How Philosophers Invented the Modern Mind

The Leonard Lopate Show | Nov 30, 2015

George Makari, author and professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, talks about the concept of the mind in modern Western society. Soul Machine: The Invention of the Modern Mind traces the creation of mind sciences, from psychiatry to phrenology. 

EVENT: On Wednesday, December 16th, George Makari will host a discussion at The New School, Sandor Ferenczi Center, UL104 (lower level) University Center, 63 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003 at 8:00 P.M.

 

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