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Episode #71: Meg asks Resident Philosopher Nick Whittaker about human vs. animal aesthetic experience


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Timestamps:

  • 00:30: Laying the groundwork. What is Art as Cognition? Cognition as an intellectual process. Higher order brain activity, and Robinson's "Deeper than Reason"
  • 02:00: Philosophy of Emotion. Are emotions things that come from automatic reactions, or are they conceptual? How much brain activity does an emotion need?
  • 03:10: Should we separate thought and emotion? 
  • 05:10: Lower order vs Higher order brain activity. What we share with animals vs what separates us as Humans
  • 06:25: Is the Art experience a lower brain function, or does our brain bring us a more complex experience of it?
  • 09:00: Do we have a hierarchy between higher and lower functions? Are the differences between our brains and that of animals so significant that we're allowed to eat them?
  • 11:30: How do we judge what makes a better brain? Apes and sign language, birds and spoken language. It's not obvious. What about vegetables vs animals?

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