Out Of The Blank #1401 - Paul Thagard

Paul Thagard is a philosopher, cognitive scientist, and author of many interdisciplinary books. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Cognitive Science Society, and the Association for Psychological Science. Paul is the author of "Bots and Beasts: What Makes Machines, Animals, and People Smart?" which is the first systematic comparison of intelligence across machines, humans, and other animals. It draws on philosophy for a method of attributing mental capacities to nonhumans and for an approach to ethics based on vital needs. Psychology and neuroscience furnish the mechanisms that support intelligence.

Paul's Links:
https://paulthagard.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Bots-Beasts-Machines-Animals-People/dp/026204594X#:~:text=In%20Bots%20and%20Beasts%2C%20Paul,machines%2C%20animals%2C%20and%20humans.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/hot-thought

My Links:
https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast