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Karl Raimund Popper 1902 - 1994
Natural Selection and the Emergence of Mind (shortened version of the Darwin lecture)
3 May 1978  Radio 3

Sir Karl Popper talks about

   Audiohis vision of a creative universe and discussion of natural selection  3 min 2

   AudioDarwin's dismissal of the theory of people as automata  4 min 14

   Audiohis belief in the existence of mind as an important event which illuminates the universe from inside  2 min 7

   Audiothe emergence of consciousness and mind through natural selection  3 min 59


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Karl Raimund Popper
Austrian-born philosopher

Karl Popper is regarded as probably the greatest philosopher of science of this century. He is equally well known for his philosophical defence of democracy and his criticism of historical determinism.
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