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Why Would a Biologist Believe in the Soul?

Michigan State University

A lecture by Prof. Jonathan Buttaci (The Catholic University of America)

Thursday, February 27th

5:00 PM

Old Horticulture Building, 506 E. Circle Dr. Room 256

This lecture is free and open to the public.

About the speaker:

Jonathan Buttaci is an assistant professor of philosophy at the Catholic University of America. His research concerns theories of knowledge, learning, and the soul in ancient Greek philosophy. He is particularly interested in Aristotle’s account of scientific knowledge, inquiry, and discovery as shown in his (often neglected) scientific works. He is also interested in more recent philosophical debates on similar topics in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of knowledge, and philosophy of science.

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