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Human Sciences Symposium 2017

04 March 2017, 2:00 pm–5:30 pm

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Location

Room 728, UCL Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL

Join this UCL Human Sciences Society event for an afternoon of talks on the long-going quest of unraveling consciousness from experts from multiple fields.

Programme

14:00 - Richard Goldstein: The evolution of consciousness

14:30 - Ted Honderich: Mind: Your consciousness is what? Where?

15:00 - Mark Heath: Meditation and the exploration of consciousness

15:30 - WINE RECEPTION

15:45 - Paul Azzopardi (Oxford University): Consciousness: Is there anything to

16:15 - Jonathan Edwards: Why we are colonies of experiencing cells, not "persons"

16:45 - Volker Sommer: Towards non-human personhood? From trinity to apes and machines

This event will be free to attend to whoever is interested (within or outside UCL) and will take place in Room 728 at the IOE (20 Bedford way). Seats will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis, so get there early to avoid disappointment!

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