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Agency in Nature
FromThe Psychosphere
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Length:
89 minutes
Released:
Jun 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
A special finale episode with groundbreaking philosophers, Alan Love, Denis Walsh, John Dupre and Helen Steward. Melanie hosts a roundtable discussion on the new science of agency in nature. How did all this intelligence emerge in the first place and why do we ignore the role of the intelligence and agency of other species in our understandings of ecosystems and evolution? Why do other animals pursue their goals and where did all this purposiveness come from in the first place. Listen in to some of the best minds approaching one of the most exciting areas of new research in science.
Released:
Jun 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (23)
Cognition all the way down: Together with world-renowned philosopher, Daniel Dennett, and biologist, Michael Levin, Melanie discusses the idea that the intelligence and agency of a living being may be better understood as distributed or present throughout the body of an... by The Psychosphere