*Consciousness and Free Choice* Prof. Neil Levy (Philosophy, University of Oxford/University of Melbourne) Dr. Aaron Schurger (Neuroscience, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) Chaired by Prof. Jane Heal (Philosophy, University of Cambridge)
*Monday, 19th January, 2pm-3:30pm * *Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site * Tea and cakes will be served after the event on the 2nd Floor Seminar Room. Are decisions really free? Are the rules that govern human choices analogous to those that define what side a coin will land? Prof Neil Levy and Dr Aaron Schurger will open this term’s Moral Psychology Seminar Series with exciting philosophical and neurological insights into the fundamental questions of consciousness and free will. The speakers are available for short individual meetings with interested researchers or students on the day. Meetings are open for all and scheduled on a first come, first served basis. Please sign up using the links below: http://doodle.com/f2ey94isfvcw8e4f (Dr. Aaron Schurger) http://doodle.com/abbgx9i2wmxughbg (Prof. Neil Levy) *About the presenters:* *Prof Neil Levy *is an Honorary Fellow at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health as well as director of research at the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics. He has published over one hundred papers on several topics in philosophy and ethics and is the author of Free Will and Moral Responsibility, Neuroethics: Challenges for the 21st Century among many others. *Dr. Aaron Schurger *completed his Ph.D. under Prof. Jonathan Cohen at Princeton and is currently a Senior Research Scientist at the Brain-Mind Institute in Lausanne, where he unravels the mystery of spontaneous self-initiated movement. His findings have been featured in prominent journals including Science, PNAS, and BMC Neuroscience. This event is part of a series of biweekly interdisciplinary debates in moral psychology (http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/programmes/moral-psychology). Our future events include an interdisciplinary meet and greet and debates on key contemporary issues in the field, including empathy and moral nativism. Sign up to be notified of future events here: http://talks.cam.ac.uk/show/index/50108, and subscribe to our mailing list here:https://lists.cam.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/ucam-moralpsy-public. _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
