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Darwin Day Celebration 2014 with Daniel Dennett: One of America’s Greatest Living Philosophers
Join us as we celebrate science, education, and clear thinking at our Annual Darwin Day Celebration 2014 with Daniel Dennett: One of America’s Greatest Living Philosophers and one of the famed Four Horseman of Atheism, along with Hitchens, Dawkins, and Harris.
Featured topic: Evolutionary Routes to the Human Mind, The Philosophical Development (How the mind, the “I” evolved)
Dennett is the author of: Breaking the Spell, Freedom Evolves, Consciousness Explained, Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, Brainstorms, Science & Religion, and many others.
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“If you can approach the world's complexities, both its glories and its horrors, with an attitude of humble curiosity, acknowledging that however deeply you have seen, you have only scratched the surface, you will find worlds within worlds, beauties you could not heretofore imagine, and your own mundane preoccupations will shrink to proper size, not all that important in the greater scheme of things.” -- Daniel C. Dennett, in Breaking the Spell
Daniel Clement Dennett (born March 28, 1942) is an American philosopher, writer and cognitive scientist whose research centers on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science. He is one of the famed Four Horseman of Atheism, along with Hitchens, Dawkins, and Harris.
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Special guest speakers:
Ryan Cragun, sociologist, “Fallacies of Anti-Darwinian Arguments”
Michael Hoffman, neurologist, “Evolutionary (Physical) Development of the Human Brain”
February 8th, 2014, 10:30-3:00 at Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason’s annual Darwin Day event.
The venue is the Unitarian-Universalist Octagon, 2470 Nursery Road, Clearwater, FL 33764 727-531-7704.
At the door, Admission Tickets are $35, Students with ID $15.00, lunch included.
Details Contact: Mark Brandt, mwbrandt@mail.usf.edu (727) 733-7855
See http://www.evolvetampa.com for more information.
If you represent one of West Central Florida’s fine science associations or clubs, we invite your participation either by tabling (free) at the event, or taking an ad in our Program: ¼ page, $10; ½ page, $15; full page (4”x5.25”), $25 – camera ready. Limited availability.
Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason: http://tampabay.unitedcor.org/tampabay/page/home
