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LOCATION:4274 Chamberlin Hall
SUMMARY:Who Wants to Know? - The Nature of our Subjective "I"\, Chaos 
 & Complex Systems Seminar\, Deric Bownds\, UW-Madison\, Dept. of Zoolo
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DESCRIPTION:Most cognitive neuroscientists are practicing Cartesian du
 alists in their daily lives\, even while knowing that there is no dist
 inction between our minds and bodies. They accept compelling modern ex
 periments (as well as ancient religious insights) demonstrating that t
 he 'self' or 'I' is a fiction\, albeit a useful one we could not live 
 without. It is a ancient fiction that co-evolved with a supportive neu
 roendocrine emotional repertoire to eventually generate social brains 
 capable of scientific and artistic culture. The purpose of this talk i
 s to outline a few central observations on the nature of this phenomen
 al self\, how it is constructed with respect to the physical world and
  the social world of other humans.<br>
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URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=1767
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