What is the soul? Humans have devoted thousands of years seeking to understand it. Is it a collection of particles? An immortal, spiritual entity distinct from our corporeal form? Or perhaps a complex mechanism originating in the left brain, a function of neurons and circuits? Can these two epistemological approaches to understanding the soul ever speak to one another, or are they so diametric that an interface is futile? If one narrative triumphs, what might be the consequences? Whether mechanistic and/or metaphysical, what is the soul’s purpose, its role in our human existence? Varun Soni, Dean of the Office of Religious Life, will explore the meaning of the soul in our scientific age.
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29
2014
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