Join us for a series of short talks on possibly one of the oldest and most mysterious philosophical questions? Who am I?
We will explore it from 3 perspectives:
- Genetics
- Neuroscience
- Anthropolog
The Gene Delusion
What is a gene, and what it is not. Are we just our genes or are they part of a network of factors that makeup our biological identity?
It is often imagined as the fundamental unit of life’s story—the script that writes who we are. But this view, though seductive, is incomplete. A gene is not a destiny coded in molecular ink; it is a participant in a vast, dynamic conversation.
Neuroscience and the Ghost in the Machine
In the long-standing dialogue between mind and brain, neuroscience has made remarkable strides in mapping the physical architecture of thought—tracing emotions, decisions, and memories to vast networks of neural activity. Yet the question remains: is the mind merely what the brain does, or is it something more—a modern echo of the “ghost in the machine”?
Anthropology – Consciousness Gateway to our essence
What is consciousness? Philosophy links it to our essence as human beings. How can we find our essence?
It is described as finding our centre, to be within our centre – so it is linked to concentration (con centrum ‘to be within our center’).
Mircea Eliade (Historian and Anthropologist) describes this search for, and idea of a centre from which all life emerges, as a very human endeavour. What makes us human? How do we connect with what is essentially human and our life force?
There will be a break with tea, coffee and cakes.
