6. FULLNESS: Next (1:28:00)

Date:
2020-03-13
Main contributors:
Kieran, Stephen, Timberlake, James
Summary:
James Timberlake’s lecture, FULLNESS: Next, explores how FULLNESS: The Art of the Whole might be interpreted through unbuilt work, future work, and current research – revealing the art, science, and beauty of architecture in data, fact, and logic, and in the seams of program, life, work, and production.

7. The Role of International Treaties in Tackling Climate Change (1:11:07)

Date:
2010-10-11
Main contributors:
Jean Palutikof
Summary:
This presentation discusses likely futures in a world where governments make their own rules about emissions reduction. It examines whether there is a future for the UNFCCC, and looks at the role of the IPCC in supporting the work of the UNFCCC.

8. Consciousness as a Problem in Philosophy and Neurobiology (1:20:19)

Date:
2014-09-09
Main contributors:
John Searle
Summary:
A main intellectual scandal today is that we do not have, in philosophy or neurobiology, a generally accepted account of consciousness. In this lecture, John Searle will offer the philosophical core of such an account, and explain the difficulties in getting a neurobiological account. Along the way, he will expose half a dozen really outrageous mistakes about consciousness.

9. Adaptation Strategies: A Poor Man's Solution? (1:06:43)

Date:
2010-10-12
Main contributors:
Jean Palutikof
Summary:
This presentation looks at what we must do to adapt to climate change-the size of the threat, and what we can do. It attempts to answer two fundamental questions: first, how must our lifestyle change in order to live with climate change and, second, can developing countries limit their emissions as they strive to improve living standards?

10. The Logical Structure of Human Civilization (1:24:07)

Date:
2014-09-11
Main contributors:
John Searle
Summary:
The distinctive features of human civilization, as opposed to animal societies, are such things as money, property, marriage, government, etc. These are created and partly constituted by linguistic representations. For this reason, they all have logical, propositional structures. John Searle will explain how they are created and maintained by certain sorts of speech acts and thus explain the nature of human civilization.