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PHILOSOPHY TALK with Ken Taylor and John Perry

This is an afternoon of two live radio tapings.

12:00 pm show: "From The Minds of Babies"
Consciousness, morality, meaning and truth have perplexed and puzzled generations upon generations of philosophers. But could it be that we have been looking in all the wrong places to solve these imponderable mysteries? Could the minds of babies hold the key to philosophical progress? Join John and Ken for an enlightening discussion of the
Minds of Babies and what they have to teach us about philosophy, with renowned developmental psychologist Alison Gopnik, author of "The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Tell us about Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life."

3:00 pm show: "Nihilism and Meaning"
The ancients believed in an enchanted universe--a universe suffused with meaning and purpose. But with the dawn of modernity, philosophy and science conspired together to disenchant the universe, to reveal it as entirely devoid of meaning and purpose. Must any rational and reflective person living in the 21st century accept such nihilism? Or
is there a way to re-infuse the disenchanted universe with meaning and purpose? Join John and Ken for a thought-provoking discussion of Nihilism and Meaning with their guest Hubert Dreyfus, author of the forthcoming "Luring Back the Gods."