Art and the Limits of Neuroscience By ALVA NOë Why does art move us? Why does it matter? The answers are not likely to be found by studying the brain.
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Einstein’s Encounters with Mathematicians: The Swiss Years
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 • 6:00pm – 8:00pm • FREE event Speaker: David E. Rowe, PhD, Mainz University | Location: New York University More information It is well known that higher mathematics came to play a central role in Einstein’s general theory of relativity, even if he usually emphasized the importance of purely physical ideas [...]
Symposium: Personhood in a Neurobiological Age
Brain, Self and Society | Final Symposium | 13 September 2010 | Venue: The Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building (NAB), LSE It seems that we have learned more about the brain in the last decade than over the previous millennia of human history. But to what extent are developments in the ‘new brain sciences’ [...]
CFP: ICCC-X : 1st International Conference on Computational Creativity
Lisbon, Portugal, 7-9 | January 2010 http://creative-systems.dei.uc.pt/icccx DEADLINE: September 21, 2009
