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Donald Hoffman on perception, consciousness, spacetime, spirituality | Thing in itself w/ Ashar Khan

Thing in itself
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Donald Hoffman is a professor in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Some of his research interests include visual perception, evolutionary psychology, and the problem of consciousness. 0:00 intro 2:23 background // David Marr’s three levels of analysis 6:20 the interface theory of perception // case against reality 23:38 bias on evolutionary payoff functions? 28:48 spacetime is doomed 31:26 consciousness theories 37:27 the end of reductionism 40:16 the personal experience of the demise of spacetime 49:38 if spacetime is doomed, why go towards consciousness? 57:40 conscious actor model 1:09:57 where does consciousness begin? 1:13:52 the self 1:16:45 cognition 1:20:17 spiritual and contemplative traditions Donald Hoffman's website: http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/ Donald Hoffman Books: The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes (2019) Automotive Lighting and Human Vi …...more
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intro

0:00

background // David Marr’s three levels of analysis

2:23

the interface theory of perception // case against reality

6:20

bias on evolutionary payoff functions?

23:38

spacetime is doomed

28:48

consciousness theories

31:26

the end of reductionism

37:27

the personal experience of the demise of spacetime

40:16

if spacetime is doomed, why go towards consciousness?

49:38

conscious actor model

57:40

where does consciousness begin?

1:09:57

the self

1:13:52

cognition

1:16:45

spiritual and contemplative traditions

1:20:17
Donald Hoffman on perception, consciousness, spacetime, spirituality | Thing in itself w/ Ashar Khan
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2022Oct 31
Donald Hoffman is a professor in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Some of his research interests include visual perception, evolutionary psychology, and the problem of consciousness. 0:00 intro 2:23 background // David Marr’s three levels of analysis 6:20 the interface theory of perception // case against reality 23:38 bias on evolutionary payoff functions? 28:48 spacetime is doomed 31:26 consciousness theories 37:27 the end of reductionism 40:16 the personal experience of the demise of spacetime 49:38 if spacetime is doomed, why go towards consciousness? 57:40 conscious actor model 1:09:57 where does consciousness begin? 1:13:52 the self 1:16:45 cognition 1:20:17 spiritual and contemplative traditions Donald Hoffman's website: http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/ Donald Hoffman Books: The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes (2019) Automotive Lighting and Human Vision (2007) Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See (1998) Observer Mechanics: A Formal Theory of Perception (1989) Social Twitter:   / thinginitself__   Instagram:   / thinginitself.pod   Facebook:   / 100088163125850   Podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0dUBLTl... Google: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Amazon: https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/9c6c...
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Thing in itself
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Thing in itself

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