Thursday, 23rd July 2020, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

There has always been considerable interest among philosophers, psychologists, scientists, and common men in theorizing about the concept, the architecture, and the functioning of ‘mind.’ Here are some concepts and issues that we would ponder over:

1. What are the Mind (software) and Brain (hardware) dichotomy?
2. Can machines think?: Thinking Machine & Mechanical Thinking
3. What is Intelligence, Consciousness, Matter, Experience, and Intuition?
4. Senses, Mind, and Market5. Redefining Life and Cognition.

About the Speaker

Lalit Saraswat

PhD ( IIT Bombay)

Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities
and Social Sciences ( IIT Kanpur)

Specialization: Evolutionary Epistemology (Cognitive Perceptual Mechanisms/ Theories).

Research Interest: My research focuses on the philosophy of science, the relevance of Evolutionary Biological Theories for understanding the nature and origins of Perception, Cognition, the notion of Emergence, Causation (multi-level), Creativity, along with interests in the conceptual issues in Neurophilosophy, Neuroethics, and Genetics.