Several years ago I interviewed <a href= "http://www.virginiacampbellmd.com/blog/2012/7/15/incomplete-nature-with-terrence-deacon-podcast-interview.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Terrence Deacon</a> about his fascinating book Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter. His goal was to propose a theory of how purpose evolved in a universe without purpose. His argument was persuasive, but highly technical. In this month’s episode of Books and Ideas I interview his longtime colleague Jeremy Sherman. His book Neither Ghost nor Machine: The Emergence and Nature of Selves makes Deacon’s ideas highly accessible to a wider audience. Join us as we explore the question: How did purpose arise from a purposeless universe? (Hint: the answer is not supernatural!) Links and References: <ul> <li><a title="Amazon link" href="https://amzn.to/2QImWV3" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Neither Ghost nor Machine: The Emergence and Nature of Selves</a> by Jeremy Sherman</li> <li>I<a title="Amazon link" href="https://amzn.to/3aF5Pwa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ncomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter</a> by Terrence W. Deacon</li> <li><a title="Amazon link" href="https://amzn.to/33e3Dsq" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and the Brain</a> by Terrence W. Deacon</li> <li><a href= "http://www.virginiacampbellmd.com/blog/2012/7/15/incomplete-nature-with-terrence-deacon-podcast-interview.html"> Books and Ideas 47</a> with Terrence Deacon</li> <li><a title="Amazon link" href="https://amzn.to/38OQR4B" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Metaphors We Live By</a> by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson</li> <li><a title="Amazon link" href="https://amzn.to/3cSwozh" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The Selfish Gene</a> and <a title= "Amazon link" href="https://amzn.to/2TIhtjF" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The Blind Watchmaker</a> by Richard Dawkins</li> <li><a title="Amazon link" href="https://amzn.to/2U3SWVj" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Consciousness Explained</a> by Daniel Dennett</li> <li><a title="Amazon link" href="https://amzn.to/2Q7cFSQ" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The Life of the Mind</a> by Hannah Arendt</li> </ul> Announcements: <ul> <li> Coming April 28, 2020: a new expanded version of Are You Sure? The Unconscious Origins of Certainty by Virginia “Ginger” Campbell, MD (links coming soon) </li> <li>Send email to docartemis@gmail.com or post voice feedback at <a href= "http://speakpipe.com/docartemis">http://speakpipe.com/docartemis</a>.</li> <li>Please support Books and Ideas via <a href= "http://patreon.com/booksandideas">Patreon</a> at <a href= "http://patreon.com/booksandideas">http://patreon.com/booksandideas</a>.</li> <li>To win an Amazon gift certificate: post a review of Books and Ideas in iTunes and send me a screenshot.</li> </ul> Connect on Social Media: <ul> <li>Twitter: <a href= "http://twitter.com/docartemis">@</a><a href= "http://twitter.com/docartemis">docartemis</a></li> <li>Facebook page: <a href= "http://www.facebook.com/booksandideas">http://www.facebook.com/booksandideas</a></li> </ul>

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