BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:ILLC Website X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2012/newsitem/4435/13- November-2012-Symposium-the-cultural-meaning-of-th e-life-sciences DTSTAMP:20120412T000000 SUMMARY:Symposium: the cultural meaning of the lif e-sciences DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121113 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121113 LOCATION:KNAW, Tinbergenzaal, Kloveniersburgwal 29 , Amsterdam DESCRIPTION:American philosopher Daniel Dennett (C enter for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University) h as addressed two of the major cultural questions o f our time, questions that have defined our self-i mage: Where do we come from and What is consciousn ess? He has shown that through the power of thinki ng combined with sheer hard work one can add new i nsights to the fields of study that these question s traditionally have belonged to, in this case evo lutionary biology, neurobiology and psychology. De nnett addresses philosophical questions with tools derived from the Life Sciences. The new insights that he has developed are challenging and consider ed groundbreaking among the experts. However, they are also highly accessible to a wider academic re adership. This symposium offers a select group of PhD students an opportunity to enter into discuss ion with Daniel Dennett on a range of philosophica l topics. The idea is that questions to Dennett sh ould be inspired by on-going PhD work of the stude nts. Deadline for applications: Tuesday 1 May 2012 For more information, see http://www.huizingains tituut.nl/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n
American philosopher Daniel Dennett (Center for Cognitive\ n Studies at Tufts University) has addresse d two of the major\n cultural questions of our time, questions that have defined\n our self-image: Where do we come from and What is\n consciousness? He has shown that through the power of thinking\n combined with sheer ha rd work one can add new insights to the\n f ields of study that these questions traditionally have\n belonged to, in this case evolutiona ry biology, neurobiology\n and psychology. Dennett addresses philosophical questions with\n tools derived from the Life Sciences. The ne w insights that he\n has developed are chal lenging and considered groundbreaking\n amo ng the experts. However, they are also highly acce ssible to\n a wider academic readership.
\nThis symposium offers a select group of PhD students an\n opportunity to enter into discussion with Daniel Dennett on a\n range of philosophical topics. The idea is that qu estions to\n Dennett should be inspired by on-going PhD work of the\n students. Deadli ne for applications: Tuesday 1 May 2012
\n \ nFor more information, see http://www.huizingainstituut. nl/
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