Dangerous memes | Dan Dennett

Starting with the simple tale of an ant, philosopher Dan Dennett unleashes a devastating salvo of ideas, making a powerful case for the existence of memes -- concepts that are literally alive.



TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes -- including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin.

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts.

Daniel Dennett: How Does the Brain Store Beliefs?

What if beliefs could be surgically inserted into a patient's brain? This is the basis of one of philosopher Daniel C. Dennett's thought experiments in exploration of how the brain represents beliefs. Daniel C. Dennett argues that individual beliefs are part of broader idea systems and that they couldn't possibly be stored like a library of belief sentences.

The complete idiot's guide to atheism

Start thinking



With Carl Sagan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, David Attenborough, Michael Shermer, Daniel C Dennett and Sam Harris

Daniel Dennett, Author and Philosopher - Friendly Atheist Podcast

Daniel Dennett is a philosopher/professor at Tufts University and the author of Breaking the Spell.

Jessica spoke with him about the term "atheist" and its alternatives, his project "Caught in the Pulpit" about preachers who no longer believe what they preach, and the culture of Americans who prefer to stay put instead of travel abroad.



Daniel Dennett, Author and Philosopher - Friendly Atheist Podcast EP 14
2014

Daniel Dennett - How To Tell You're An Atheist

Philosopher Daniel Dennett was one of the stars of the Global Atheist Convention in Melbourne and gave a brilliant and whimsical talk on defining the atheist. He is the uber-philospher of the mind and a great provocateur, though he was speaking to 4000 non believers at this convention.



Daniel C Dennett talks specifically about The Clergy Project in the middle of his talk at 19 min 15 sec.
For more info: see http://clergyproject.org/

Can Rationality Be Taught?

Panel discussion at TAM 2014: Can Rationality Be Taught?



Featuring Daniel Dennett, Julia Galef, Barbara Drescher, Ginger Campbell and Scott Lilienfeld.

The Limits Of Science @ Het Denkgelag

Daniel Dennett, Lawrence Krauss and Massimo Pigliucci discuss The Limits Of Science @ Het Denkgelag



00:00 Introduction
07:07 Limits of Science
19:40 God & the Supernatural
31:20 Science & Morality
50:11 Something out of Nothing
1:03:42 The Value of Philosophy
1:20:59 Cognitive Limits
1:35:43 Questions:
- 1:35:56 Science & Politics
- 1:43:33 The Status of Economics
- 1:48:17 Does Consciousness Exist?

1:55:00 Credits

English and Dutch subtitles coming soon!

Website: http://www.hetdenkgelag.be

Do the New Atheists have any new ideas?

Do the New Atheists have any new ideas? - five-minute debate



Andrew Brown challenges philosopher and atheist Daniel Dennett to convince him that the New Atheists have new ideas -- and that they have really changed the face of belief in America. Dennett, one of the original 'four horsemen' of new atheism (along with Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens), has argued that belief in God is not merely mistaken, but dangerous.

Bill Moyers interviews Daniel C Dennett

In this interview with Bill Moyers, Daniel C Dennett delivers a sharp and clear synthesis of a library of evolutionary, anthropological and psychological research on the origin and spread of religion.

Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris & Ayaan Hirsi Ali

A Celebration of Reason - 2012 Global Atheist Convention



13-15th April - Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre
Presented by the Atheist Foundation of Australia

How To Tell You're An Atheist, Daniel Dennett

Philosopher Daniel Dennett was one of the stars of the Global Atheist Convention in Melbourne and gave a brilliant and whimsical talk on defining the atheist. He is the uber-philospher of the mind and a great provocateur, though he was speaking to 4000 non believers at this convention.



He talks specifically about The Clergy Project in the middle of his talk at 19 min 15 sec.

Full Length Talk by Daniel Dennett - 'How To Tell You're An Atheist'

Dan Dennett: Responding to Pastor Rick Warren

Philosopher Dan Dennett calls for religion -- all religion -- to be taught in schools, so we can understand its nature as a natural phenomenon.



Then Daniel C Dennett takes on The Purpose-Driven Life, disputing its claim that, to be moral, one must deny evolution.

Daniel Dennett on William Lane Craig

Following a presentation of theistic arguments by William Lane Craig, Daniel Dennett gives an impromptu appraisal.

Charles Darwin's Dangerous Idea

Why does Charles Darwin's "dangerous idea" matter more today than ever, and how does it explain the past and predict the future of life on Earth? The first show interweaves the drama of Darwin's life with current documentary sequences, introducing key concepts of evolution. Evolution determines who lives, who dies, and who passes traits on to the next generation. The process plays a critical role in our daily lives, yet it is one of the most overlooked and misunderstood concepts ever described. The Evolution series goals are to heighten public understanding of evolution and how it works, to dispel common misunderstandings about the process, and to illuminate why it is relevant to all of us.



The Evolution project's eight-hour television miniseries travels the world to examine evolutionary science and the profound effect it has had on society and culture. From the genius and torment of Charles Darwin to the scientific revolution that spawned the tree of life, from the power of sex to drive evolutionary change to the importance of mass extinctions in the birth of new species, the Evolution series brings this fascinating process to life. The series also explores the emergence of consciousness, the origin and success of humans, and the perceived conflict between science and religion in understanding life on Earth.

With Daniel C Dennett,

PBS Documentary, Broadcast 2001

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (full movie)

Ben Stein's "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" is a Intelligent Design promotionel movie about "the freedom of speech suppression to which Intelligent Design proponents are being subjected" to by the "atheistic American academic dictatorship".







With:

Richard Dawkins
PZ Meyers
Danniel C Dennett
Michael Shermer
Genie Scott/Eugenie Scott

Intelligent Design:
William
Jonathan Wells
John Lennox

How To Tell You're An Atheist

Philosopher Daniel Dennett was one of the stars of the Global Atheist Convention in Melbourne and gave a brilliant and whimsical talk on defining the atheist. He is the uber-philospher of the mind and a great provocateur, though he was speaking to 4000 non believers at this convention.



He talks specifically about The Clergy Project in the middle of his talk at 19 min 15 sec.

Richard Dawkins & Daniel C Dennett in Oxford 2012

A talk between Daniel C Dennett & Richard Dawkins



Taped live at the event in Oxford, UK by clearstory.co.uk Oxford, United Kingdom. 9 May 2012

The complete idiots guide to atheists

With Carl Sagan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, David Attenborough, Michael Shermer, Daniel C Dennett, Sam Harris

Daniel Dennett on William Lane Craig

Following a presentation of theistic arguments by William Lane Craig, Daniel C Dennett gives an impromptu appraisal.

Daniel C Dennett on What Should Replace Religions?

Daniel C. Dennett, Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, on What Should Replace Religions?



October 2, 2010 at the Humanist Canada Convention, Montreal