EdgeCast

JONATHAN GOTTSCHALL is a Distinguished Research Fellow in the English Department at Washington & Jefferson College. He is the author or editor of six books, including The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human (a _New York Times _Editor’s Choice Selection and a finalist for the _LA Times _Book Prize). The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/jonathan_gottschall-the-way-we-live-our-lives-in-stories

STEVEN PINKER is the Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. He is the author of ten books, including The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works, The Better Angels of Our Nature, and_ The Sense of Style_ (September). The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/steven_pinker-writing-in-the-21st-century

DANIEL C. DENNETT is a Philosopher; Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, Co-Director, Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University; Author, Intuition Pumps. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/daniel-c-dennett-the-de-darwinizing-of-cultural-change-headcon-13-part-x

JOSHUA KNOBE is an Experimental Philosopher; Associate Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Yale University. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/josh-knobe-experimental-philosophy-and-the-notion-of-the-self-headcon-13-part-viii

DAVID PIZARRO is Associate Professor of Psychology, Cornell University, specializing in moral judgement. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/david-pizarro-the-failure-of-social-and-moral-intuitions-headcon-13-part-ix

KEVIN KELLY is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. He helped launch Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor until January 1999. He is currently editor and publisher of the popular Cool Tools, True Film, and Street Use websites. His most recent books are Cool Tools, and What Technology Wants. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/kevin_kelly-the-technium

LAURIE SANTOS is Associate Professor, Department of Psychology; Director, Comparative Cognition Laboratory, Yale University. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/laurie-santos-what-makes-humans-unique-headcon-13-part-vii

JOSHUA GREENE is John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences and the director of the Moral Cognition Laboratory in the Department of Psychology, Harvard University. Author, Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, And The Gap Between Us And Them. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/joshua-greene-the-role-of-brain-imaging-in-social-science-headcon-13-part-vi

NICHOLAS CHRISTAKIS is a Physician and Social Scientist; Director, The Human Nature Lab, Yale University; Coauthor, Connected: The Surprising Power Of Our Social Networks And How They Shape Our Lives. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/nicholas-christakis-the-science-of-social-connections-headcon-13-part-v

FIERY CUSHMAN is Assistant Professor, Cognitive, Linguistic, Social Science, Brown University. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/fiery-cushman-the-paradox-of-automatic-planning-headcon-13-part-iii