tdonnelly
Mar 7th, 2006, 08:37 AM
The latest episode of Point of Inquiry features an interview with Daniel Dennett, author of such groundbreaking and influential books as Consciousness Explained and Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life (which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize). Dr. Dennett isÂÂ*famous for being a philosophical gadfly, challenging unexamined orthodoxies in our society. He has made considerable contributions to the study of consciousness, the understanding of the development of the child's mind, artificial intelligence and evolutionary theory. He is University Professor, professor of philosophy, and co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University.
In this interview with DJ Grothe, he discusses his new book, Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon.
Also in this episode, Tom Flynn asks Did You Know?, detailing facts about world religions and their scientific study, Point of Inquiry contributor Benjamin Radford explores beauty and self-esteem, and in the second of a two-part series, DJ Grothe talks with CSICOP's Joe Nickell about real-life ghost-hunting, focusing on effective investigative methods.

You can listen online at http://www.pointofinquiry.org
Point of Inquiry is the Center for Inquiry's radio show and podcast, drawing on CFI's relationship with the leading minds of the day including Nobel Prize-winning scientists, public intellectuals, social critics and thinkers, and renowned entertainers. Each episode combines incisive interviews, features, and commentary focusing on CFI's three research areas: pseudoscience and the paranormal, alternative medicine, and religion and secularism.
Past episodes include interviews with Richard Dawkins, Chris Mooney, Eugenie Scott, Max Maven, Ibn Warraq, Susan Jacoby, Andrew Skolnick, Wallace Sampson, Joe Nickell, and Paul Kurtz.
Website: http://www.pointofinquiry.org
RSS feed: http://pointofinquiry.libsyn.com/rss
In this interview with DJ Grothe, he discusses his new book, Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon.
Also in this episode, Tom Flynn asks Did You Know?, detailing facts about world religions and their scientific study, Point of Inquiry contributor Benjamin Radford explores beauty and self-esteem, and in the second of a two-part series, DJ Grothe talks with CSICOP's Joe Nickell about real-life ghost-hunting, focusing on effective investigative methods.

You can listen online at http://www.pointofinquiry.org
Point of Inquiry is the Center for Inquiry's radio show and podcast, drawing on CFI's relationship with the leading minds of the day including Nobel Prize-winning scientists, public intellectuals, social critics and thinkers, and renowned entertainers. Each episode combines incisive interviews, features, and commentary focusing on CFI's three research areas: pseudoscience and the paranormal, alternative medicine, and religion and secularism.
Past episodes include interviews with Richard Dawkins, Chris Mooney, Eugenie Scott, Max Maven, Ibn Warraq, Susan Jacoby, Andrew Skolnick, Wallace Sampson, Joe Nickell, and Paul Kurtz.
Website: http://www.pointofinquiry.org
RSS feed: http://pointofinquiry.libsyn.com/rss