Wonderfest & Ask a Scientist present

Incomplete Nature

How Mind Emerged From Matter

When
Wed Apr 18, 2012
Where
California Institute of Integral Studies
Time
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Tags
Education, Continuing Education
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Description

UC Berkeley neuroscientist (and chair of the Anthropology Department), Terrence Deacon, will discuss how key elements of consciousness (values, feelings, meanings, etc.) emerge from specific constraints on the physical processes of a nervous system. Prof. Deacon will clarify ideas from his new book "Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter."

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  1. California Institute of Integral Studies
    1453 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA