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438. Aboutness, Secular vs. Religious Ethics, & Plato’s Aviary | Dr. Daniel Dennett

2024/4/8
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乔丹·彼得森探讨了科学与道德、世俗与宗教道德之间的关系,以及如何调和科学与宗教的观点差异。他提出了一个关于意向性和最高善的框架,认为宗教是关于意图基础的探究,并试图理解宗教中‘关系’概念的意义。他认为,思想是世俗化的祈祷,通过承认无知、寻求答案来实现目标,并认为科学和宗教的共同点在于对真理的追求。他还探讨了信任和善意在科学和社会中的作用,以及如何应对科学事业的潜在偏差。最后,他关注了当前大学中世俗道德的困境,以及后现代主义对学术自由的负面影响。 丹尼尔·丹内特对宗教的定义是:对超自然力量的坚定信仰,并寻求其认可。他认为宗教观点已被科学观点取代,尽管它可能是文明发展的一个必要前提。他解释了‘意向性’的哲学含义,以及思想如何指向存在或不存在的事物。他认为‘最高善’并非宗教概念,人类是衡量善恶的标准,对善的标准是随着时间推移而演变的。他赞同吉布森关于知觉的观点,但认为吉布森没有解释‘affordances’如何在脑中被追踪。他认为大脑中的所有控制都是由情绪完成的,成熟的过程是情绪和动机系统整合的过程。他批评将宗教中某些真实现象过度实体化,认为这些模式是真实的,但并非额外存在的实体。他认为世俗科学(包括哲学和大学教育)已经超越了宗教,并建立在对善意和信任的假设之上。他认为宗教在过去对文明发展起到了作用,但现在已经过时了,世俗伦理学的验证方式是政治的,而不是科学的。他认为后现代主义及其衍生的身份政治和虚荣信号是大学中出现问题的部分原因,并强调要恢复学术自由和对真理的尊重。他最后谈到了人工智能的危险,认为它们是目前最危险的武器。

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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with writer, philosopher, and cognitive scientist Dr. Daniel Dennett. They discuss the concepts of aboutness, intention, and the highest good as they relate to the religious and secular worlds, the establishment of trust and ethics outside of transcendent presupposition, and the loss of academic freedom at the misapprehension of postmodernism.

 

Dr. Daniel Dennett is an American philosopher, writer, and cognitive scientist. He has published dozens of books, such as “Consciousness Explained" (1992), “Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life” (1996), and “*Breaking the Spell: Religion as Natural Phenomena” *(2007).

 

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The Problem with Counterfeit People (Article on AI, the Atlantic) https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/05/problem-counterfeit-people/674075/

 

Consciousness Explained (Book) https://www.amazon.com/Consciousness-Explained-Daniel-C-Dennett/dp/0316180661

 

I’ve Been Thinking (Book) https://www.amazon.com/Ive-Been-Thinking-Daniel-Dennett/dp/0393868052

 

Breaking the Spell: Religion as Natural Phenomena (Book) https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Spell-Religion-Natural-Phenomenon/dp/0143038338