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Minds, Genes and Consciousness


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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