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Conference: Evolution, Cognition, and the Arts
Date
Fri March 13th 2009, 10:00am - 5:00pm PDT
Event Sponsor
Sponsored by the DLCL Aesthetics Workshop and by the Stanford Humanities Center.
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Program
- 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Is Narrative an Adaptation?
William Flesch (English, Brandeis)
Jonathan Kramnick (English, Rutgers)
Blakey Vermeule (English, Stanford) - 2:00 - 4:30 p.m.: Music and the Brain
Jonathan Berger (Music, Stanford)
Daniel Levitin (Psychology, McGill) - 4:30 - 5:00 p.m.: Concluding Remarks
Recommended readings:
- Flesch Commeuppance
- Levitin Encyclopedia of Mind
- Levitin/Tirovolas