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We think we understand the physical world but we do not. For example, some features of the world are derived from others, which makes the latter more fundamental and the former less so. Some scientists believe that only science can tell us how things work. Philosophers do not agree. Do philosophers see things that scientists cannot?
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Michel Bitbol is a French researcher in philosophy of science. He is “Directeur de recherche” at CNRS, previously in the Centre de Recherche en ÉpistĂ©mologie AppliquĂ©e of École polytechnique. He is now a member of Archives Husserl, École Normale Superieure.
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What can evolution reveal about the developmental history of thinking and feeling? How did cognition and emotion (affect) co-develop over evolutionary time? Moreover, what can we learn from evolution about the mystery of consciousness?
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Terrence William Deacon is an American neuroanthropologist. He taught at Harvard for eight years, relocated to Boston University in 1992, and is currently Professor of Anthropology and member of the Cognitive Science Faculty at the University of California, Berkeley.
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