Sat May 21, 2016
Mind, Consciousness, & Reality: Free Talk by Dr. David Presti
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The physical description of reality that contemporary science offers is one of stunning beauty and powerful utility. The biological sciences fit nicely into this model, with their description of life in terms of molecular components, and their hypothesis that consciousness somehow arises in association with neural complexity. But is this the full story?
There are reasons to believe that there is more–and that far more interesting things are going on than an understanding based on current biophysical sciences can provide. Dr. Presti will outline several ways in which scientific investigation might move forward, and argue that a true scientific revolution may accompany a transition to a deeper understanding of consciousness and the mind-brain connection.
Facilitator: David E. Presti is Teaching Professor of Neurobiology, Psychology, and Cognitive Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught for 25 years. He also worked for more than a decade in the clinical treatment of addiction and post-traumatic stress at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in San Francisco. Since 2004, he has been teaching neuroscience to Tibetan monastics in India, as part of a program initiated by the Dalai Lama. He has doctorates in molecular biology and biophysics from Caltech, and in clinical psychology from the University of Oregon. He is the author of Foundational Concepts in Neuroscience: A Brain-Mind Odyssey (W.W. Norton, 2016).
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There are reasons to believe that there is more–and that far more interesting things are going on than an understanding based on current biophysical sciences can provide. Dr. Presti will outline several ways in which scientific investigation might move forward, and argue that a true scientific revolution may accompany a transition to a deeper understanding of consciousness and the mind-brain connection.
Facilitator: David E. Presti is Teaching Professor of Neurobiology, Psychology, and Cognitive Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught for 25 years. He also worked for more than a decade in the clinical treatment of addiction and post-traumatic stress at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in San Francisco. Since 2004, he has been teaching neuroscience to Tibetan monastics in India, as part of a program initiated by the Dalai Lama. He has doctorates in molecular biology and biophysics from Caltech, and in clinical psychology from the University of Oregon. He is the author of Foundational Concepts in Neuroscience: A Brain-Mind Odyssey (W.W. Norton, 2016).
The physical description of reality that contemporary science offers is one of stunning beauty and powerful utility. The biological sciences fit nicely into this model, with their description of life in terms of molecular components, and their hypothesis that consciousness somehow arises in association with neural complexity. But is this the full story?
There are reasons to believe that there is more–and that far more interesting things are going on than an understanding based on current biophysical sciences can provide. Dr. Presti will outline several ways in which scientific investigation might move forward, and argue that a true scientific revolution may accompany a transition to a deeper understanding of consciousness and the mind-brain connection.
Facilitator: David E. Presti is Teaching Professor of Neurobiology, Psychology, and Cognitive Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught for 25 years. He also worked for more than a decade in the clinical treatment of addiction and post-traumatic stress at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in San Francisco. Since 2004, he has been teaching neuroscience to Tibetan monastics in India, as part of a program initiated by the Dalai Lama. He has doctorates in molecular biology and biophysics from Caltech, and in clinical psychology from the University of Oregon. He is the author of Foundational Concepts in Neuroscience: A Brain-Mind Odyssey (W.W. Norton, 2016).
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There are reasons to believe that there is more–and that far more interesting things are going on than an understanding based on current biophysical sciences can provide. Dr. Presti will outline several ways in which scientific investigation might move forward, and argue that a true scientific revolution may accompany a transition to a deeper understanding of consciousness and the mind-brain connection.
Facilitator: David E. Presti is Teaching Professor of Neurobiology, Psychology, and Cognitive Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught for 25 years. He also worked for more than a decade in the clinical treatment of addiction and post-traumatic stress at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in San Francisco. Since 2004, he has been teaching neuroscience to Tibetan monastics in India, as part of a program initiated by the Dalai Lama. He has doctorates in molecular biology and biophysics from Caltech, and in clinical psychology from the University of Oregon. He is the author of Foundational Concepts in Neuroscience: A Brain-Mind Odyssey (W.W. Norton, 2016).
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