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Schedule for Metaphysics and the Matter with Things: Thinking with Iain McGilchrist

CIIS Campus

*Times listed in local timezone—Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−07:00)*

Friday, March 29th

Registration and meet & greet: 6:00pm

Evening with Iain McGilchrist: 7:30pm

Saturday, March 30th

Session 1: 9:00 – 10:30am | Neuroscience & Psychology

  • Àlex Gómez-Marín
  • Michael Jacob
  • Rev. Thandeka


Break | 30 minutes

Session 2: 11:00 – 12:30pm | Physics & Biology

  • Ruth E. Kastner
  • Timothy E. Eastman 
  • Michael Levin


Lunch break | 90 minutes

Virtual Attendees Discussion Space: 12:45 – 1:45pm

Session 3: 2:00 – 3:30pm | Philosophy & Aesthetics

  • Matthew Segall
  • Zak Stein
  • Carolyn Cooke


Dialogue: 4:00 – 5:30pm

Sunday, March 31st

Homily by Thandeka: 8:45am

Session 4: 9:45 – 11:15am | Spirituality & the Sacred

  • Richard Tarnas
  • John Vervaeke
  • Andrew M. Davis


Responses and Integration: 11:30 – 1:00pm