The last of a series of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University lectures dealing with the nature of consciousness and how it affects our views of religion, science, and philosophy has been moved to accommodate the overflow crowds that attended the first two.
will speak at 3 p.m. on Friday, May 4, on “Consciousness, Free Will, and God.” The lecture in Room 103 of Wilson Hall on the campus is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.
Koch, the Lois and Victor Troendle Professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Biology at the , is the 2007 Templeton ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Lecturer at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ. The author of The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach, Koch pioneered the study of the neural basis of consciousness with his longtime collaborator, the late , who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962 for his discovery (with James Watson) of the double helical shape of DNA.
This lecture will be webcast live in either or .
The first two Koch lectures may be heard at and .
Koch’s visit is financed by a Templeton ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Lecture Grant, which brings at least $270,000 to ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ over three years to fund a research group, speakers, publications and a major conference. The grant was awarded by , which advances research, education and outreach on the constructive engagement of science and religion. It runs some 300 projects in 30 nations, including the Templeton ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Lectures funded by a grant from the .
The Templeton Lectures are hosted by the project on science and religion. Professor Volney Gay (Religion) and Professor Richard Haglund (Physics) are the co-principal investigators.
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