Yes, Santa Claus... err.... philosopher Dan Dennett, and
Harvard evolutionary biologist Marc Hauser, author of Moral Minds: How Nature Designed Our Universal Sense of Right and Wrong.Dennett and Hauser spoke, along with Antonio Damasio and Patricia Churchland, at the Science of Morality conference, part of the World Science Fair.
These two big guns of the academic world were also gracious enough to sign my copies of their books, so add those to the growing pile :)
I spoke with Hauser for a while after the forum, and he is one smart, well educated and generous thinker, making the time to delve into fascinating scientific and philosophical topics with little ol' me.
Yes, and I know... I look retarded next to Dennett...
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BTW, do you still have that Churchland book i loaned you???
ReplyDeletewilling to trade it for "A" logical price. what say?
How about I return your book to you and trade you "A" fair grade in exchange for a first-rate philosophy term paper, plus whatever other work you still owe me? :)
ReplyDeleteActually, I was going to have Patricia Churchland (or her husband, if he were around), sign your book for you, but I forgot it in the back seat of my car... too bad...
Great! that's just freaking great you lousy bastard! just kidding of course. but you still owe me
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