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5th Session

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EXPLORING THE IDEA THAT RATIONAL THOUGHT IS A PRODUCT OF NATURAL SELECTION

12 November 2009, 19:30-21:00

Aula García Polavieja, Alberto Aguilera, 23

Universidad P. Comillas, Madrid

Presentation by Neil Spurway and Q/A (Summary)

Definitive version of Spurway's Presentation (Madrid lecture - Final version.doc )

13 November 2009, 12:30-13:30

Interview of Neil Spurway by Jens Degett

Themes debated during the interview with their initial time marks.

Time

Marks Themes

00:00 Evolutionary epistemology. How is evolution shaping our thinking?

03:13 Setbacks in history are inevitable but do not contradict evolutionary trend.

06:00 The difference between skills, knowledge and abstract thinking.

10:11 Why is "rational thinking" rare in nature?

13:24 Is the development of life a natural consequence of the development of the universe?

14:14 Would humans continue to evolve in a positive way in the future?

15:18 How vulnerable is evolutionary progress?

19:32 Why did the Neanderthals die out?

21:52 Can the development of the future rational thinking be predicted?

13 November 2009, 19:00-21:00

Aula García Polavieja, Alberto Aguilera, 23

Universidad P. Comillas, Madrid

Debate Session (Summary)

Addenda (Reflections and comments a posteriori by Roberto Poli and the other participants)

Summary Session V_Spurway (Recompilation of this session's most written materials)

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