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#153 - A Process Perspective on Human Life: John Dupré on Panpsychism, Holobionts, the Paradoxes of Speciation, Dynamics of Human Evolution, Theseus's Ship, and Processual Mechanics
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“Change’ is the description of the adventures of eternal objects in the evolving universe of actual things.”
― Alfred North Whitehead, Process and Reality
Table of Contents:
(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:06:05) - Why All Life is Process
(00:57:00) - Evolution
(01:50:03) - Humans and their Fellow Travelers
(02:40:55) - Personal Identity
(03:29:03) - Human Nature and Human Kinds
(04:22:27) - Free Will
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Links:
YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk7ofv8uXTXKArPNO3_ATFepVNVrSfHMN&si=dZ8Im6EBhr4gc_rO
Original YouTube Page (University of Edinburgh): https://www.youtube.com/@EdinburghUniversity
Gifford Lectures Info Page for Dupré: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/gifford-lectures/2023/05/02/john-dupre-a-world-of-things