Brains, Computers, and Minds with Professor Daniel Dennett

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MBB 2009 Distinguished Lecture Series

by Dan Dennett



http://mbb.harvard.edu/resources/dennett09.php (Link may not work because they posted 1 GB video files on their server. Dirp!)



Brains, Computers, and Minds with Professor Daniel Dennett



Harvard University - April 21, 22, and 23

4-6pm in Yenching Auditorium

2 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA



This year's lectures included three nights of conversations with Daniel Dennett, Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, University Professor, and Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University.



* Tuesday, April 21

Battles in the Brain

Post-lecture commentary by Harry Lewis



A consideration of the seemingly paradoxical nature and structure of the brain, including: intra-cerebral conflicts, 'selfish neurons,' and anarchic computer architectures.



* Wednesday, April 22

My Body Has A Mind Of Its Own: So What Does It Need Me For?

Post-lecture commentary by Sean Kelly



If 'conscious thought' is an evolutionarily recent and hugely expensive innovation, what pays for it?



* Thursday, April 23

How Brains Become Minds: The Role Of Cultural Software

Post-lecture commentary by Steven Pinker



An exploration of how culture in general and language in particular shape our minds, installing perspectives and values, and building the thousands of cognitive micro-habits that constitute both our competences and our disabilities.