The Center Leo Apostel (CLEA) invites you to the second event in
its new series of "Thinking Cafés", to complement its
long-standing series of ECCO/GBI/CLEA seminars and lectures. Instead
of a formal presentation by a speaker followed by discussion, the
intention is to have a brief introduction of the topic, followed
immediately by an informal, but in-depth discussion in small
groups.
Thinking Café about Free
Will
You are invited to our new and fresh Thinking Café! A place for
discussion of research topics floating in the enormous space in
between disciplines. Because our ideas shouldn't just stay inside
our head, they are created through feedback with other research, with
each other, with the practical world.
For now, the concept of the Thinking Café is to first have a
small introduction of the topic, after which we come up with questions
which are discussed in small groups. After these two hours on the VUB
campus, we move with those who want to CLEA or a bar for more drinks,
snacks and talks.
We'll provide some food and drinks, but feel free to share your
own!
But this concept might change through experimentation, and you
can shape it! You can also propose topics and vote on already proposed
ones via http://bit.ly/InputReaActafé
Our next Café is:
Time: Friday December 20, we open from 15h on, and will
start at 15h30
17h30: move to CLEA or bar
Place: room I.1.01 (new building I, level
1)
VUB (campus Etterbeek), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel
Topic: Free Will
Regardless of whether Free Will exists, our society depends on everyone's believing it does. If everything that happens is determined by what happened before, it can seem only logical to conclude you can't be morally responsible for your next action. So, illusion or not, how can we evolve into morally responsible thinkers?
Discussion introduced by Gys Godderis and Francis Heylighen, coordinated by Evo Busseniers (CLEA) and Nathalie Degraide (http://denken.nu/)
Suggested Resources :
https://www.wired.com/2014/04/quantum-theory-flow-time/
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/06/theres-no-such-thing-as-free-will/480750/
https://www.npr.org/2017/08/25/545092668/robert-sapolsky-how-much-agency-do-we-have-over-our-behavior
https://www.wired.com/2014/04/quantum-theory-flow-time/
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/06/theres-no-such-thing-as-free-will/480750/
https://www.npr.org/2017/08/25/545092668/robert-sapolsky-how-much-agency-do-we-have-over-our-behavior
More info about the Center Leo Apostel for Interdisciplinary Studies:
Website: https://www.vub.be/CLEA
Facebook event for this cafe:
https://www.facebook.com/events/2543853092607162/
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Prof. Dr. Francis Heylighen
Director CLEA - Center Leo Apostel for Transdisciplinary Research
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Krijgskundestraat 33, 1160 Brussels, Belgium
map & directions: http://tinyurl.com/379uyyr
tel +32-2-644 26 77; http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html
tel +32-2-644 26 77; http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html
