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Alva Noë

Alva Noë appears in the following:

Do We Know How Life Began? Not Really

Friday, February 08, 2013

We know a great deal about life and its pre-biotic precursors. But do we now understand how life is built from non-life? This is still an open question. Philospher Alva Noë considers this state of affairs in the context of the storm of controversy surrounding Thomas Nagel's book.

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Poetry In Motion: Why I'll Be Watching The Super Bowl

Friday, February 01, 2013

Football may be dangerous. But the Super Bowl is a spectacle of beauty. It is an opportunity for us to adore the magnificent achievement of courageous men. That's why philosopher Alva Noë will be watching.

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I Am, Therefore I Think

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

U.C. Berkeley philosopher Alva Noë challenges the assumptions underlying neuroscientific studies of consciousness in Out of Our Heads. According to Noë, consciousness arises from interactions with out surroundings and is not something that simply happens inside of our brains.

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