Arjun Khemani Podcast

#1 – Brett Hall: Knowledge, Evolutionary Psychology and Free Will

May 21, 2022

52:23

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Brett Hall

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Free Will as Our Capacity to Choose

01:20

Useful knowledge solves specific problems

01:56

The Open-Ended Nature of Human Behavior

02:00

The Debate Between Sam Harris and Free Will

04:17

Introduction

4min

Is There a Non-Explanatory Kind of Knowledge?

3min

The Evolution of Explanatory Knowledge Is So Much Faster Than the Evolution of Genetic Knowledge

4min

We Don't Yet Know How This Creativity Thing Came About

5min

Is Evolutionary Psychology a Good Explanation?

4min

Understanding Is the Capacity to Create Explanatory Knowledge

3min

Can We Override Our Genetics?

4min

Are There Other Theories of Free Will?

4min

We're Just an Increment Beyond Chimpanzees, but There's Nothing Special About Us

2min

10.

We're Not Denying the Capacity of Human Beings to Choose

3min

11.

The Hub of Explanatory Knowledge

4min

12.

Is Free Will an Illusion?

3min

13.

The Meaning of Life

6min

14.

The One Fun Thing About Philosophy That I Like Most

3min

Brett's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ToKTeacher

Brett's blog: https://bretthall.org

Brett's podcast (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmP5H2rF-ER33a58ZD5jCig

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