Mind and Brain
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Schedule and speakers for the Annual Meeting, Asbury University, Kentucky, October 7, 2023
Read more: Schedule and speakers for the Annual Meeting, Asbury University, Kentucky, October 7, 2023The theme this year is “The impact of technology on human flourishing.” Topics include AI, GMO, addictions, and more.
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Schedule and Abstracts for the March 10-11 meeting at Biola
Read more: Schedule and Abstracts for the March 10-11 meeting at BiolaOnce again, we have a great lineup. The theme of the meeting is “Emergence, Spontaneous Pattern Formation, and the Origin of Life.” The location will be at the Calvary Chapel on the campus of Biola University in southern California. This meeting is co-sponsored by Biola University and the Southern California Science and Culture Network. To…
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Videos for the 2017 Annual Meeting now available.
Read more: Videos for the 2017 Annual Meeting now available.The theme was “human exceptionalism”; for a review of the talks see this post. The videos and slides for the talks are available at this link. You must be a member to access this page.
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Review of the 2017 Annual Meeting
Read more: Review of the 2017 Annual MeetingThe annual was great fun for all for attended, with controversial and stimulating talks and robust discussion as always. Several attendees wished that these meetings could happen more often! This was our largest meeting yet, with about 60 people in attendance. Jack Collins presented a compelling argument for an “attribute” view of the image of…
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Schedule and Abstracts for the Annual Meeting
Read more: Schedule and Abstracts for the Annual MeetingFriday, April 7 7:00 P.M. Registration 7:30 P.M. Opening remarks by David Snoke, president of the CSS. “What is Human Exceptionalism?” 8:00 P.M. C. John Collins. “You are a Human Animal” Theologians have offered several competing interpretations of “the image of God” in the Bible? How should we sort through the possibilities? And what bearing might…
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Book Review: An engineering approach to fiction?
Read more: Book Review: An engineering approach to fiction?Diary of a Robot, by Lewis Jenkins, (available at Lulu) clearly bears the stamp that its author has a long history doing engineering in high-tech firms. The book revolves around the question: what is a “good” robot? If I am an engineer and want to make robots who are good, who will not become the monsters of so…