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Secret Science Club | Art on the Brain: Cognitive Philosopher Alva Noë

Chimps and a few other animals can use simple tools. When given a brush, elephants and even pigs have been known to paint on occasion. But only humans use tools as if they were born with them, and only humans are obsessed with making and experiencing art—from Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa to Diane Arbus’s Identical Twins, from Shakespeare’s Macbeth to HBO’s Game of Thrones.

The author of Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature, cognitive philosopher Alva Noë, asks: What is art? Why do we make it? Why does it matter to us? What does it tell us about human nature, biology, the brain, and consciousness?

Alva Noë is a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, and member of the Institute of Cognitive and Brain Sciences. He writes for NPR’s 13.7 Cosmos & Culture blog, and his previous books include Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness and Action in Perception.

Before & After

–Sway to pleasure-inducing neuro-grooves

–Bibo ergo sum! Sip our tricky cocktail of the night, the Logical Fallacy

–Snag a signed copy of Alva Noë’s provocative new book, Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature

–Stick around for the singular, scintillating Q&A

Please bring ID: 21+. No cover. Just bring your smart self!











When: Tue., Oct. 13, 2015 at 8:00 pm
Where: The Bell House
149 7th St., Brooklyn
718-643-6510
Price: Free
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Chimps and a few other animals can use simple tools. When given a brush, elephants and even pigs have been known to paint on occasion. But only humans use tools as if they were born with them, and only humans are obsessed with making and experiencing art—from Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa to Diane Arbus’s Identical Twins, from Shakespeare’s Macbeth to HBO’s Game of Thrones.

The author of Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature, cognitive philosopher Alva Noë, asks: What is art? Why do we make it? Why does it matter to us? What does it tell us about human nature, biology, the brain, and consciousness?

Alva Noë is a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, and member of the Institute of Cognitive and Brain Sciences. He writes for NPR’s 13.7 Cosmos & Culture blog, and his previous books include Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness and Action in Perception.

Before & After

–Sway to pleasure-inducing neuro-grooves

–Bibo ergo sum! Sip our tricky cocktail of the night, the Logical Fallacy

–Snag a signed copy of Alva Noë’s provocative new book, Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature

–Stick around for the singular, scintillating Q&A

Please bring ID: 21+. No cover. Just bring your smart self!

Buy tickets/get more info now