The Dissenter

------------------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. Derek Elliott is a newly minted doctor of philosophy from Duquesne University. He specializes in philosophy of psychology as well as action theory with a special interest in irrationality and evolutionary psychology. In this episode, we go through some of the main topics of Dr. Elliott’s dissertation, “Beyond Enlightenment: The Evolution of Agency and the Modularity of the Mind in a Post-Darwinian World”. We talk about some of the values and beliefs of the Enlightenment that recent science, particularly the evolutionary behavioral sciences, has been undermining, namely reason, free will, and the notion of agency. We talk about the argumentative theory of reason. We also discuss how most of what happens in our minds occurs at a subconscious level, and how we have very little control over our behavior, and how very little we understand about our motivations and the causes of our actions. We also talk a little but about consciousness, the relationship between consciousness, free will and agency, self-deception, the modular approach to the human mind, and the meaning of life from a Darwinian perspective. Time Links: 00:51 What the Enlightenment got wrong 07:23 A new approach to reason              13:30 Most of what happens in our minds is unconscious         19:18 Reason, decision-making, and free will     28:11 Descartes’ approach to the human mind   33:41 What is “rational” behavior?    41:38 Consciousness from an evolutionary perspective     52:11 Consciousness, free will and agency  58:50 On self-deception 1:07:39 Is overconfidence maladaptive? 1:13:12 The social value of wrong knowledge 1:16:48 About modularity of mind 1:20:33 Does natural selection promote selfishness? 1:22:49 A Darwinian meaning of life? 1:32:06 Follow Dr. Elliott’s work! -- Link to Dr. Elliott’s dissertation: https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/1737/?fbclid=IwAR0Gqc9s_ApbwqzlG7o9y2XWq5ZlehaU7PAznsSuWEaTnyVwEv0yB6x80iw -- 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, HANS FREDRIK SUNDE, BRIAN RIVERA AND ADRIANO ANDRADE! 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. Patrick Colm Hogan is Distinguished Professor of the Department of English, and the Institute for Brain and Cognitive Sciences, at the University of Connecticut, US. His specialties are: literary theory, cognitive and affective science of literature, and world literature. He’s the author of several books, including The Mind and Its Stories, What Literature Teaches Us About Emotion, and Beauty and Sublimity. In this episode, we talk about human universals. First, we discuss what are human universals, and how we can determine them. Then, we talk more specifically about aesthetic human universals, including their evolutionary bases; sexual selection; Individual and social experiences of aesthetics; universals in literary fiction; the social function of literature; and literature, storytelling and theory of mind. Time Links: 00:46 What are human universals? 05:36 How do we determine them?             14:45 The evolutionary bases of aesthetics and beauty         28:05 Sexual selection for artistic behavior     34:58 Individual and social experiences of aesthetics    47:52 Modularity of mind and aesthetic response    1:04:07 Universals in literary fiction   1:11:24 The social function of literature and oral storytelling  1:29:31 Literature, storytelling and theory of mind 1:33:32 The study of innate aspects of the human mind in the Humanities 1:40:09 The importance of evolutionary and neuroscientific science 1:41:42 Follow Dr. Colm Hogan’s work! -- Follow Dr. Colm Hogan’s work: Literary Universals Project: https://literary-universals.uconn.edu/ Faculty page: https://tinyurl.com/y8py757c Articles on Researchgate: https://tinyurl.com/y92n42be Books: https://tinyurl.com/y7tz3fcd -- 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 This is Part 2 of the conversation with Dr. Patrick Colm Hogan: Literature, Storytelling, Theory of Mind, and the Humanities.  Time Links:  00:00 Universals in literary fiction  07:17 The social function of literature and oral storytelling  25:14 Literature, storytelling and theory of mind 29:25 The study of innate aspects of the human mind in the Humanities 36:02 The importance of evolutionary and neuroscientific science 37:35 Follow Dr. Colm Hogan’s work! -- 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 This is Part 1 of the conversation with Dr. Patrick Colm Hogan: Human Universals, Evolution, Beauty and Aesthetics. Time Links:  00:46 What are human universals? 05:36 How do we determine them?  14:45 The evolutionary bases of aesthetics and beauty    28:05 Sexual selection for artistic behavior  34:58 Individual and social experiences of aesthetics  47:52 Modularity of mind and aesthetic response  -- 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. Rebecca Sear is Reader at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), teaching demography and researching human reproductive behaviour from an evolutionary perspective. She is trained in zoology, biological anthropology, and statistics, and subsequently worked first in a social science institution (London School of Economics) and then in an institution of global and public health (LSHTM). Having been exposed to a variety of disciplines, she is particularly interested in how the natural, social and medical sciences can be integrated as we try to understand our own species, and aims to conduct research somewhere inbetween these disciplines. She is particularly interested in taking a comparative perspective to understanding human reproductive behaviour, and exploring why such behaviour varies between, as well as within, populations. In 2008, she co-founded the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association, and she’s currently Honorary Secretary of the British Society for Population Studies and a Board Member of the Evolutionary Anthropology Society. In this episode, we talk about Human Behavioral Ecology (HBE), and some specific aspects of human behavior that it addresses. We start off by talking about the differences and the relationship between HBE and Evolutionary Psychology (EP) and other similar and close sciences of human behavior. We address the issue with studies done on WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Developed) and non-WEIRD societies; transcultural variation and human universals; and comparing modern and natural environments. Then, we tackle specific topics like human mating and reproduction; cooperative breeding and alloparenting in humans; the developmental consequences of father absence; the evolution of menopause; and other related topics. Time Links: 01:01 Human Behavioral Ecology, Evolutionary Psychology, and Anthropology 02:21 WEIRD and non-WEIRD societies             03:23 Variation and human universals        06:16 Modern environments vs natural environments     09:53 Cues for reproduction    12:26 Humans as cooperative breeders    16:59 Sex differences in mating and reproductive strategies   19:18 Are humans mostly monogamous?  22:03 Father absence and its effects on girls’ development 25:47 About the role of menopause 31:55 Do grandparents still participate in child rearing in modern societies? 34:50 What happens when we have skewed sex ratios in society? 39:54 About State support and raising children  43:06 Can we use knowledge from human behavioral ecology to solve social issues? 45:11 Follow Dr. Sear’s work! -- Follow Dr. Sear’s work: Faculty page: https://tinyurl.com/ybdkl2xo Articles on Researchgate: https://tinyurl.com/y84odan9 Twitter handle: @RebeccaSear -- 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/efdb1

------------------Support the channel------------Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenterPayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter------------------Follow me on---------------------Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT--Patrick Lee Miller is an associate professor of Philosophy at Duquesne University, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is the author of Becoming God: Pure Reason in Early Greek Philosophy (Bloomsbury, 2012), and co-editor of Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy (Hackett, 2015). He also writes for Quillette.Here, we talk about reason, from the Presocratics to the Modernists; Morality and the limits of Science; Truth, Morality and the Is/Ought Dichotomy; Postmodernism vs Modernism; the valid critiques of Modernism coming from Postmodernism; and Modernism’s shortcomings.Links for Dr. Miller’s work:Faculty Page: http://www.duq.edu/academics/faculty/patrick-lee-millerBook “Becoming God: Pure Reason in Early Greek Philosophy”: https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-God-Philosophy-Continuum-Studies/dp/1847061648Quillette essays: http://quillette.com/author/patrick-lee-miller/--Patrick Lee Miller é um professor associado da Universidade de Duquesne, em Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. É o autor do livro “Becoming God: Pure Reason in Early Greek Philosophy” (Bloomsbury, 2012), e coeditor do livro “Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy” (Hackett, 2015). Escreve, também, para a revista online Quillette. Aqui, falamos sobre razão, dos Pré-socráticos aos Modernistas; Moralidade e os limites da Ciência; Verdade, Moralidade e a dicotomia É/Deve Ser; Pós-modernismo vs Modernismo; as críticas válidas ao Modernismo pelo Pós-modernismo; e as lacunas do Modernismo.Links para o trabalho do Dr. Miller:Página da universidade: http://www.duq.edu/academics/faculty/patrick-lee-millerLivro “Becoming God: Pure Reason in Early Greek Philosophy”: https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-God-Philosophy-Continuum-Studies/dp/1847061648Ensaios na Quillette: http://quillette.com/author/patrick-lee-miller/--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/efdb18WdZUoAnd check out my playlists on:PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8kmPHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3pANTHROPOLOGY: 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. Christian B. Miller is the A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University. His research is primarily in contemporary ethics and philosophy of religion. He has written for the Wall Street Journal, Dallas Morning News, Slate, Prospect Magazine, Relevant Magazine, Michael Hyatt Magazine, The Conversation, Newsweek, Aeon, Greater Good Magazine, Nautilus Magazine, Fathom Magazine, Institute of Art and Ideas, and Christianity Today. He’s the author of three books, including Moral Character: An Empirical Theory, Character and Moral Psychology, and the most recent one, The Character Gap: How Good Are We?.  In this episode, our conversation focuses on Dr. Miller’s book, The Character Gap. We talk about moral realism, and alternative approaches to morality. We also refer to some psychological experiments that reveal our moral flaws, and how we can improve them. We also discuss utilitarianism and the effective altruism movement.   Time Links: 00:42 About moral realism, and how we determine our moral flaws 07:38 Knowing our moral shortcomings through Psychology             12:31 Why are motivations important?        19:15 More examples of moral characters flaws    23:58 Is feeling good enough?   29:39 Utilitarianism, and the effective altruism movement      32:49 How to improve our moral character   40:26 What we know about the role religion can play (and what we need to study more)  48:05 Do people need to believe in God?  50:18 Follow Dr. Miller’s work! -- Follow Dr. Miller’s work: Website: https://tinyurl.com/y7hsr77u The Character Project: http://www.thecharacterproject.com/ Books: https://tinyurl.com/y7n5xaht Twitter handle: @CharacterGap -- 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 In this video, I talk with Dr. Louise Mazanti about feminism, men’s rights activism, and human alienation in the modern world. Dr. Louise Mazanti has trained as a Psychosynthesis counsellor and specialized in Psychosexual Somatics®, which she is now co-developing and teaching with Dr. Mike Lousada, based on his groundbreaking work. In addition, she is trained in energy psychology, esoteric wisdom, she has studied integral philosophy and shamanism. She has a private practice in London, and works with clients on Skype and wherever she travels, to support her clients regain their sexual and personal power. She is at the faculty at the Esalen Institute in California, and she teaches around the world. She’s the co-author of the book, Real Sex: Why Everything You Learnt About Sex Is Wrong, alongside her husband, Dr. Mike Lousada.  She also has a Youtube channel, Mazanti-Lousada. -- Neste vídeo, tenho uma conversa com a Dra. Louise Mazanti acerca de feminismo, ativismo pelos direitos dos homens, e alienação humana no mundo moderno. A Dra. Louise Mazanti tem formação em Psicosíntese e é especializada em Somática Psicossexual, que está a desenvolver e ensinar em conjunto com o Dr. Mike Lousada, baseando-se no seu trabalho inovador. Para além disso, tem treino em energia psicológica, sabedoria esotérica, e estudou filosofia integral e xamanismo. Tem uma prática privada em Londres, e trabalha com clientes no Skype e onde quer que seja que viaje, para os ajudar a readquirir o seu poder sexual e pessoal. Faz parte do corpo docente do Instituto Esalen, na Califórnia, e dá aulas ao redor do globo. Escreveu o livro “Real Sex: Why Everything You Learnt About Sex Is Wrong”, em coautoria com o seu marido, o Dr. Mike Lousada. Tem também um canal do Youtube, Mazanti-Lousada. -- Follow Dr. Mazanti / Sigam a Dra. Mazanti:  Website: https://www.mazantilousada.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/louise_mazanti Book Real Sex / Livro Real Sex: https://tinyurl.com/yaya8kw6 Youtube channel / Canal do Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/heartdaka -- 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 This is Part 1 of the conversation with Dr. Don Ross: Naturalism, Philosophy, Economics and Social Science. Time Links:  01:15 The epistemology of naturalism and science 05:34 The role of philosophy in a scientific world  11:58 How economics works    17:53 Different levels of analysis  20:49 Rationality in economics  32:13 Economics, psychology, and sociology  -- 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. Don Ross is Head of the School of Sociology, Philosophy, Criminology, Government, and Politics at University College Cork, Ireland; Professor of Economics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa; and Program Director for Methodology at the Center for Economic Analysis of Risk at Georgia State University, USA. His research focuses on the foundations of economic theory, the experimental economics of addiction, risk, and time preference, philosophy of science, and infrastructure, trade and industry policy in Africa. He’s also the author of books like Economic Theory and Cognitive Science: Microexplanation; The Picoeconomics and Neuroeconomics of Disordered Gambling; and Every Thing Must Go: Metaphysics Naturalized and Philosophy of Economics.   In this episode, we first tackle the issue of the epistemological value of naturalism and the scientific method, and the role of philosophy in the modern world. Then, we talk about economics; the economic agent; rationality; the interplay between economics, psychology, and sociology; picoeconomics; and the neuroeconomics and picoeconomics of addictive behavior. We finish off by talking about how models of reality are always incomplete and limited, and about the conflict between reductionism and emergentism. Time Links: 01:15 The epistemology of naturalism and science 05:34 The role of philosophy in a scientific world             11:58 How economics works         17:53 Different levels of analysis     20:49 Rationality in economics    32:13 Economics, psychology, and sociology    41:42 Picoeconomics     50:21 Addiction, decision-making, economics, and clinical psychology  55:20 Addiction, neuroscience, and modern environments 1:02:36 The limitations of having to model reality 1:11:34 Reductionism, emergentism, and consilience 1:21:49 Follow Dr. Ross’ work! -- Follow Dr. Ross’ work: Faculty page (UCC): https://tinyurl.com/ycd2ragh CEAR: https://tinyurl.com/y7ejh3hk Books: https://tinyurl.com/y7suze5r -- 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