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What Is Action? | Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci [Sophia]

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Channel: NonzeroClips · 2018 · People & Blogs

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02:46 What distinguishes “action” from simple motor movement?
10:08 Can animals take deliberate action?
20:28 Why narrative has a place in science and physics
32:07 Biology, evolution, and the emergence of action
44:32 Why does Massimo want a beer?
1:05:25 Dan: The “free will problem” is ill-formed
1:13:35 How the evolution of language brought meaning to human behavior
1:23:46 Massimo and Dan’s latest projects

Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Massimo Pigliucci (CUNY Graduate Center, Plato's Footnote, How To Be a Stoic)

Recorded November 28, 2018

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