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JONAH HOW IS IT -- |
| 00:00:09 |
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IT'S A COUNTERINTUITIVE IDEA WE DON'T TINK OF ARTISTS AS DISCOVERING SCIENTIFIC TRUTH YOU CAN MAKE... |
| 00:00:27 |
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FAMOUS EPISODE WHERE YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE COVER OF THE BOOK WHERE PROUST DIPS HIS COOKIE INTO HIS... |
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WHAT IS POSITIVISM? |
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POSITIVISM WAS A PHILOSOPHY IN THE 19th CENTURY WHICH IT KIND OF GREW OUT OF THE FIRST FLUSH OF SCIENTIFIC... |
| 00:01:56 |
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AND HOW DOES THAT FIT INTO YOUR BOOK? |
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WELL, I POSITIVISM IS IN THE CONTEXT OF GEORGE ELLIOTT ANOTHER NOVELIESTIESTEST -- NOVELIST. |
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MARION EVANS. |
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YES, YES, SHE WENT BY MANY NAMES. BUT I TALK ABOUT GEORGE -- POSITIVISM AND HOW SHE BELIEVES THEY... |
| 00:02:33 |
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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE YOUR BOOK? PROUST WAS A NEURSCIENTIST? |
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WELL, YOU KNOW, I HAD SEVERAL LARGER THEMES. ONE THEME IS WE DON'T TOO OFTEN DENIGRATE ART WE THINK... |
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OKAY YOU ALSO PROFILE PAUL -- THE ARTIST. |
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YEAH, I, I FOCUS ON HIS LATE PAINTINGS AND WHAT DEFINED THE LATE PAINTINGS IS THE USE OF EMPTY SPACE... |
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HAVE NEUROSCIENTISTS READ THIS BOOK? HAVE THEY SAID ANYTHING TO YOU ABOUT THIS? WHAT ARE YOU TRYING... |
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I HAVE BEEN REALLY GRATIFIED BY THEIR RESPONSE OF SCIENTISTS. IN GENERAL I THINK THEY JUST REALLY... |
| 00:05:52 |
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WHERE YOU WERE WORKING. |
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IN A LAB AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HE WON A NOBEL PRIZE IN 2000. SO IT IS A REALLY GREAT LAB. AND THEY,... |
| 00:06:20 |
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GIRT RUDE STEIN. |
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SHE'S A CHALLENGING ONE. YOU KNOW, SHE'S ONE OF THOSE ARTISTS WHO, WHO WHEN I FIRST BEGAN WRITING... |
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CAN YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. |
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WELL FOR EXAMPLE I WILL BACK TRACK ON THIS ONE GNOME CHOMSKY ONE OF HIS FAVORITE EXAMPLES TO PROVE... |
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WHAT IS YOUR BENEFIT IN THE VIEW OF KNOWING MARCEL PROUST WAS A NEUROSCIENTIST. |
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IT SHOULD ENCOURAGETUSE TREAT, YOU KNOW, NOVELISTS LIKE MARCEL PROUST OR VIRGINIA WOLFE ANOTHER NOVELIST... |
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WHAT IS SEED MAGAZINE. |
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SEED MAGAZINE, I'M AN EDITOR THERE. THE TAG LINE IS SCIENCE IS CULLTURE T. TRIES TO BREAK DOWN SOME... |
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WHERE DID YOU GO TO SCHOOL AND WHAT DID YOU STUDY. |
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I WENT TO SCHOOL AS COLUMBIA AS A DOUBLE MAJOR IN NEUROSCIENCE AND ENGLISH AND ROAD SCHOLAR AND STUDIED... |
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THIS IS YOUR FIRST BOOK. |
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THIS IS MY FIRST BOOK. |
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ASK YOU ARE WORKING AT |
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YEAH. |
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WHATS RR IN THE FUTURE. |
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MY SECOND BOOK IS COMING OUT NEXT YEAR ON THE NEUROSCIENCE OF DECISION MAKING. SO IT IX AMALIZE SORTS... |
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WHERE ARE WE IN OUR STUDY OF THE BRAIN AS A CULTURE? |
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I THINK, I THINK WE'RE JUST THE VERY, VERY BEGINNING. THE BRAIN IS THE MOST COMPLICATED OBJECT IN... |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
