Patricia Smith Churchland at Nobel Conference 50
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Channel: Gustavus Adolphus College · 2014 · Education
Patricia Smith Churchland, neurophilosopher, presenting "The Brains behind Morality" at Nobel Conference 50. Neurophilosopher Patricia Smith Churchland – UC President’s Professor of Philosophy Emerita, University of California, San Diego; adjunct professor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego. Subject: -Beginning of Lecture (1:39) -Darwin and Moral Sense (5:25) -Hypothesis: The Influence of Biology and Sociability (14:47) -Cortex Variances (21:17) -Importance of Oxytocin (31:44) -Attachment (34:10) -Cooperation (39:38) -Trust-convention (42:06)
