Zombies and pain - listen to the lecture

Zombie philosophy - more than a professor with a hangover? How does colourblind Mary know that her lamb is white? And what has this nonsense to do with pain? Dr Tillmann Vierkant of the University of Edinburgh explains to the combined meeting of the East and West of Scotland Pain Groups.

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Further reading:
Zombie Mary and the Blue Banana
Consciousness: an introduction - Susan J Blackmore
The conscious mind : in search of a fundamental theory - David Chalmers

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Notice of meeting: Joint meeting of the East and West of Scotland Pain Groups

Joint meeting of the East and West of Scotland Pain Groups

When: Thursday 28th February 2008

"Zombies and Pain!" - Dr Tillmann Vierkant, Edinburgh University Dept of Philosophy

Venue: The Scotsman Hotel, North Bridge, Edinburgh

Coffee & registration: 6–7pm

Lecture & discussion: 7–8pm

To be followed by a meal

Registration £10, send cheque made payable to "The East of Scotland Pain Group" to
Dr Steve Gilbert, Pain Clinic, Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline KY12 0SU

Email: stephen.gilbert@nhs.net or phone 01383 623623 ext 4749