Danish, Dutch, whatever....
A collaborative search for wisdom, at Middle Tennessee State University and beyond... "The pluralistic form takes for me a stronger hold on reality than any other philosophy I know of, being essentially a social philosophy, a philosophy of 'co'"-William James
Monday, August 6, 2018
"A Glorious Accident"
Sarah's reflections on consciousness (below) have reminded me of this old 7-part Dutch documentary on consciousness and evolution, which features separate segments with Oliver Sacks, Daniel Dennett, Stephen Jay Gould, Freeman Dyson, and others. Here's the first episode, with Sacks... and the last, which brings all the subjects together for a fascinating roundtable conversation. There's also a book (cheap copies available online).
Danish, Dutch, whatever....
Danish, Dutch, whatever....
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More on consciousness:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2018/07/how-crack-consciousness
https://www.chronicle.com/article/Is-This-the-World-s-Most/243599
http://inference-review.com/article/the-grand-illusion