Re: [FRIAM] Daniel Dennett (1942-2024)

2024-04-19 Thread Jon Zingale
I will miss the conversations I had with him at tea. What a fantastic thinker. -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom https://bit.ly/virtualfriam to (un)subscribe

Re: [FRIAM] Daniel Dennett (1942-2024)

2024-04-19 Thread Stephen Guerin
> > Such a loss :-( > > https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/04/19/daniel-dennett-philosopher-atheist-darwinist/ yes a loss of a great person and intellectual. Though in the loss is the possibility of progress. if you consider the above "atheist-darwinist" url representing a certain

Re: [FRIAM] Conversations with George Phillip Tremblay

2024-04-19 Thread Nicholas Thompson
My apologies for sending the previous conversation unannotated. Talking to George is like leading a guree to The Truth. It only works if you are pretty sure what The Truth is. nick From: Nicholas Thompson Sent: Friday, April 19, 2024 12:58 PM To:

Re: [FRIAM] Daniel Dennett (1942-2024)

2024-04-19 Thread Jochen Fromm
Such a loss :-(https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/04/19/daniel-dennett-philosopher-atheist-darwinist/I will put his autobiography "I’ve Been Thinking" from last year on my reading

[FRIAM] Conversations with George Phillip Tremblay

2024-04-19 Thread Nicholas Thompson
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[FRIAM] Daniel Dennett (1942-2024)

2024-04-19 Thread Jochen Fromm
A sad day today. Daniel Dennett has died :-( For every big question in philosophy there is at least one Daniel Dennett book:"Consciousnes Explained" (1991) about consciousness"Darwin's Dangerous Idea" (1995) about evolution "Freedom Evolves" (2003) about free will"Breaking the spell" (2006)