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The Great Debate - Can Science Tell Us Right From Wrong?ASU OriginsNovember 6, 2010
On November 6th, 2010 a panel of renowned scientists, philosophers, and public intellectuals gathered to discuss what impact evolutionary theory and advances in neuroscience might have on traditional concepts of morality. If human morality is an evolutionary adaptation and if neuroscientists can identify specific brain circuitry governing moral... |
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Steven PinkerThe Great DebateNovember 6, 2010Program: The Great Debate - Can Science Tell Us Right From Wrong? Speakers: Steven Pinker Run Time: 12 minutes Steven Pinker is Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard. His research is on visual cognition and the... |
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The Great Debate PanelNovember 6, 2010Program: The Great Debate - Can Science Tell Us Right From Wrong? Speakers: Steven Pinker, Sam Harris, Patricia Churchland, Lawrence Krauss, Simon Blackburn, Peter Singer and Roger Bingham Run Time: 42 minutes A lively panel discussion between Sam Harris, Patricia Smith Churchland, Peter Singer, Lawrence Krauss, Simon Blackburn, Steven Pinker, and... |
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Sam Harris with an introduction by Roger BinghamThe Great DebateNovember 6, 2010Program: The Great Debate - Can Science Tell Us Right From Wrong? Speakers: Sam Harris Run Time: 19 minutes Roger Bingham introduces the Great Debate event and speakers. Sam Harris is introduced at 5:30 and discusses science and human values.Sam... |
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Patricia Smith ChurchlandThe Great DebateNovember 6, 2010Program: The Great Debate - Can Science Tell Us Right From Wrong? Speakers: Patricia Churchland Run Time: 14 minutes Patricia Smith Churchland is a Professor Emerita of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego. She is also an adjunct faculty member at... |
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Peter SingerThe Great DebateNovember 6, 2010Program: The Great Debate - Can Science Tell Us Right From Wrong? Speakers: Peter Singer Run Time: 14 minutes Peter Singer is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He is also a Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne.... |
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Lawrence KraussThe Great DebateNovember 6, 2010Program: The Great Debate - Can Science Tell Us Right From Wrong? Speakers: Lawrence Krauss Run Time: 14 minutes Lawrence Krauss is a Foundation Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration and Department of Physics in ASU’s College of Liberal... |
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Simon BlackburnThe Great DebateNovember 6, 2010Program: The Great Debate - Can Science Tell Us Right From Wrong? Speakers: Simon Blackburn Run Time: 12 minutes Simon Blackburn is the Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity College. He is also a visiting... |
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