Trust in the New Sciences: Remaking the Human, Part Four

King's Event

Trust in the New Sciences: Remaking the Human, Part Four

March 18, 2010

The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs (CCEPA) and the Situating Science Knowledge Cluster are pleased to present the fourth lecture in the five-part series Trust in the New Sciences: Remaking the Human on Thursday March 18 at 7:00 p.m. in Alumni Hall at the University of King's College (6350 Coburg Road.) This event is free and open to the public, with a reception to follow.

Trust in the New Sciences is a  national lecture series exploring the ethical, philosophical and social implications of the new sciences of genomics, neuropsychology and nanotechnology.

Part Four's lecture, Mind the Gap: The Neurosciences and their Determination to Explain the Human, will be presented by Dr. Cornelius Borck. Dr. Borck is professor and director of the Institute for the History of Medicine and Science Studies at the University of Luebek in Germany, and was the former Canada Research Chair in Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University.

Understanding the brain and the biological basis of mind, consciousness and behaviour is the ultimate challenge. The neurosciences, through increasing sophisticated technology, provide fascinating insights into human cognition, emotions and sociality. Is this the imminent advent of a definitive understanding of our mental apparatus, or the warning of a brave new world of manipulation, mind reading and thought control?  Are we witness to a new chapter in human evolution?

This event is  part of a national lecture series on the New Sciences and the Making of the Human, presented by the SSHRC Situating Science Knowledge Cluster and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs, and co-sponsored by the University of King's College, the Evolution Study Group, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, St. Mary's University, and Genome Atlantic.

For more information, please contact:

Situation Science: Knowledge Cluster for the Humanities and Social Studies of Science (902) 422-1271, ex. 200 or email situsci@dal.ca.

Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affiars (CCEPA):(902) 428-4731 or email info@ccepa.ca.