Sat 19 September
1:00pm
Venue: Ring
Event [19]

Talks

Freud, Descartes, and the Matter Behind the Mind

Edward Bullmore, Mark Solms
With the hard problem of consciousness remaining unsolved, neuroscience is increasingly dismissed as unable to provide the answers we want. Join world-leading neuroscientists Mark Solms, author of The Hidden Spring, and Edward Bullmore, author of The Inflamed Mind, as they argue neuroscience does not go against philosophy and psychology. Rather, the philosophical and psychological insights of figures like Freud and Descartes can be supported or challenged through studies of the physical brain.

"Extraordinary on so many levels." – Brian Eno

“One of the world’s most accomplished and compassionate psychiatrists.” – Karl Friston
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