Beyond Dichotomy | Andrea Hiott

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It's reasonable to care. Exploring philosophical, scientific, technological & poetic spaces beyond either/or bounds. From the heart. Deeply researched. Mostly unscripted. Hosted by philosopher and cognitive scientist Andrea Hiott. A project with Making Ways. Buy the book Holding Paradox: The Navigational Approach to Mind and Consciousness. And join the Substack.

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Beyond Dichotomy | Andrea Hiott

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#7: Mutual Transformative Change with Richard Watson 29.11.2023 1:23:06

Send a love message This is a way-making research conversation with Prof. Richard A. Watson of the University of Southhampton (Institute for Life Sciences/ Department of Computer Science, Agents, Interaction and Complexity group). You can watch the video here . We discuss the traditional ideas of adaptation and a Richard Dawkins style approach to Darwinism and then how this might be reimagined, as...

#6: Scales & Science Fiction with Michael Levin 02.11.2023 1:05:59

Send a love message Scales and Science Fiction with Michael Levin. The first of a multi-part way-making research conversation with Tufts biologist Michael Levin. We discuss his own path and how science fiction helped him see beyond dichotomies. We also discuss the scales of cognition and what it might mean to reorient our understandings of life and mind. Links to the papers mentioned: TAME and Lig...

#5: The Power of Focus with C. Thi Nguyen 07.10.2023 1:04:49

Send a love message A conversation with philosopher and author C. Thi Nguyen about the power of focus, the precision of puzzles, the dangers and delights of games and play and the distinction between them. We talk about his recent book Games, Agency as Art and well as his popular articles Echo Chambers and Epistemic Bubbles and How Twitter gamifies communication . Some of the books and people ment...

#4: Crossing Bounds and Philosophy of Love Improv with Dr. Alex Moseley 23.09.2023 1:25:07

Send a love message A foundational discussion in the philosophy of love with Prof Alex Moseley. Check out the Philosophy of Love encyclopedia article here. Or his other articles. More at What is Love? The three kinds of love we discuss here are eros, agape, and philia. More on this at readings in the philosophy of Love . Here is the website for Alex and his YouTube Channel. Transcript preview: And...

#3: Internal & External Coherence with Lisa Fitzhugh 01.09.2023 1:41:54

Send a love message A powerful conversation with facilitator Lisa Fitzhugh about the coherence between our internal and external worlds. Sometimes we focus so much on cultivating our external persona that we are blind to how such striving affects our private, inner world. What does it take to look honestly at both, and to see their coherence? Lisa works with top business and political leaders to b...

#2: Curious Minds & Edge-working with Perry Zurn 31.08.2023 57:20

Send a love message A discussion of network science, Curious Minds and Edge-working with Perry Zurn, a philosopher at American University. Perry is building the new field of Curiosity Studies. We discuss his newest book Curious Minds: The Power of Connection , written with his twin Dani Bassett, as well as Curiosity and Power and themes from Curiosity Studies: A new Ecology of Knowledge. &quot...