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What is the mind? This fundamental question remains unanswered in both philosophy and science. Is the mind part of the body or is it something separate from it? Are the brain and the mind the same thing? Can the mind be disembodied into an algorithm and then realized in a machine? If the brain is the key to mind and consciousness, how much do we actually know about the brain and what does it have to do with “the self”? Why does art matter? Why do we tell stories? What is the relationship between art and science? Is configuring the mind a feminist issue? And: Why are all these questions urgent at this particular moment in culture?
Vittorio Gallese
Vittorio Gallese is professor of psychobiology at the University of Parma, Italy, and professor in experimental aesthetics at the University of London, UK. Since 2015 he has been Einstein Visiting Fellow at the Berlin School of Mind and Brain, where he set up a research group with a multidisciplinary approach to the development of identity, focusing on self, intersubjectivity, social cognition and their neural bases. The project’s general theme is the development of socio-cultural identity. Gallese is one of the discoverers of “mirror neurons”. He received numerous renowned prices and awards.
Siri Hustvedt
Siri Hustvedt is an American novelist and essayist. She is the author of a book of poetry, three collections of essays, a work of non-fiction, and six novels, including the international bestsellers “What I Loved” and “The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves”. Her most recent novel “The Blazing World” won The Los Angeles Book Prize for fiction. In 2012 she was awarded the International Gabarron Prize for Thought and Humanities. She has a PhD in English from Columbia University. Her work has been translated into over thirty languages.
Gert Scobel
Gert Scobel is a German journalist, moderator, author and philosopher. He holds a degree in philosophy and theology from the University of California, Berkeley and the Sankt Georgen Graduate School in Frankfurt. Since 2016 he has been honorary professor of philosophy at the University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg. Scobel is the author of several books about philosophy. He is one of Germany’s best-known science journalists and moderators and has won various prices like the Grimme Award.
EINSTEIN VISITING FELLOWSHIP
The Einstein Visiting Fellowship aims to enhance the international profile of universities and research institutions in Berlin by involving leading scientists and scholars from abroad in long-term academic research collaborations. The Damp Stiftung generously supports the programme.
Information on participating / attending:
Please register.
Date:
06/04/2018 19:00 - 06/04/2018 21:30
Registration deadline:
06/04/2018
Event venue:
Säälchen, Holzmarktstraße 25
10243 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
all interested persons
Email address:
Relevance:
regional
Subject areas:
Art / design, Medicine, Philosophy / ethics
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
05/09/2018
Sender/author:
Christian Martin
Department:
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event60469
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