Question Of Human Identity And Consciousness To Be Examined At Public Event
The New York Academy of Sciences, in partnership with the Nour Foundation, will present a public event, “To Be or Not to Be: The Self as Illusion” on Tuesday, December 7, at 6:00 pm.
Renowned philosophers Thomas Metzinger and Evan Thompson will join cardiologist and expert on near-death experiences, Pim van Lommel, to examine recent developments in neuroscience and philosophy that shed light on whether our conscious experience of a unified Self is reality or illusion. Krista Tippett, creator and host of Public Radio’s Being will serve as moderator for the evening.
The event is the first in a unique six-part series of interdisciplinary conversations on identity, consciousness, and self-knowledge, examining the question “What is the Self?” Perspectives on the Self: Conversations on Identity and Consciousness will run from December 2010 through May 2011 and will bring together experts from the sciences and humanities to provide an objective overview of the evolving notion, construct, and experience of the Self, without losing sight of the subjective value that makes these matters so integral to each of us.… read more. “Call: NY Academy of Sciences event: “To Be or Not to Be: The Self as Illusion””