Lecture to Explore Scientific and Buddhist Approaches to Emotions
3/8/2006 8:40:29 AM
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WILMINGTON, NC -How can we learn to control the emotions that drive us into unhappiness and destructive behavior? What do Western science and Buddhist wisdom both tell us about learning to live at peace with ourselves and with others?
Owen Flanagan of Duke University will explore these ideas as guest speaker for the annual B. Frank Hall Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
His talk is titled "Destructive Emotions: Buddhist and Scientific Perspectives." His presentation is based on a collaborative inquiry, made with together with the Dalai Lama and Western scientists. The program begins at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 23 in Cameron Hall auditorium.
Flanagan is professor of philosophy, psychology and brain sciences, and neurobiology at Duke University. He is the author of nine books including Consciousness Reconsidered, Self Expressions: Mind, Morals and the Meaning of Life and The Problem of Soul: Two Visions of Mind. In 1998, he was recipient of the Romanell National Phi Beta Kappa award, given annually to one American philosopher for distinguished contributions to philosophy and the public understanding of philosophy.
In 1999, Flanagan was invited by the Mind and Life Institute to participate in a small conference in Darhamsala, India, with the Dalai Lama on the topic "Destructive Emotions." A book on the meetings, Destructive Emotions: How Can We Overcome Them? A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama narrated by Daniel Goleman, was published in 2003.
Additional information about Flanagan is available at http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Philosophy/faculty/ojf.
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