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The Human Mind Project Launch Event 12 December 2013 Senate House, London The Human Mind Project highlights the contribution of the arts and humanities to the study of human nature, and the importance of a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to understanding the mind, integrating science and the humanities. Programme 12.30-13.10 Sandwich lunch (Gordon Room, G34, Ground Floor) 13:30-16:30 Workshop (Court Room, First Floor) The Concept of Mind 2013 Chaired by Barry Smith, Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, London 13:30-14:30 THE NATURE OF HUMAN NATURE Dominic Johnson, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford Ziauddin Sardar, School of Law, Middlesex University 14:30-15:30 WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM NEUROSCIENCE? Luciano Fadiga, MD, Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy Annette Karmiloff-Smith, CBE FBA FMedSci, Centre for Brain & Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London 15:30-16:30 VARIETIES OF SUBJECTIVITY Rita Astuti, Department of Anthropology, LSE, London Paul Fletcher, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge 16:30-17:00 Tea (Hughes Lobby, Institute of Philosophy, Second Floor) 17:00-18:00 PUBLIC DEBATE: WHAT’S SO SPECIAL ABOUT THE HUMAN MIND? (Beveridge Hall, Ground Floor) Chaired by Colin Blakemore, FRS School of Advanced Study, University of London Deidre Wilson, FBA Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London Robin Dunbar, FBA Professor of Evolutionary Psychology, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford Nicola Clayton, FRS Professor of Comparative Cognition, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge Vittorio Gallese, MD Professor of Human Physiology, Italian Institute of Technology, Brain Center for Social and Motor Cognition, Universitá di Parma, Italy 18:00 Reception (Macmillan Hall, Ground Floor) .

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