The latest episode of Point of Inquiry features an interview with
Daniel Dennett, author of such groundbreaking and influential books as
Consciousness Explained and Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the
Meanings of Life (which was a finalist for the National Book Award and
the Pulitzer Prize). Dr. Dennett is=C2=A0famous for being a philosophical
gadfly, challenging unexamined orthodoxies in our society. He has made
considerable contributions to the study of consciousness, the
understanding of the development of the child's mind, artificial
intelligence and evolutionary theory. He is University Professor,
professor of philosophy, and co-director of the Center for Cognitive
Studies at Tufts University.
In this interview with DJ Grothe, he discusses his new book, Breaking
the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon.
Also in this episode, Tom Flynn asks Did You Know?, detailing facts
about world religions and their scientific study, Point of Inquiry
contributor Benjamin Radford explores beauty and self-esteem, and in
the second of a two-part series, DJ Grothe talks with CSICOP's Joe
Nickell about real-life ghost-hunting, focusing on effective
investigative methods.=E2=80=A8
You can listen online at http://www.pointofinquiry.org
Point of Inquiry is the Center for Inquiry's radio show and podcast,
drawing on CFI's relationship with the leading minds of the day
including Nobel Prize-winning scientists, public intellectuals, social
critics and thinkers, and renowned entertainers. Each episode combines
incisive interviews, features, and commentary focusing on CFI's three
research areas: pseudoscience and the paranormal, alternative medicine,
and religion and secularism.
Past episodes include interviews with Richard Dawkins, Chris Mooney,
Eugenie Scott, Max Maven, Ibn Warraq, Susan Jacoby, Andrew Skolnick,
Wallace Sampson, Joe Nickell, and Paul Kurtz.
Website: http://www.pointofinquiry.org
RSS feed: http://pointofinquiry.libsyn.com/rss
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