The Dissenter

My name is Ricardo Lopes, and I’m from Portugal. Thank you for visiting my podcast. Over the past few years, I have conducted and released more than 700 interviews and talks with experts and academics from a variety of areas and disciplines, ranging from the Arts and Philosophy to the Social Sciences and Biology. You will certainly find a subject of your interest covered here. New interviews are released on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays.

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Friday Feb 15, 2019

#139 Peter Richerson: Biology and Culture, Cultural Evolution, Cognition, and Group Selection

Friday Feb 15, 2019

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Dr. Peter Richerson is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of California, Davis. He’s a biologist with interest in cultural evolution, animal social learning and mathematical models. He’s also the author of books like Culture and the Evolutionary Process, Not by Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution, and The Origin and Evolution of Cultures, all written in collaboration with Dr. Robert Boyd.
In this episode, we talk about culture, cultural evolution, and gene-culture coevolution. We start off with a definition of culture and the relationship between biology and culture. Then, we talk about culture as a phenotype, how culture evolved, and the cognitive bases of it. We go through some of the main scientific approaches to culture and their drawbacks, including Leda Cosmides and John Tooby’s evoked culture, the sociobiologists and inclusive fitness, and Richard Dawkins’ memetics. We also refer to gene-culture coevolution, and how group selection work are the cultural and genetic levels.
Time Links:
00:53 The relationship between Biology and Culture
02:57 What is culture?
04:41 Are there units of selection in culture, like ideas, beliefs, and norms?
07:32 Is there culture in other species?
08:56 Is culture part of the phenotype? And unique aspects of human culture
10:50 The cognitive bases of culture
15:45 How learning and culture evolved
19:28 Why is culture so rare in other animals?
22:58 Culture as environment
27:13 Cosmides and Tooby approach to culture (evoked culture)
30:49 When culture is maladaptive
33:09 About memetics, and the “meme” concept
36:31 Cultural group selection
42:48 Does group selection also occur at the genetic level?
48:14 Are there any purely biological or purely cultural aspects of human nature?
51:47 Follow Dr. Richerson’s work!
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Faculty page: https://tinyurl.com/ya8h54z3
Articles on Researchgate: https://tinyurl.com/y7zgx29d
Books: https://tinyurl.com/y8236hn6
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I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:
https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo
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PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p
ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g

Friday Feb 15, 2019

#9 Michael Shermer: Heavens on Earth, Protopia and Pseudoscience

Friday Feb 15, 2019

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Dr. Michael Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society, and editor-in-chief of its magazine Skeptic.
He’s also the author of 19 books, including Why People Believe Weird Things; The Science of Good and Evil; Why Darwin Matters; The Believing Brain; and, more recently, Heavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia.
Here, we talk about his latest book, Heavens on Earth; the afterlife, immortality and utopia; terror management theory; social experiments on political utopias; scientific utopias; the concept of protopia; progress; morality; skepticism; pseudoscience and how to combat it.
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O Dr. Michael Shermer é um divulgador de ciência americano, historiador de ciência, fundador da The Skeptics Society, e editor-chefe da sua revista, Skeptic.
É também o autor de 19 livros, incluindo Why People Believe Weird Things; The Science of Good and Evil; Why Darwin Matters; The Believing Brain; e, mais recentemente, Heavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia.
Aqui, falamos sobre o seu último livro, Heavens on Earth; a vida depois da morte, imortalidade e utopia; a “terror management theory”; experiências sociais com utopias políticas; utopias científicas; o conceito de protopia; progresso; moralidade; ceticismo; pseudociência e como combate-la.
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Skeptic website: https://www.skeptic.com/
Heavens on Earth European version: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heavens-Earth-Scientific-Afterlife-Immortality/dp/1472140613
Heavens on Earth original version: https://www.amazon.com/Heavens-Earth-Scientific-Afterlife-Immortality/dp/1627798579
Support Skeptic on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/skeptic
More books by Dr. Shermer and others at Skeptic: https://shop.skeptic.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=SS&Category_Code=B
Dr. Shermer’s Twitter handle: @michaelshermer
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I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:
https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo
And check out my playlists on:
PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km
PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p
ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g

Thursday Feb 14, 2019

#138 Keith Frankish: Consciousness, Illusionism, Free Will, and AI

Thursday Feb 14, 2019

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Dr. Keith Frankish is a British philosopher and writer, currently living in Crete, Greece. He’s an Honorary Reader at the University of Sheffield, UK, a Visiting Research Fellow with The Open University, UK, and an Adjunct Professor with the Brain and Mind Programme at the University of Crete. He works mainly in philosophy of mind, also with interests in other areas of Philosophy. He’s also the author of books like Mind and Supermind (2004) and Illusionism: As a Theory of Consciousness (2017).
In this episode, the central topic is consciousness. We talk about what is it; the hard problem of consciousness; illusionism; the evolutionary origins and function of consciousness; how consciousness relates to questions surrounding free will and determinism. Toward the end, we also discuss a little bit if AI could spontaneously develop consciousness in any way, or if we would need to program it into it.
Time Links:
00:55 What is consciousness?
07:43 The hard problem of consciousness
15:33 Illusionism
28:26 Does phenomenal consciousness exist?
34:19 Why did consciousness evolve? What function does it serve?
43:59 Theory of mind, thinking about the future, and deliberation
50:37 Consciousness as an emergent property of the mind
59:01 Consciousness, free will, and determinism, and compatibilism
1:07:52 Could AI develop consciousness?
1:18:31 Follow Dr. Frankish’s work!
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Faculty page: https://tinyurl.com/y9ugk2vl
Books: https://tinyurl.com/y8aeua4l
Website: https://www.keithfrankish.com/
Twitter handle: @keithfrankish
Other relevant links:
Daniel Dennett’s books: https://tinyurl.com/y7s5g58s
“The Meta-Problem of Conciousness”, by David Chalmers: https://tinyurl.com/yd8ej28n
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I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:
https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo
And check out my playlists on:
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Thursday Feb 14, 2019

#8 João Júlio Cerqueira: Evidence-based Science | SCIMED

Thursday Feb 14, 2019

Wednesday Feb 13, 2019

#7 Sue Everatt: The Venus Project, and a Resource-Based Economy | Projeto Venus

Wednesday Feb 13, 2019

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Sue Everatt is The Venus Project Point of Contact (POC) for Spain. She’s on the admin team for TVP Support on a global level. And she coordinates the Spanish language team for the Linguistic Team International (LTI).
Here, we talk about the aims and proposals of The Venus Project; its theoretical foundations; what differentiates it from alternative economic and political proposals, like communism, socialism, and anarchism; how it could be implemented, and how it would work; and we also address two criticisms about Jacque Fresco’s (the creator of The Venus Project) theoretical predictions.
Check out The Venus Project (TVP):
Website: https://www.thevenusproject.com/
Free ebooks: https://www.thevenusproject.com/learn-more/free-e-books/
Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPNMR_iABvyFmc3G9i1r3Lw
Points of Contact (POC) email list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lAFtYjkkCuepHNI5Kybjhn-iSQgiJxdWZhsXKjiK3u8/edit#gid=0
Linguistic Team International Forum: http://forum.linguisticteam.org/
The Venus Project Global Fb page: https://www.facebook.com/TheVenusProjectGlobal/
TVP Support International: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TVP.Support/
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A Sue Everatt é o Ponto de Contacto do Projeto Venus para Espanha. Faz parte da equipa de administradores para o TVP Support, a nível global. E coordena a equipa linguística de Espanhol para a Linguistic Team International (LTI).
Aqui, falamos sobre os objetivos e propostas do Projeto Venus; as suas fundações teóricas; o que o diferencia de alternativas políticas e económicas, como o comunismo, o socialism, e o anarquismo; como poderia ser implementado, e como funcionaria; e abordamos duas críticas dirigidas às previsões teóricas de Jacque Fresco (o criador do Projeto Venus).
Deem uma olhada no Projeto Venus:
Website: https://www.thevenusproject.com/
Ebooks grátis: https://www.thevenusproject.com/learn-more/free-e-books/
Canal do Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPNMR_iABvyFmc3G9i1r3Lw
Lista de emails dos Pontos de Contacto: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lAFtYjkkCuepHNI5Kybjhn-iSQgiJxdWZhsXKjiK3u8/edit#gid=0
Forum da Linguistic Team International: http://forum.linguisticteam.org/
Página do Facebook The Venus Project Global: https://www.facebook.com/TheVenusProjectGlobal/
TVP Support International: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TVP.Support/
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I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:

Monday Feb 11, 2019

#137 Derek Elliott: Beyond Enlightenment, Reason, Free Will, Self-deception, and Modularity

Monday Feb 11, 2019

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Dr. Derek Elliott is a newly minted doctor of philosophy from Duquesne University. He specializes in philosophy of psychology as well as action theory with a special interest in irrationality and evolutionary psychology.
In this episode, we go through some of the main topics of Dr. Elliott’s dissertation, “Beyond Enlightenment: The Evolution of Agency and the Modularity of the Mind in a Post-Darwinian World”. We talk about some of the values and beliefs of the Enlightenment that recent science, particularly the evolutionary behavioral sciences, has been undermining, namely reason, free will, and the notion of agency. We talk about the argumentative theory of reason. We also discuss how most of what happens in our minds occurs at a subconscious level, and how we have very little control over our behavior, and how very little we understand about our motivations and the causes of our actions. We also talk a little but about consciousness, the relationship between consciousness, free will and agency, self-deception, the modular approach to the human mind, and the meaning of life from a Darwinian perspective.
Time Links:
00:51 What the Enlightenment got wrong
07:23 A new approach to reason
13:30 Most of what happens in our minds is unconscious
19:18 Reason, decision-making, and free will
28:11 Descartes’ approach to the human mind
33:41 What is “rational” behavior?
41:38 Consciousness from an evolutionary perspective
52:11 Consciousness, free will and agency
58:50 On self-deception
1:07:39 Is overconfidence maladaptive?
1:13:12 The social value of wrong knowledge
1:16:48 About modularity of mind
1:20:33 Does natural selection promote selfishness?
1:22:49 A Darwinian meaning of life?
1:32:06 Follow Dr. Elliott’s work!
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Link to Dr. Elliott’s dissertation: https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/1737/?fbclid=IwAR0Gqc9s_ApbwqzlG7o9y2XWq5ZlehaU7PAznsSuWEaTnyVwEv0yB6x80iw
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I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:
https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo
And check out my playlists on:
PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km
PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p
ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g

Friday Feb 08, 2019

Patrick Lee Miller Part 3: Postmodernism vs Modernism | Pós-modernismo vs Modernismo

Friday Feb 08, 2019

Patrick Colm Hogan Part 2: Literature, Storytelling, Theory of Mind, and the Humanities

Friday Feb 08, 2019

#136 Patrick Colm Hogan: Evolution, Human Universals, Arts, and Literature

Friday Feb 08, 2019

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Dr. Patrick Colm Hogan is Distinguished Professor of the Department of English, and the Institute for Brain and Cognitive Sciences, at the University of Connecticut, US. His specialties are: literary theory, cognitive and affective science of literature, and world literature. He’s the author of several books, including The Mind and Its Stories, What Literature Teaches Us About Emotion, and Beauty and Sublimity.
In this episode, we talk about human universals. First, we discuss what are human universals, and how we can determine them. Then, we talk more specifically about aesthetic human universals, including their evolutionary bases; sexual selection; Individual and social experiences of aesthetics; universals in literary fiction; the social function of literature; and literature, storytelling and theory of mind.
Time Links:
00:46 What are human universals?
05:36 How do we determine them?
14:45 The evolutionary bases of aesthetics and beauty
28:05 Sexual selection for artistic behavior
34:58 Individual and social experiences of aesthetics
47:52 Modularity of mind and aesthetic response
1:04:07 Universals in literary fiction
1:11:24 The social function of literature and oral storytelling
1:29:31 Literature, storytelling and theory of mind
1:33:32 The study of innate aspects of the human mind in the Humanities
1:40:09 The importance of evolutionary and neuroscientific science
1:41:42 Follow Dr. Colm Hogan’s work!
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Follow Dr. Colm Hogan’s work:
Literary Universals Project: https://literary-universals.uconn.edu/
Faculty page: https://tinyurl.com/y8py757c
Articles on Researchgate: https://tinyurl.com/y92n42be
Books: https://tinyurl.com/y7tz3fcd
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I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:
https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo
And check out my playlists on:
PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km
PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p
ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g

Friday Feb 08, 2019

Patrick Colm Hogan Part 1: Human Universals, Evolution, Beauty and Aesthetics

Friday Feb 08, 2019

Thursday Feb 07, 2019

Patrick Lee Miller Part 2: Truth and Morality | Verdade e Moralidade

Thursday Feb 07, 2019

#135 Rebecca Sear: Human Behavioral Ecology, Mating, Parenting, Reproduction

Thursday Feb 07, 2019

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Dr. Rebecca Sear is Reader at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), teaching demography and researching human reproductive behaviour from an evolutionary perspective. She is trained in zoology, biological anthropology, and statistics, and subsequently worked first in a social science institution (London School of Economics) and then in an institution of global and public health (LSHTM). Having been exposed to a variety of disciplines, she is particularly interested in how the natural, social and medical sciences can be integrated as we try to understand our own species, and aims to conduct research somewhere inbetween these disciplines. She is particularly interested in taking a comparative perspective to understanding human reproductive behaviour, and exploring why such behaviour varies between, as well as within, populations. In 2008, she co-founded the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association, and she’s currently Honorary Secretary of the British Society for Population Studies and a Board Member of the Evolutionary Anthropology Society.
In this episode, we talk about Human Behavioral Ecology (HBE), and some specific aspects of human behavior that it addresses. We start off by talking about the differences and the relationship between HBE and Evolutionary Psychology (EP) and other similar and close sciences of human behavior. We address the issue with studies done on WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Developed) and non-WEIRD societies; transcultural variation and human universals; and comparing modern and natural environments. Then, we tackle specific topics like human mating and reproduction; cooperative breeding and alloparenting in humans; the developmental consequences of father absence; the evolution of menopause; and other related topics.
Time Links:
01:01 Human Behavioral Ecology, Evolutionary Psychology, and Anthropology
02:21 WEIRD and non-WEIRD societies
03:23 Variation and human universals
06:16 Modern environments vs natural environments
09:53 Cues for reproduction
12:26 Humans as cooperative breeders
16:59 differences in mating and reproductive strategies
19:18 Are humans mostly monogamous?
22:03 Father absence and its effects on girls’ development
25:47 About the role of menopause
31:55 Do grandparents still participate in child rearing in modern societies?
34:50 What happens when we have skewed ratios in society?
39:54 About State support and raising children
43:06 Can we use knowledge from human behavioral ecology to solve social issues?
45:11 Follow Dr. Sear’s work!
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Faculty page: https://tinyurl.com/ybdkl2xo
Articles on Researchgate: https://tinyurl.com/y84odan9
Twitter handle: @RebeccaSear
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I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:
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Wednesday Feb 06, 2019

Patrick Lee Miller Part 1: Reason, from the Presocratics to the Modernists | Razão

Wednesday Feb 06, 2019

Tuesday Feb 05, 2019

#5 Patrick Lee Miller: Reason and Morality From Antiquity to Postmodernism | Razão e Moralidade

Tuesday Feb 05, 2019

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Patrick Lee Miller is an associate professor of Philosophy at Duquesne University, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is the author of Becoming God: Pure Reason in Early Greek Philosophy (Bloomsbury, 2012), and co-editor of Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy (Hackett, 2015). He also writes for Quillette.
Here, we talk about reason, from the Presocratics to the Modernists; Morality and the limits of Science; Truth, Morality and the Is/Ought Dichotomy; Postmodernism vs Modernism; the valid critiques of Modernism coming from Postmodernism; Modernism’s shortcomings; and Postmodern politics in society and college campuses.
Links for Dr. Miller’s work:
Faculty Page: http://www.duq.edu/academics/faculty/patrick-lee-miller
Book “Becoming God: Pure Reason in Early Greek Philosophy”: https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-God-Philosophy-Continuum-Studies/dp/1847061648
Quillette essays: http://quillette.com/author/patrick-lee-miller/
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Patrick Lee Miller é um professor associado da Universidade de Duquesne, em Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. É o autor do livro “Becoming God: Pure Reason in Early Greek Philosophy” (Bloomsbury, 2012), e coeditor do livro “Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy” (Hackett, 2015). Escreve, também, para a revista online Quillette.
Aqui, falamos sobre razão, dos Pré-socráticos aos Modernistas; Moralidade e os limites da Ciência; Verdade, Moralidade e a dicotomia É/Deve Ser; Pós-modernismo vs Modernismo; as críticas válidas ao Modernismo pelo Pós-modernismo; as lacunas do Modernismo; e política Pós-moderna na sociedade e nas universidades.
Links para o trabalho do Dr. Miller:
Página da universidade: http://www.duq.edu/academics/faculty/patrick-lee-miller
Livro “Becoming God: Pure Reason in Early Greek Philosophy”: https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-God-Philosophy-Continuum-Studies/dp/1847061648
Ensaios na Quillette: http://quillette.com/author/patrick-lee-miller/
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I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:
https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo
And check out my playlists on:
PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km
PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p
ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g

Monday Feb 04, 2019

#134 Christian Miller: The Character Gap, Our Moral Flaws, and How to Improve Them

Monday Feb 04, 2019

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Dr. Christian B. Miller is the A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University. His research is primarily in contemporary ethics and philosophy of religion. He has written for the Wall Street Journal, Dallas Morning News, Slate, Prospect Magazine, Relevant Magazine, Michael Hyatt Magazine, The Conversation, Newsweek, Aeon, Greater Good Magazine, Nautilus Magazine, Fathom Magazine, Institute of Art and Ideas, and Christianity Today. He’s the author of three books, including Moral Character: An Empirical Theory, Character and Moral Psychology, and the most recent one, The Character Gap: How Good Are We?.
In this episode, our conversation focuses on Dr. Miller’s book, The Character Gap. We talk about moral realism, and alternative approaches to morality. We also refer to some psychological experiments that reveal our moral flaws, and how we can improve them. We also discuss utilitarianism and the effective altruism movement.
Time Links:
00:42 About moral realism, and how we determine our moral flaws
07:38 Knowing our moral shortcomings through Psychology
12:31 Why are motivations important?
19:15 More examples of moral characters flaws
23:58 Is feeling good enough?
29:39 Utilitarianism, and the effective altruism movement
32:49 How to improve our moral character
40:26 What we know about the role religion can play (and what we need to study more)
48:05 Do people need to believe in God?
50:18 Follow Dr. Miller’s work!
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Website: https://tinyurl.com/y7hsr77u
The Character Project: http://www.thecharacterproject.com/
Books: https://tinyurl.com/y7n5xaht
Twitter handle: @CharacterGap
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I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:
https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo
And check out my playlists on:
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ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g

Monday Feb 04, 2019

#3 Louise Mazanti: Alienation in the Modern World | Alienação no Mundo Moderno

Monday Feb 04, 2019

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In this video, I talk with Dr. Louise Mazanti about feminism, men’s rights activism, and human alienation in the modern world.
Dr. Louise Mazanti has trained as a Psychosynthesis counsellor and specialized in Psychosexual Somatics®, which she is now co-developing and teaching with Dr. Mike Lousada, based on his groundbreaking work. In addition, she is trained in energy psychology, esoteric wisdom, she has studied integral philosophy and shamanism.
She has a private practice in London, and works with clients on Skype and wherever she travels, to support her clients regain their sexual and personal power. She is at the faculty at the Esalen Institute in California, and she teaches around the world.
She’s the co-author of the book, Real : Why Everything You Learnt About Is Wrong, alongside her husband, Dr. Mike Lousada.
She also has a Youtube channel, Mazanti-Lousada.
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Neste vídeo, tenho uma conversa com a Dra. Louise Mazanti acerca de feminismo, ativismo pelos direitos dos homens, e alienação humana no mundo moderno.
A Dra. Louise Mazanti tem formação em Psicosíntese e é especializada em Somática Psicossexual, que está a desenvolver e ensinar em conjunto com o Dr. Mike Lousada, baseando-se no seu trabalho inovador. Para além disso, tem treino em energia psicológica, sabedoria esotérica, e estudou filosofia integral e xamanismo.
Tem uma prática privada em Londres, e trabalha com clientes no Skype e onde quer que seja que viaje, para os ajudar a readquirir o seu poder sexual e pessoal. Faz parte do corpo docente do Instituto Esalen, na Califórnia, e dá aulas ao redor do globo.
Escreveu o livro “Real : Why Everything You Learnt About Is Wrong”, em coautoria com o seu marido, o Dr. Mike Lousada.
Tem também um canal do Youtube, Mazanti-Lousada.
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Follow Dr. Mazanti / Sigam a Dra. Mazanti:
Website: https://www.mazantilousada.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/louise_mazanti
Book Real / Livro Real : https://tinyurl.com/yaya8kw6
Youtube channel / Canal do Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/heartdaka
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I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:
https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo
And check out my playlists on:
PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km
PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p
ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g

Friday Feb 01, 2019

Don Ross Part 2: Picoeconomics, Addiction, Scientific Models, and Consilience

Friday Feb 01, 2019

Don Ross Part 1: Naturalism, Philosophy, Economics and Social Science

Friday Feb 01, 2019

#133 Don Ross: Naturalism, Philosophy of Economics, and Addiction

Friday Feb 01, 2019

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Dr. Don Ross is Head of the School of Sociology, Philosophy, Criminology, Government, and Politics at University College Cork, Ireland; Professor of Economics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa; and Program Director for Methodology at the Center for Economic Analysis of Risk at Georgia State University, USA. His research focuses on the foundations of economic theory, the experimental economics of addiction, risk, and time preference, philosophy of science, and infrastructure, trade and industry policy in Africa. He’s also the author of books like Economic Theory and Cognitive Science: Microexplanation; The Picoeconomics and Neuroeconomics of Disordered Gambling; and Every Thing Must Go: Metaphysics Naturalized and Philosophy of Economics.
In this episode, we first tackle the issue of the epistemological value of naturalism and the scientific method, and the role of philosophy in the modern world. Then, we talk about economics; the economic agent; rationality; the interplay between economics, psychology, and sociology; picoeconomics; and the neuroeconomics and picoeconomics of addictive behavior. We finish off by talking about how models of reality are always incomplete and limited, and about the conflict between reductionism and emergentism.
Time Links:
01:15 The epistemology of naturalism and science
05:34 The role of philosophy in a scientific world
11:58 How economics works
17:53 Different levels of analysis
20:49 Rationality in economics
32:13 Economics, psychology, and sociology
41:42 Picoeconomics
50:21 Addiction, decision-making, economics, and clinical psychology
55:20 Addiction, neuroscience, and modern environments
1:02:36 The limitations of having to model reality
1:11:34 Reductionism, emergentism, and consilience
1:21:49 Follow Dr. Ross’ work!
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Books: https://tinyurl.com/y7suze5r
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A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE!
I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:
https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo
And check out my playlists on:
PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km
PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p
ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g