Dr Peter Lamont (Psychology - PPLS) explores the wider context of thought and attempts to uncover the 'real' location of our minds. More and more, you’re being told that everything you think and do is in the brain. Politics is in the brain, religion is in the brain, art is in the brain, you are your brain. Now the brain is a wonderful thing, but it’s not the whole thing. From the moment you’re born you interact with the world and with other people. In the process of doing that, you work out how to think and what to think, about politics, religion, art and everything else. Your brain is just part of a larger process of thinking, which involves not only the connections in your brain, but also the connections between our brains. Thinking Outside the Brain **SOLD OUT** Dr Peter Lamont (Psychology - PPLS) explores the wider context of thought and attempts to uncover the 'real' location of our minds. More and more, you’re being told that everything you think and do is in the brain. Politics is in the brain, religion is in the brain, art is in the brain, you are your brain. Now the brain is a wonderful thing, but it’s not the whole thing. From the moment you’re born you interact with the world and with other people. In the process of doing that, you work out how to think and what to think, about politics, religion, art and everything else. Your brain is just part of a larger process of thinking, which involves not only the connections in your brain, but also the connections between our brains. Saturday 11 April 2015, 5.30pm Saturday 11 April 2015, 7.00pm Red Lecture Theatre, Summerhall Find out more about Thinking Outside the Brain on the site of the Edinburgh International Science Festival This article was published on 2024-08-28
