The Dissenter

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/the-dissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuy PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. Gerard Saucier is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon. He won the 1999 Cattell Early Career Research Award from the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology. His research focuses on Personality Psychology, Values, Cultural Psychology, Moral Psychology, and Political Psychology. Dr. Saucier has been a leader in developing and refining dimensional models for personality (the Big Five, and upgrading from the Big Five to a more comprehensive Big Six model and a broader, more universal 'Big Two') and beliefs and values (e.g., dimensions of ‘isms’). In this episode, we talk about personality psychology, and the Big Five, Big Six and HEXACO personality traits inventories, and the Big Two. We start off with an overview of the historical and scientific importance of the development of the Big Five personality traits to personality psychology, and the scientific rationale behind them, the lexical hypothesis/rationale. Then, we discuss the Big Six and the HEXACO, and how these inventories are arrived at. We also talk about what would be the goals of the development of these inventories, with special emphasis on universality and predictive ability. We discuss briefly the ten aspects of the Big Five, and then finish off by talking about the application of these inventories to clinical psychology, and the ways by which culture might influence personality traits and how they get expressed. Time Links: 01:00 The scientific relevance of the Big Five 02:35 The lexical hypothesis/rationale           11:35 The Big Six and the HEXACO     17:01 The Big Two (Social Self-Regulation and Dynamism)           21:21 The goals of the development of personality inventories, including universality and prediction       28:26 The ten aspects of the Big Five           30:34 The application of these models to clinical psychology and occupational counseling       36:11 Are there any major cultural trends that influence personality traits or how they get expressed?   43:03 Follow Dr. Saucier’s work!    -- Follow Dr. Saucier’s work: Faculty page: https://tinyurl.com/y3gwro5m Articles on Researchgate: https://tinyurl.com/y5ncu54z Twitter handle: @G_Saucier -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, HANS FREDRIK SUNDE, BRIAN RIVERA, ADRIANO ANDRADE, YEVHEN BODRENKO, SERGIU CODREANU, AD

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Mr. Ville Tulkki is a Doctor of Science in Technology and a Certified project manager (IPMA-C) from Finland. He’s a member of Fuel&Materials, part of the Halden Programme Group. He’s also a Member of the Jules Horowitz Reactor Fuel Working Group. And he was the Chief Scientific Investigator of Finland for the IAEA Coordinated Research Project FUMEX-III from 2009 to 2012. In this episode, we talk about what is nuclear energy; the historical nuclear accidents (namely, Chernobyl and Fukushima), their causes and consequences; the advantages and shortcomings of nuclear energy; the comparison between nuclear energy and other energy sources, mainly the renewables; waste product management in nuclear power plants; and the future of nuclear energy, in terms of the 4th generation of nuclear reactors, and nuclear fusion. -- O Sr. Ville Tulkki possui um doutoramento em Tecnologia e é um Gestor de Projetos certificado (IPMA-C) da Finlândia. É um membro da Fuel&Materials, parte do Halden Programme Group. É também um membto do Jules Horowitz Reactor Fuel Working Group. E foi o Investigador Científico Chefe da Finlândia no AEA Coordinated Research Project FUMEX-III, entre 2009 e 2012. Neste episódio, falamos sobre o que é a energia nuclear; os acidentes nucleares históricos (nomeadamente, Chernobyl e Fukushima), as suas causas e consequências; as vantagens e desvantagens da energia nuclear; a comparação entre energia nuclear e outras fontes energéticas, principalmente as renováveis; gestão de resíduos nas centrais nucleares; e o futuro da energia nuclear, em termos da quarta geração de reatores nucleares, e da energia nuclear. Follow Mr. Tulkki’s work: Professional page: https://www.vtt.fi/vtt-professionals?name=Ville.Tulkki Twitter handle: @VTulkki -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g 

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/the-dissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuy PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Samuel Andreyev is a Canadian music composer and writer residing in France. He also has a YouTube channel with his name. This is my third interview with him, so please go check out the first two. First interview, “Music Across Times and Cultures”: https://youtu.be/9UENs9ia6Zo Second interview, “Philosophy of Music and Art”: https://youtu.be/HUiV4Hgw924 In this episode, we talk about aesthetic and artistic tastes and preferences, and their innate and acquired aspects. We also refer to the issues with trying to find patterns in music from different times and cultures that might be universal and biologically based.  Time Links: 01:12 Are aesthetic and artistic preferences innate or acquired? 04:09 Biological and physiological constraints          09:08 The relationship between musical sounds and natural sounds     13:51 Is there a “savannah hypothesis” for the evolutionary bases of music?        18:38 Social influences       28:54 The issues with finding patterns of musical tastes in different times and cultures          41:28 Modernism, and the issue with classifying something as “ugly” or “beautiful”      52:20 As an artist, is there peer pressure to conform to certain standards?   -- Follow Mr. Andreyev’s work: His personal website: http://www.samuelandreyev.com/ His Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI_dcH8Zr2UqNT1EqvMNgTg Twitter handle: @SamuelAndreyev Support Samuel’s work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/samuelandreyev -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, HANS FREDRIK SUNDE, BRIAN RIVERA, ADRIANO ANDRADE, YEVHEN BODRENKO, SERGIU CODREANU, ADAM BJERRE, JUSTIN WATERS, AND ŁUKASZ STAFINIAK! A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY FIRST PRODUCER, Yzar Wehbe! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY:

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. Frans de Waal is a Dutch primatologist and ethologist. He is the Charles Howard Candler professor of Primate Behavior at the Emory University psychology department in Atlanta, Georgia, US, the director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, a Distinguished Professor at the University of Utrecht, and author of numerous books including Chimpanzee Politics and The Bonobo and the Atheist. Here, we talk about what Primatology offers to the study of human psychology; primate models to human psychology; the evolutionary history of primates and their cognitive development; intentionality attribution; the sociality of bonobos and chimpanzees; morality and sociality in primates. -- O Dr. Frans de Waal é um primatólogo e etólogo holandês. Ele é o professor Charles Howard Candler de Comportamento Primata do departamento de psicologia da Universidade de Emory, em Atlanta, Georgia, EUA, o diretor do Living Links Center do Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Professor Honorário da Universidade de Utrecht, e autor de inúmeros livros incluindo Chimpanzee Politics e The Bonobo and the Atheist. Aqui, falamos sobre o que a Primatologia oferece ao estudo da psicologia humana; modelos primatas da psicologia humana; a história evolutiva dos primatas e o seu desenvolvimento cognitivo; atribuição de intencionalidade; a socialidade dos bonobos e dos chimpanzés; moralidade e socialidade nos primatas. -- Follow Dr. de Waal’s work: Faculty page: http://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/people/dewaal.shtml His books: https://www.amazon.com/Frans-De-Waal/e/B000APOHE0 -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/the-dissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuy PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. Glenn Geher is Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York at New Paltz where he has been awarded SUNY Chancellor Awards for Excellence for both Teaching and Research. In addition to teaching various courses and directing the New Paltz Evolutionary Psychology Lab, Dr. Geher serves as founding director of the campus’ Evolutionary Studies (EvoS) program. He is also credited as the founder of the NorthEastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS). He has also published several books including Evolutionary Psychology 101, Mating Intelligence Unleashed: The Role of the Mind in Sex, Dating, and Love, and Straightforward Statistics. In Darwin's Subterranean World: Evolution, Mind, and Mating Intelligence, his Psychology Today blog, Dr. Geher addresses various topics related to the human condition. In this episode, we talk about the evolution of human mating, mating intelligence and the PsychTable, a periodic table of evolved psychological adaptations. We first go through the evolutionary bases of human mating, including the importance of sexual competition and sexual selection, and distinguishing between short-term and long-term strategies in both sexes. Then, we discuss Mating Intelligence and if it really varies independently of General Intelligence and IQ, and also attachment theory. Finally, we talk about the PychTable; the criteria for considering something an adaptation; some criticisms of Evolutionary Psychology (EP); and also the relationship between EP and Biology, and if in the future it could be the unifying framework for all of the branches of Psychology. Time Links: 01:32 The evolutionary bases of human mating 11:50 Intrasexual competition and intersexual selection          15:52 Distinguishing between short-term and long-term mating preferences    23:53 Mating Intelligence and its relationship with General Intelligence        32:51 Attachment style and human mating       38:30 The PsychTable, a periodic table of evolved psychological adaptations          42:28 The criteria for something to be classified as an adaptation     46:33 Addressing some criticisms against Evolutionary Psychology (EP) – its interdisciplinarity  48:55 Is EP about adaptations all the way down? 54:02 Is Psychology a branch of Biology? Can EP unite all branches of Psychology?   58:34 Follow Dr. Geher’s work!    -- Follow Dr. Geher’s work: Faculty page: https://tinyurl.com/ycx7hugf Books: https://tinyurl.com/y934rwsq Darwin’s Subterrane

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT A Vera Gomes sofre de doença inflamatória do intestino, neste caso colite ulcerosa, e é uma ativista a tentar sensibilizar para este tipo de condições de saúde, em Portugal, mas também no resto do mundo.  Para o efeito, ela tem um blogue, em português, Escadinhas do Quebra Costas, no qual escreve sobre estas doenças, e também tenta mostrar às pessoas através da sua própria experiência como é viver com uma condição deste tipo.  Neste episódio, falamos sobre a experiência dela a lidar com a colite ulcerosa; o que é que a doença inflamatória da intestino (DII), e como se distingue do síndrome do intestino irritado (SII); de que maneiras a DII pode afetar a vida pessoal e profissional das pessoas que dela padecem; a dificuldade de diagnóstico; a petição que está a ser avaliada na Assembleia da República com propostas para melhorar as condições de vida destes doentes; e como podem ser alvos fáceis de propaganda vinda das medicinas e terapias alternativas. -- Vera Gomes suffers from inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis in her case, and she’s an activist who tries to raise awareness about these health conditions, in Portugal but also in the rest of the world. She’s the author of a blog, Escadinhas do Quebra Costas, in which she writes about these diseases, and also tries to showcase, through her own experience, how it is to live with a condition like this. In this episode, we talk about her personal experience while dealing with ulcerative colitis; what is inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and how we can distinguish it from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); in what ways IBD can affect the personal and professional lives of people who suffer from it; the difficulty in making a diagnosis; the petition that is being evaluated at the Republican Assembly (in Portugal) with proposals to improve the life conditions of these patients; and how they can be easy targets of propaganda coming from alternative medicine and therapies. -- Blogue Escadinhas do Quebra Costas: https://www.wook.pt/livro/a-vida-e-um-sopro-miguel-mealha-estrada/21607840 Associação Portuguesa da Doença Inflamatória do Intestino: http://www.apdi.org.pt/ -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g 

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. Monique Borgerhoff Mulder trained as a social anthropologist at the University of Edinburgh, and received a Ph.D. at Northwestern University. After a post doc at the Evolution and Human Behavior Program at the University of Michigan, she joined the UC Davis Anthropology (Evolutionary Wing) faculty, where she is now a Distinguished Professor. Professor Borgerhoff Mulder is a human behavioral ecologist (HBE) working on projects relating to life history, inequality, natural resource management, and patterned cultural variation. Here, we talk about what is Evolutionary Anthropology; the conciliation between Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavioral Ecology; the role of biology and culture in determining gender roles; how the studies done with the Pimbwe add nuance to the study of gender roles; the importance of sexual selection in the creation and exaggeration of sexual dimorphisms; what factors influence reproductive skew in humans; the interaction between mating, parenting and subsistence in the behavior directed at offspring; how the number of mates and the number of years spent with each mate influence fitness; mate selection in different ecological conditions; the problem with romanticizing hunter-gatherer and prehistorical peoples. -- A Dra. Monique Borgerhoff Mulder teve formação como antropóloga social na Universidade de Edinburgh, e recebeu um doutoramento pela Universidade de Northwestern. Após um pós-doutoramento no Evolution and Human Behavior Program da Universidade de Michigan, juntou-se à faculdade de Antropologia (Ramo Evolutivo) da UC Davis, onde é agora Professora Honorária. A Professora Borgerhoff Mulder é uma ecologista comportamental humana, trabalhando em projetos relacionados com história de vida, desigualdade, gestão de recursos naturais, e variação cultural padronizada. Aqui, falamos sobre o que é a Antropologia Evolutiva; a conciliação entre a Psicologia Evolutiva e a Ecologia Comportamental Humana; o papel da biologia e da cultura na determinação dos papéis de género; como os estudos feitos na tribo dos Pimbwe dão nuance ao estudo dos papéis de género; a importância da seleção sexual na criação e exagero das dismorfias sexuais; que fatores influenciam a reprodução assimétrica nos humanos; a interação entre acasalamento, parentalidade e subsistência no comportamento dirigido à prole; como é que o número de parceiros e o número de anos partilhados com cada parceiro influenciam o fitness; seleção de parceiro em diferentes condições ecológicas; o problema com a romantização dos caçadores-coletores e povos pré-históricos.  -- Follow Dr. Borgerhoff Mulder’s work: Faculty page: http://anthropology.ucdavis.edu/people/fzborger Her books: https://www.amazon.com/Monique-Borgerhoff-Mulder/e/B001H6U2MM -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHIL

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. David F. Lancy is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Utah State University. He is the author/editor of several books on childhood and culture, including Cross-Cultural Studies in Cognition and Mathematics (1983), Studying Children and Schools (2001), Playing on the Mother Ground: Cultural Routines for Children's Learning (1996) and Anthropological Perspectives on Learning in Childhood (2010). Here, we talk about children’s play as a human universal; teaching behavior from adults in different cultures and ecological conditions; children’s acquisition of language and motherese; what children naturally seek to learn and what they can learn just through observation, imitation, and emulation; the differences between parents’ behavior toward children learning in traditional and WEIRD societies; gender roles; the role of alloparenting in traditional societies; and the relationship between learning impairments and infanticide. -- O Dr. David F. Lancy é Professor Emérito de Antropologia na Utah State University. É o autor/editor de vários livros sobre infância e cultura, incluindo Cross-Cultural Studies in Cognition and Mathematics (1983), Studying Children and Schools (2001), Playing on the Mother Ground: Cultural Routines for Children's Learning (1996) e Anthropological Perspectives on Learning in Childhood (2010). Aqui, falamos sobre a brincadeira nas crianças como universal humano; o comportamento de ensino da parte dos adultos em diferentes culturas e condições ecológicas; a aquisição de língua por parte das crianças e o “motherese”; o que as crianças naturalmente procuram aprender e o que podem aprender através da observação, imitação e emulação; as diferenças entre o comportamento dos pais em relação à aprendizagem das crianças em sociedades tradicionais e WEIRD; papéis de género; o papel do “alloparenting” nas sociedades tradicionais; e a relação entre défices de aprendizagem e infanticídio. -- Follow Dr. Lancy’s work: Faculty page: http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/authors/239709#iW28x5caQADeAqq0.97 His Psychology Today blog: https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/benign-neglect His books: https://www.amazon.com/David-F.-Lancy/e/B001HP196G -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/the-dissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuy PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. Robert McCauley is the William Rand Kenan Jr. University Professor of Philosophy at the Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture, at Emory University. Dr. McCauley is a professor of philosophy, psychology, religion, and anthropology who is a pioneer in the cognitive science of religion. He is also the author of Why Religion Is Natural and Science Is Not and of Philosophical Foundations of the Cognitive Science of Religion as well as the co-author with E. Thomas Lawson of both Bringing Ritual to Mind: Psychological Foundations of Cultural Forms and Rethinking Religion: Connecting Cognition and Culture. Dr. McCauley is also the editor of The Churchlands and Their Critics and the co-editor with Harvey Whitehouse of Mind and Religion. In this episode, we go through some of the basics of the cognitive science of religion, and also how it goes through addressing the study of religion in its biological, cognitive/psychological and cultural aspects. We start by defining cognitive psychology of religion, and its methods. We then address the relationship between biology and culture, and how to go from cognition to culture. We talk briefly about some of the major cognitive bases of religion, and the role that rituals play in religion. Dr. McCauley also goes through a slide that summarizes the evolutionary approaches that we have to the study of religion, including natural selection, sexual selection, group selection, and how they might operate at the level of genetics, individuals and groups. And we finish off by talking about the aspects in which religion is intuitive to people, and why science is so counterintuitive, and also the relationship between science and religion. Time Links: 01:11 What is the cognitive science of religion? 12:24 The limitations of pure cultural approaches          19:00 The relationship between biology and culture    24:47 How to get from cognition to culture, and from culture to cognition        35:21 How language might influence the way we perceive the world       47:19 The cognitive bases of religion          1:00:04 Religion is not a special human cultural phenomenon completely separate from the others     1:08:10 The importance of ritual in religion, and its function  1:26:14 The issue with interpretation in the study of religion 1:33:06 Evolutionary approaches to religion  1:46:45 Why religion is natural, and science is not  1:54:54 Is science a sociocultural construct? 1:57:49 Are science and religion compatible with one another?  2:05:16 Follow Dr. McCauley’s work!    -- Follow Dr. McC

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/the-dissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuy PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. Jessica Pierce is an American bioethicist, philosopher, and writer. She currently has a loose affiliation with the Center for Bioethics and Humanities, University of Colorado Denver, but considers herself mostly independent. She has previously worked variously at the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Randolph-Macon Women's College, having studied at the University of Virginia, Harvard Divinity School and Scripps College. Early in her career, she focused on questions of human health and the environment, co-authoring Environmentalism and the New Logic of Business (Oxford, 2000) and The Ethics of Environmentally Responsible Health Care (Oxford, 2004). Since the 2000s, much of her work has focused on human relationships with animals. She collaborated with Marc Bekoff for Wild Justice (Chicago, 2010), and authored The Last Walk (Chicago, 2012), Run, Spot, Run (Chicago, 2016), and The Animals' Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age (2017). In this episode, we talk about animal ethics. First, we focus on the biological bases of morality and their importance to animal ethics, and some aspects of animal psychology that might be particularly relevant to the discussion, like consciousness and empathy. In the second part of the interview, we talk about specific topics, like animal research and testing in science, animal conservation in zoos and aquaria, and the food industry and veganism. Finally, Dr. Pierce gives us an overview of the research she is doing with Dr. Marc Bekoff for a new book, that is tentatively titled “A Dogs’ World”, and also a short teaser to a book that she will release next month, “Unleashing Your Dog”.  Time Links: 01:20 The importance of biology, comparative and evolutionary psychology, and neuroscience to animal ethics 04:12 The aspects of animal psychology that are relevant to ethics          10:10 Is consciousness important?     13:23 The ethical implications of knowing how morality works in other animals        21:13 About empathy       26:10 Are parental care and communal nursing moral behaviors?          29:14 What is the legal and moral status that we should attribute to animals?     33:22 Animal research and testing in science  40:13 Animal conservation in zoos and aquaria  46:42 The food industry, veganism, and lab meat 56:07 About Dr. Pierce’s upcoming book, A Dogs’ World, and how dogs would fare in a world without humans 1:06:46 And her new book coming out next month, Unleashing Your Dog     1:09:47 Follow Dr. Pierce’s work! &nbsp