[BIC-announce] FW: TODAY - Dan Dennett lecture at MNI, Monday, May 28, 4 pm - Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre

[Jennifer Chew, Ms.]

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Jennifer Chew

McConnell Brain Imaging Centre

MNI - WB317

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Montreal, Qc  H3A 2B4

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Subject: TODAY - Dan Dennett lecture at MNI, Monday, May 28, 4 pm -
Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre



 

Be the first on your block to hear Dan Dennett!!

 

Dr. Dan Dennett, "our best contemporary philosopher ... the next
Bertrand Russell", will speak at the MNI on Monday, May 28.  His lecture
>From Animal to Human:  The evolution of human culture, at 4 pm in the
Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre, should be lively and provocative.  

 

Dr. Dennett, recognized as a brilliant philosopher, is concerned with
the 'Big Questions' of the mind, consciousness, evolution, and
artificial intelligence.  His ideas have sparked controversy and his
writing gets significant recognition:  Consciousness Explained was a
national best seller, one of the New York Times Best Books in 1991 and
made the Times Books of the Century list.  In 1995, Darwin's Dangerous
Idea was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer
Prize.  

 

Dr. Dennett is Co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts
University, and a member of the MNI Advisory Board. He will receive a
Doctor of Science, honoris causa at McGill Convocation on May 28.  

 

Dr Dennett is a brilliant thinker: as conversant in psychology,
neuroscience and computer science as he is in philosophy.  You don't
want to miss this lecture.