recorded two years ago, to celebrate the extraordinary work and thought of Daniel Dennett.
You can read his obituary here: iai.tv/articles/daniel-dennet...
'Some people felt that his practical outlook blinded him to the magic of the world. But this couldn’t be further from the truth. He saw the world as full of magic - real magic, he would say, the sort that is not really magic but a natural effect so finely crafted as to be wondrous to us.'
Award winning author Daniel Dennett was one of the greatest philosophers of our time. Shooting to notoriety as one of the 'four horsemen' in the New Atheist movement, he wrote with acclaim on topics ranging from free will, consciousness and the self.
In this exclusive interview, find out how Daniel's life shaped his ideas.
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00:00 Introduction
00:20 A father in the secret service
02:56 Childhood philosophical inquiry
04:30 Alternative career paths
06:20 Development of philosophical ideas
08:00 Origin of Dennett's thesis
11:50 Are you a neurophilosopher?
13:07 What would change your mind?
14:05 Belief-desire reasoning
18:33 Impact of ideas on society
20:25 Have your ideas had a positive effect on the world?
21:30 Truth and postmodernism
23:35 Atheism and children
27:02 The value of religious culture
28:45 Groundedness
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