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269 - John Vervaeke - After Socrates

The Symbolic World

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Do These Angels Exist Without Humans?

I think there's a cognitive scientific argument to be made about distributed cognition and collective intelligence top-down causation. I'm not saying Durkheim is right but people don't go oh stupid Durkheim who like no no he's a pivotal figure yeah. The question the same question can be asked about me the question is do I exist without my body and the answer is it's a ridiculous question okay so two things to say about that first of all that second part.

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