33.2228, Confs: Cognitive Science/USA

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LINGUIST List: Vol-33-2228. Thu Jul 07 2022. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 33.2228, Confs: Cognitive Science/USA

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Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2022 02:02:45
From: Francisco de Assis Mariano [assismariano at ufrn.edu.br]
Subject: Parables and Brains

 
Parables and Brains 
Short Title: LARA 

Date: 07-Jul-2022 - 07-Jul-2022 
Location: Online, USA 
Contact: Francisco de Assis Mariano 
Contact Email: lara at logicandreligion.com 
Meeting URL: https://www.logicandreligion.com/webinars 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science 

Meeting Description: 

Dear Colleague,

You are invited to participate in the next session of the Logic and Religion
Webinar Series which will be held on July 7, 2022, at 4pm CET with the topic:
 
PARABLES AND BRAINS
Speaker: Andrew Pinsent (The University of Oxford, UK).
Chair: Fábio Bertato (UNICAMP, Brazil).
 
Please, register in advance:
https://www.logicandreligion.com/webinars
 
Abstract: Why did Jesus teach so much in parables? These parables usually have
clear explanations but why not simply teach the explanations, given the risk
of misinterpretation? In this presentation, I share new insights from
neuroscience that have highlighted the ancient distinction between knowledge
and understanding (intellectus/nous), a distinction that is at the heart of so
many challenges to Artificial Intelligence. I further argue that understanding
is communicated in a privileged manner by means of metaphor and narrative. On
this account, parables are not merely convenient but may be indispensable for
offering the understanding upon which knowledge and wisdom are based.
 
Join us 5 minutes prior to the beginning of the session!
 
With best wishes,
 
-- 
Francisco de Assis Mariano 
The University of Missouri-Columbia
LARA Secretary
lara at logicandreligion.com
 






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