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Mar 4, 2014 • 11min
HeadCon '13 - Daniel Dennett - The De-Darwinizing of Cultural Change [3.4.14]
DANIEL C. DENNETT is a Philosopher; Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, Co-Director, Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University; Author, Intuition Pumps. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/daniel-c-dennett-the-de-darwinizing-of-cultural-change-headcon-13-part-x
Feb 18, 2014 • 24min
HeadCon '13 - Joshua Knobe - Experimental Philosophy & the Notion of the Self
JOSHUA KNOBE is an Experimental Philosopher; Associate Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Yale University. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/josh-knobe-experimental-philosophy-and-the-notion-of-the-self-headcon-13-part-viii
Feb 15, 2014 • 14min
HeadCon '13 - David Pizarro - The Failure of Social and Moral Intuitions [2.25.14]
DAVID PIZARRO is Associate Professor of Psychology, Cornell University, specializing in moral judgement. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/david-pizarro-the-failure-of-social-and-moral-intuitions-headcon-13-part-ix
Feb 3, 2014 • 1h 11min
Kevin Kelly - The Technium [2.3.14]
KEVIN KELLY is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. He helped launch Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor until January 1999. He is currently editor and publisher of the popular Cool Tools, True Film, and Street Use websites. His most recent books are Cool Tools, and What Technology Wants. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/kevin_kelly-the-technium
Jan 23, 2014 • 20min
HeadCon '13 - Laurie Santos - What Makes Humans Unique?
LAURIE SANTOS is Associate Professor, Department of Psychology; Director, Comparative Cognition Laboratory, Yale University. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/laurie-santos-what-makes-humans-unique-headcon-13-part-vii
Dec 16, 2013 • 17min
HeadCon '13 - Joshua Greene - The Role of Brain Imaging in Social Science
JOSHUA GREENE is John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences and the director of the Moral Cognition Laboratory in the Department of Psychology, Harvard University. Author, Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, And The Gap Between Us And Them. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/joshua-greene-the-role-of-brain-imaging-in-social-science-headcon-13-part-vi
Dec 9, 2013 • 22min
HeadCon '13 - Nicholas Christakis - The Science of Social Connections [12.9.13]
NICHOLAS CHRISTAKIS is a Physician and Social Scientist; Director, The Human Nature Lab, Yale University; Coauthor, Connected: The Surprising Power Of Our Social Networks And How They Shape Our Lives. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/nicholas-christakis-the-science-of-social-connections-headcon-13-part-v
Nov 25, 2013 • 25min
HeadCon '13 - Fiery Cushman - The Paradox of Automatic Planning [11.25.13]
FIERY CUSHMAN is Assistant Professor, Cognitive, Linguistic, Social Science, Brown University. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/fiery-cushman-the-paradox-of-automatic-planning-headcon-13-part-iii
Nov 18, 2013 • 51min
HeadCon '13 - June Gruber - The Scientific Study of Positive Emotion [11.18.13]
JUNE GRUBER is Assistant Professor of Psychology, Director, Positive Emotion & Psychopathology Lab, Yale University. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/june-gruber-the-scientific-study-of-positive-emotion-headcon-13-part-ii
Nov 11, 2013 • 30min
HeadCon '13 - Sendhil Mullainathan - What Big Data Means For Social Science [11.11.13]
SENDHIL MULLAINATHAN is Professor of Economics, Harvard; Assistant Director for Research, The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), U.S. Treasury Department (2011-2013); Coauthor, Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/sendhil-mullainathan-what-big-data-means-for-social-science-headcon-13-part-i
