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Beyond Reason

Beyond Reason . The Problem of Solving the Meaning of Life. The 1970s – you had to be there. Meaning and Equations. Why (me + universe) = 42. LOGOS. A pleasant evening at home 430 BC. Survival of the meanest. The Selfless Bee. A story of life based on biochemistry.

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Beyond Reason

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  1. Beyond Reason The Problem of Solving the Meaning of Life

  2. The 1970s – you had to be there

  3. Meaning and Equations Why (me + universe) = 42

  4. LOGOS

  5. A pleasant evening at home 430 BC

  6. Survival of the meanest

  7. The Selfless Bee

  8. A story of life based on biochemistry We can suppose that the probability of replicating molecules emerging on the surface of the earth is tiny, but in a vast universe with billions of earth-like planets the probability of it emerging somewhere is substantial Human consciousness may seem special and different, but it is just another byproduct of evolution. It is the capacity to process useful information. This is no more magical than the information processing of our computers. Complex carbon first replicating dna based self-conscious Art recorded history Molecules on earth Molecules life forms life (???) 6 – 4 billion years ago 3.5 billion years ago 2 million – 200 000 years ago 70000 Years 5000 years

  9. Popular Self Reduction

  10. The Return to Logos?

  11. Reason-responsive animals in a Reason-giving Universe • Echoes of philosophical thought from before Christianity. ‘The logos that runs through all things’ • The universe has a ‘logos’ • and we are creatures • that can respond to the ‘logos’ • Here there is a new bridge between our world and our ethics and the world of non-theistic, modern ethics.

  12. Evolutionary Cognitive Anthropology

  13. Hallo Russell

  14. Constant experience Minority Report

  15. McGilchrist: modes of perception, modes of reason. • The brain and the world: two modes of perception, two modes of reason. Here is where we construct our world.

  16. Right: rich holistic immediate intuitive open to possibility

  17. Left: analytic, focused, verbal, planned Tree Tree Tree Tree Direction of pub Bridge over stream Road over bridge Road over bridge Gate: access to road Stream, don’t want to get feet wet Route to gate

  18. Right: rich holistic immediate intuitive open to possibility

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