Humans as Animals (w/ Crispin Sartwell and Dan Kaufman)

<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Daniel Kaufman and Crispin Sartwell talk about Crispin&rsquo;s article for the New York Times, &ldquo;Humans are Animals: Let&rsquo;s Get Over It&rdquo; (2/23/2021). (</span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" spellcheck="false" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbUkzVm9Rb0Niblc1Z2tTY3pnZW80Q0tOb3NWZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttT1Q0VkYxN0VuLVRDV3NCam5lRmt2MVdfRF9hVVV0bGxaX1p2WTZVcVdwM2gzSlIxeVg1Z3lGbV9iMXVRcUZESlNIeTM1ZmFJUE5kbWVQTjh4ZUZndHBkdk1xZVh3djlXNk5GYjlfLWlvcFlsNUNNYw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww-nytimes-com.newsproxy.info%2F2021%2F02%2F23%2Fopinion%2Fhumans-animals-philosophy.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www-nytimes-com.newsproxy.inf...</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">​</span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">) Topics include: Humanism and its roots; Racism; Hume&rsquo;s Naturalism; and Normativity.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">:00 Crispin and Dan catch up after a hiatus<br />7:50 Crispin gives some background on his latest NYT article, &ldquo;Humans are Animals: Let&rsquo;s Get Over It&rdquo;<br />11:15 The main thesis of &ldquo;Humans are Animals&rdquo;: Philosophy&rsquo;s excessive investment in the humans/animals distinction since Antiquity.<br />20:20 Dan raises the question of Hume&rsquo;s naturalism and its impact on Crispin&rsquo;s thesis.<br />30:30 The Question of Humanism / Is a Materialist Humanism Possible?<br />36:40 Humanism and Racism<br />41:45 Etiology of the Human/Animal Distinction<br />1:00:25 The Human and the Normative</span></p>