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X-WR-CALNAME:Presidential Lecture by Daniel C. Dennett in San Jose at 
	Building 320 (Geology Corner)\, room 105. 450 Serra Mall\, Stanford Un
	iversity Campus - Eventful
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SUMMARY:Presidential Lecture by Daniel C. Dennett
DESCRIPTION:Location: Building 320 (Geology Corner)\, Room 105 Stanfor
	d University  [Map] Contact: 650-725-1219sulcer@stanford.edu - sulcer@
	stanford.edu Description: The Evolution of 'Why' as the Key to Free Wi
	ll We human beings are the only living things that can represent\, tra
	nsmit and criticize reasons for doing things and making things. This c
	reates a perspective for us that we can then use to interpret all the 
	rest of the life on the planet\, cautiously. Mother Nature's reasons a
	re not just like our reasons. It is our evolved capacity to ask\, and 
	answer\, “Why” questions that gives us\, in the end\, the kinds of
	 free will worth wanting\, the kinds that no other animal has.Daniel C
	. Dennett\, the author of "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" (Simon & Schuster\
	, 1995)\, is University Professor and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of 
	Philosophy and co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tuft
	s University. He received his B.A. in philosophy from Harvard in 1963.
	 He then went to Oxford to work with Gilbert Ryle\, under whose superv
	ision he completed the D.Phil. in philosophy in 1965. He taught at UC 
	Irvine from 1965 to 1971\, when he moved to Tufts\, where he has taugh
	t ever since.His first book\, "Content and Consciousness\," appeared i
	n 1969\, followed by "Brainstorms" (1978)\, "Elbow Room" (1984)\, "The
	 Intentional Stance" (1987)\, "Consciousness Explained" (1991)\, "Darw
	in's Dangerous Idea" (1995)\, and "Kinds of Minds" (1996). He co-edite
	d "The Mind's I" with Douglas Hofstadter in 1981. He is the author of 
	over 300 scholarly articles on various aspects of the mind\, published
	 in journals ranging from "Artificial Intelligence" and "Behavioral an
	d Brain Sciences" to "Poetics Today" and the" Journal of Aesthetics" a
	nd "Art Criticism." In 1998 he published "Brainchildren: A Collection 
	of Essays 1984-1996" (MIT Press and Penguin). "Freedom Evolves" was pu
	blished by Penguin Books in 2003. "Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacl
	es to a Science of Consciousness" was published in 2005 by MIT Press. 
	His most recent book\, "Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phen
	omenon\," was published in 2006 by Viking Press. \n
LOCATION:Building 320 (Geology Corner)\, room 105. 450 Serra Mall\, St
	anford University Campus @ California, United States
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