A Self Fulfilling Prophecy: Linking Belief to Behavior

Philosopher Simon Critchley, cognitive scientist Shaun Gallagher, and physicist V. V. Raman will survey how the Self is shaped by interactions with the environment, how free will, responsibility, and other traits emerge, and how character and virtue become targets for constructing the Self. Moderated by Esther Sternberg. The New York Academy of Sciences Wednesday, April 28, 2011