Manager, Student Inform From: Inform Subject: EM: DAVID CHALMERS, CONSCIOUSNESS COGNIZER, TO DELIVER THE MERLAN LECTURE ON APRIL 9TH! On Behalf Of Rivka Weinberg The Scripps College Philosophy Department invites you to attend the 2018 Philip and Franciszka Merlan Lecture ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DAVID CHALMERS University Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science, and Co-Director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness New York University "The Virtual and the Real" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monday, April 9, 2018 4:15pm Humanities Auditorium, Scripps College Q&A and Reception to follow This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Rivka Weinberg [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David Chalmers is a world renown philosopher of mind and cognitive science. He is the author of The Conscious Mind, Explaining Consciousness: the Hard Problem, The Character of Consciousness, and Constructing the World; and the editor of Metametaphysics: New Essays on the Foundations of Ontology and Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings. He has written many groundbreaking papers in philosophy of mind and philosophy of language, and earned numerous prizes, including the Stanton Prize for Philosophy and Psychology, the Jon Barwise Prize for Philosophy and Computing, and the Jean Nicod Prize. He has been interviewed for academic and lay publications in print and video many times. Check out his TED talk, "How Do You Explain Consciousness?" https://www.ted.com/talks/david_chalmers_how_do_you_explain_consciousness 1 How do you explain consciousness? www.ted.com Our consciousness is a fundamental aspect of our existence, says philosopher David Chalmers: “There’s nothing we know about more directly…. but at the same time ... 2.