From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds Daniel Dennett

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZefk4gzQt4

00:00:29 Introduction to Bach and Bacterium to the people of google

00:01:08 The Great Tree of Life

00:01:45 The eukaryot revolution

00:03:18 The history of humanoids in the branch of mammals

00:04:00 The history as a „design process“ (not in the sense of the american Intelligent Design)

00:06:05 The difference of „design“ in intelligent design and evolutionary design.

00:08:39 The famous comparison of Gaudi’s Sagrada Família and the termite „castle“

00:09:20 Termites as an example of clueless „bottom-up“ design

00:10:15 Gaudi as an example of intelligent „top-down“ design

Daniel Dennett

Daniel Clement Dennett III (March 28, 1942 – April 19, 2024) was an American philosopher and cognitive scientist. His research centered on the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of science, and the philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science. Dennett was the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University in Massachusetts. Dennett was a member of the editorial board for The Rutherford Journal and a co-founder of The Clergy Project. A vocal atheist and secularist, Dennett has been described as "one of the most widely read and debated American philosophers". He was referred to as one of the "Four Horsemen" of New Atheism, along with Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens.
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