Tech + Art
+ Brains = ?
Secret Science Club presents Cognitive Philosopher Alva Noë on Strange
Tools: Art and Human Nature
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 Banksy’s wall rats, from Shakespeare's
Macbeth to HBO's Game of Thrones. In his new book, 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
This
edition of the Secret Science Club meets Tuesday, October 13,
8PM @ the Bell House, 149
7th St. (between 2nd and 3rd avenues) in
Gowanus, Brooklyn. Subway: F or G
to 4th Ave,
R to 9th St.
Doors open
at 7:30 pm. Please bring ID: 21+.
No cover. Just bring your
smart self!
Photo of Alva Noë: Serena
Campanini/AGF/Writer Pictures
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