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LITQUAKE Panel - Consciousness: Where the Mind meets the Brain
Moderated by Joe Quirk, author of It’s Not You, It’s Biology
PANELISTS:
Alva Noe – UC Berkeley Philosophy Professor and author of Out of Our Heads
Robert Burton – UCSF neurologist and author of On Being Certain
Paul Ekman – psychologist and author of Emotional Awareness (UCSF Emeritus)
Marilyn Schlitz – President of the Institute of Noetic Science and author of Living Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation in Everyday Life
A philosopher, a neurologist, a psychologist and a noetic scientist address the essential questions of humanity: What is the relationship between the physical body and the sentient spirit? What is awareness? Are thoughts and dreams just chemical reactions?
Come and discuss one of the hottest topics in science today!
This program is part of LITQUAKE - October 9-17, 2009,
San Francisco’s largest literary festivaL, now celebrating its 10th year!