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ALS: E. Schechter
September 25, 2020 @ 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Elizabeth Schechter
Indiana University, Department of Philosophy and the Cognitive Science Program
Self-Consciousness After Split-Brain Surgery
ABSTRACT: In this talk, I first argue that the two hemispheres of a split-brain subject are associated with distinct conscious thinkers and, indeed, distinct thinkers of self-conscious thoughts, R and L. I then argue that the dynamics of self-conscious thought after split-brain surgery shows that R and L are unlike other pairs of self-conscious thinkers. Indeed, there is a basic psychological capacity much simpler than but ordinarily inherent in full-blown psychological self-consciousness that R and L both lack.
This lecture will be a Zoom webinar.
Please register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aj5x4jVMRde2R8nKs4UmOw
Details
- Date:
- September 25, 2020
- Time:
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3:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
- Event Categories:
- 61st Annual Lecture Series, 2020-21, Annual Lecture Series
Venue
- Online Lecture