Announcing two events – Feb. 12th and 13th:
(1) The Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science will host Pascal Boyer, cognitive anthropologist and author of “Religion Explained“
“Why humans do not understand humans societies: Evolved Intuitive Sociology and the Social Sciences”
Tuesday, February 12, 2019 (International Darwin Day)
1:00 – 2:30 PM
Psychology Building Room 101
Busch Campus
From the abstract: “Understanding the evolutionary challenges of coordination helps provide more psychologically plausible social sciences.”
For more, click here to go to the RuCCS posting for this event
Also see Dr. Boyer’s most recent book “Minds Make Societies: How Cognition Explains the World Humans Create”
(2) Humanist Community at Rutgers University –
Open Discussion
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
6:30 – 8:30 PM
College Avenue Student Center
Atrium Conference Room
126 College Avenue, New Brunswick
Grab something to eat in the food court and join us for a conversation about the work of Pascal Boyer, or recent events, or whatever else might be on your mind. All Rutgers students, faculty, and staff are welcome to join the dialogue.
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I would like to go to the talk, but I have to teach at Princeton that afternoon. Best wishes.