Causality: From Aristotle to Zebrafish - Frederick Eberhardt - 10/16/2019

Earnest C. Watson Lecture by Professor Frederick Eberhardt, “Causality: From Aristotle to Zebrafish.“ What causes what? If correlation does not equal causation, then how can we untangle the “why” behind processes that regulate the brain, the climate, or the economy? And how does this apply to the development of artificial intelligences (AIs)? Eberhardt’s lecture will start with a tour of the philosophical foundations of causality and end with the discovery of neural connections in the brains of zebrafish larvae. Frederick Eberhardt is Professor of Philosophy in the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Learn more about: - Professor Eberhardt’s research: ~fehardt/i... - 2019 - 2020 Watson Lecture Series Season: Produced in association with Caltech Academic Media Technologies. ©2019 California Institute of Technology