Donald Hoffman is Professor of Cognitive Science at UC Irvine, and the author of several popular books including "The Case Against Reality", and "Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See". We hope you enjoy our conversation with him!
We are also joined by members of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, one of the world's oldest learned societies (over 250 years old!)
More info here:
www.manlitphil.ac.uk/
Timestamps
00:31 Introduction to Donald's ideas
09:14 How does your theory affect our understanding of daily life?
12:59 A further exploration of Donald's ideas
17:10 Is reality whatever we choose it to be? Can myths be true?
21:10 Music perception & Synesthesia
24:27 Understanding other people's perceptions
26:04 Overcoming divisions between people
32:34 Ontological Agnosticism
39:29 Paradigm Shifts & Scientific Revolutions
42:10 Problems with Empiricism & other philosophical challenges
53:50 Overlaps with Buddhist Thinking & Scientific Spirituality
1:04:02 Truth vs Heuristics
1:11:13 Is there a collective mind? Joscha Bach: "Networks of Caring"
1:17:33 Post-Hegelian Philosophy (Zizek)
1:21:07 What is Beauty?
1:24:55 What is Artistic Taste?
1:26:17 How does language affect perception?
1:32:41 Love your neighbour as yourself
1:36:37 Psychedelics
1:39:40 Do I exist?
1:44:44 A funny moment of synchronicity
1:48:23 How to put these ideas into practice
1:50:57 Conclusion
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