States of Mind: Tracing the edges of consciousness | Wellcome Collection - Wellcome Trust
I was disappointed. To me, it was a typical 'Essay Exhibition' The creators of the Exhibition must have thought this is a good idea
Start with the Soul, Descartes take that to Neuroscience.
Then explore Consciousness:
So Sleep & Awake
Childhood - becoming an individual
Death and brain damage
The art works did not communicate strongly and the text really did not give a compelling discussion of consciousness. Intellectually, it seemed something I could have put together after looking at a Horizon programme or two, with a few book reviews and Radio 4 programmes. You leave about as informed as you came in and not inspired.
What I took out was Descartes Dualism, Blake's illustration of the female soul leaving the male body. A brain scan that shows a clever way of communicating with brain damaged, but this was most certainly not an interesting exploration of consciousness.
In fact I think it is a failure as an Exhibition
States of Mind: Tracing the edges of consciousness | Wellcome Collection - Wellcome Trust
Start with the Soul, Descartes take that to Neuroscience.
Then explore Consciousness:So Sleep & Awake
Childhood - becoming an individual
Death and brain damage
The art works did not communicate strongly and the text really did not give a compelling discussion of consciousness. Intellectually, it seemed something I could have put together after looking at a Horizon programme or two, with a few book reviews and Radio 4 programmes. You leave about as informed as you came in and not inspired.
What I took out was Descartes Dualism, Blake's illustration of the female soul leaving the male body. A brain scan that shows a clever way of communicating with brain damaged, but this was most certainly not an interesting exploration of consciousness.
In fact I think it is a failure as an Exhibition
States of Mind: Tracing the edges of consciousness | Wellcome Collection - Wellcome Trust
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