For Immediate Release
Free public lecture
April, 2005
 

New England College, Department of Philosophy
presents
"Encountering Naturalism: Science, Self and Society"

a public lecture by
Thomas W. Clark
(Center for Naturalism)

Wednesday, April 27, 7 pm
Great Room at the Simon Center, New England College, Henniker NH

(Henniker, NH) New England College, Department of Philosophy is pleased to present "Encountering Naturalism: Science, Self and Society" a lecture by Thomas W. Clark, director of the Center for Naturalism, on April 27, 7 pm. The lecture is free, open to all and followed by a question/answer period. Held at the Great Room at the Simon Center, New England College, Henniker NH.  For further information call the Center for Naturalism, 617-480-8846.

Lecture topic:
A thorough-going naturalism, based in science, suggests that our sense of self is a construction of the brain, not evidence for an immaterial soul.  If the brain does everything the soul was supposed to do, how might this affect traditional ideas about human agency and freedom?  Naturalized conceptions of agency may have implications not just for our sense of self, but for interpersonal attitudes, ethics, and social policy.

Background information:
Thomas W. Clark is founder and director of the non-profit Center for Naturalism and creator of Naturalism.Org, among the web’s most comprehensive resources on scientific naturalism and its current implications and applications.  He is also founder and host of the Davis Square Philosophy Café in Somerville, MA, the Boston area’s first philosophy café.  He lectures and writes on science, naturalism, ethics, free will, criminal justice, consciousness, addiction, drug policy, and related philosophical and social concerns.   

The Center for Naturalism (CFN) is a Boston-based non-profit educational organization devoted to increasing public awareness of scientific naturalism and its implications for social and personal well-being.  By means of educational programs, lectures, publications and research, the CFN seeks to foster the understanding that human beings are entirely natural phenomena, and that human flourishing is best achieved in the light of such understanding. The Center's web site is www.naturalism.org/center_for_naturalism.htm.

What: "Encountering Naturalism: Science, Self and Society," a free public lecture presented by New England College, Department of Philosophy
Who: Thomas W. Clark, director of the Center for Naturalism
When: Wednesday, April 27, 7 pm
Where: Great Room at the Simon Center, New England College, 24 Bridge St., Henniker, NH.  For information call the Center for Naturalism, 617-480-8846.
Admission: free and open to all; followed by a question/answer period.
 

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