Talk examines the question, "What makes us human?"
Catherine Weinberger-Thomas, visiting professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, presents the talk, "From Ape to Cyborg: New Debates on Human Nature."
Posted: February 13, 2009
When: Monday, February 23 at 12 PM
Where: Meyerson Conference Room (WCH 4.118)
Drawing from recent publications from the fields of ethology, primatology, paleoanthropology, neurobiology, cognitive science, evolutionary psychology, Neo-Darwinian studies, on the one hand, and robotics, artificial intelligence, genetic engineering and artificial life on the other, this talk will examine the fundamental question of what makes us human.
Dr. Catherine Weinberger-Thomas is currently a visiting professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The author of Ashes of Immortality: Widow-Burning in India (1999), she has been concerned throughout her work with exploring the meaning and function of cultural tradition and transformation.
