The 2nd MaMa Charitable Foundation
Visiting Professor in Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
Buddhism and Today’s Technology
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Speaker: | Professor (Emeritus) Lewis R. Lancaster |
Time: | 3:00-5:00pm | 19 & 26 Oct & 2 Nov 2013 (Sat) |
Language: | English |
Type: | Free Admission | All are welcome |
Organized by: | HKU Centre of Buddhist Studies |
Sponsored by: | MaMa Charitable Foundation |
Enquiry: | hkucbs@hku.hk | (852) 3917 0094 |
Lecture Summary
Lectures
Lecture 1
Buddhism: Bio-ethics and the Concept of Body (Presentation slides)
3-5 pm on Oct 19, 2013 (Saturday)
With the new advances in genetics, it is now possible to have intervention in the natural process. Creating a new body of ethics for these new procedures have both social and religious implications.
Lecture 2
Buddhism: Higgs Boson and the Search for Cause (Presentation slides)
3-5 pm on Oct 26, 2013 (Saturday)
Psychics has taken a major step forward in determining the causal chain of matter and antimatter. Causality remains difficult to determine and especially the definition of “First Cause”. Buddhism has taught that such an event cannot be discovered.
Lecture 3
Buddhism: What and Where is Consciousness (Presentation slides)
3-5 pm on Nov 2, 2013 (Saturday)
Consciousness studies have come to the fore with the advent of remote sensing of brain activity. Locating consciousness and defining it are still tasks to be explored. Can consciousness exist outside the Sensorium?