Pub Philosophy, Big Style May 16, 2005

Prof Igor Aleksander of Imperial college

"Should Being Conscious be so Baffling? Not really!"

"I shall describe some simple brain mechanisms that may be responsible for putting the main elements of consciousness into our heads: perception of a self in an out-there world, imagination, selection of attention and actions and emotions. I shall encourage a discussion on why we feel that consciousness is baffling, the unconscious, the consciousness of animals, and the freedom or otherwise of the will."
-- Igor Aleksander.

Apparently it's likely to be busy. Get down early!