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June 13th, 2011

The Fabric of Our Social World

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Estimated reading time: 10 minutes

Forum for Philosophy

June 13th, 2011

The Fabric of Our Social World

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Estimated reading time: 10 minutes

Chris Frith/ Alex Gillespie/ Dermot Moran


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6.30 – 8pm | Monday 13 June 2011
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, LSE

Speakers
Chris Frith, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Welcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL and Niels Bohr Visiting Professor, Aarhus University
Alex Gillespie, Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Stirling
Dermot Moran, Professor of Philosophy, University College Dublin

Chair
Kristina Musholt, LSE Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method and Deputy Director of the Forum for European Philosophy

How do we understand and relate to others? This panel explored how we create our world through shared experience. Drawing on neuroscience, philosophy and social psychology, the speakers examined different forms of social interaction, their cultural and societal role, and their psychological and physiological bases.

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