Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2025-07-14
Jordan Peterson & Simon Baron-Cohen: books mentioned on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast #562
562. What Do We Actually Know About Autism? | Sir Simon Baron-Cohen
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson speaks with psychologist and autism researcher Dr. Simon Baron-Cohen about the nature of empathy, systemizing, and the neurological basis of autism.
Simon Baron-Cohen discussed The intentional stance by Daniel C. Dennett.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The intentional stance
Discussed“So, he published a really um I I think really important book called the intentional stance.”
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Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Pattern Seekers
“He's the author of numerous books, including his latest, The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention.”
Plugged Prenatal Testosterone in Mind
“And I wrote a book back in 1995 called Mind Blindness which kind of conveys this idea that some people might be totally blind to someone else's state of mind.”
Plugged The Pattern Seekers
“And and then you know something that I introduced in my recent book the pattern seekers is excellent pattern recognition.”
Plugged The Pattern Seekers
“So, so my my last book, The Pattern Seekers, the subtitle was how autism drives invention.”
Plugged Zero Degrees of Empathy
“In the UK it's called zero degrees of empathy and in the US it's called the science of evil.”
Plugged The science of evil
“In the UK it's called zero degrees of empathy and in the US it's called the science of evil.”