The Great Debate in Action: Minds, Genes and
Consciousness
Day school held on Saturday 26 May 2001
Tutors: David Large
and Caspar Hewett
held at Centre for
Lifelong Learning, University of Newcastle
Do our genes influence our conscious experiences? Do they explain them? Is
the human mind something we can properly study? What can we learn about
ourselves through the study of mind from the perspective of evolution? Why has
it become popular to apply Neo-Darwinian principles to the philosophy of mind
and consciousness? This day school will examine the issues raised by these
questions through a study of evolutionary factors as applied to theories of
mind. A conception of natural consciousness will be formed.
Selected notes
Determinism and Free Will in Science and Philosophy by David Large
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