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LOCATION:4274 Chamberlin
SUMMARY:Navigating oceans of consciousness with science and art\, Chao
 s & Complex Systems Seminar\,  Bernard Z. Friedlander\, Department of 
 Psychology\, Emeritus\, University of Hartford\, West Hartford\, CT
DESCRIPTION:Human consciousness is the Moby Dick\, the mysterious Grea
 t White Whale\, the most elusive quarry for understanding\, in the vas
 t oceans of the world of nature. How do the complex systems of electro
 chemistry in billions of brain cells become transformed into our infin
 itely varied awareness of the sensations of touch\, smell\, taste\, vi
 sion and hearing\; into id\, ego and superego\; into memories\, dreams
  and reflections\; into our chaotic\, grand\, grandiose visions of sci
 ence\, art\, religion\, governance\, trade\, war and empire? Intersect
 ing and divergent trajectories of progress and fashion in the realms o
 f intellect both facilitate and impede efforts to comprehend this most
  complex of all challenges to human thought. In order to shrink zones 
 of mystery and expand zones of solvable problems in decoding these unk
 nowns\, we must seek new ways to think about consciousness if we can e
 ver hope to understand it. Navigating Oceans Of Consciousness With Sci
 ence and Art presents a 12-Factor Trans-Darwinian Taxonomy of Consciou
 sness that systematically links component elements of the phenomenon w
 ith a totality of the whole. This inclusiveness has been hitherto remo
 tely within our sight and reach but beyond our grasp.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=2571
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