The Roundtable

Strange Tools: Art And Human Nature

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published October 20, 2015 at 11:40 AM EDT
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The University of California Berkley Philosophy professor, Alva Noë, is one for the foremost philosophers on consciousness and perception. In his book, Out Of Our Heads, Noë challeges the paradigm that consciousness that solely occurs within the confines of our brains. Now in his new book, Strange Tools: Art And Human Nature, he turns his focus on essential questions about art. 

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Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.
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