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This is a Q&A session with the audience at the conclusion of Day 2.

In this presentation, Catherine Kerr will discuss work by her lab and others that shows how focused mental attention rapidly shapes perception of body sensations by influencing neurons in the basic somatosensory processing network in the brain.

This presentation will describe Project Prakash as a prototype of what such initiatives might look like in the confluence of a crucial humanitarian mission and a fundamental scientific quest.

This presentation will situate Buddhist epistemology in its historical context, and focus on two points: 1) how perception is defined, and 2) how the insistence on perception being free of conceptuality raises important tensions within Buddhist epistemology, especially for the key question of how our perception and thought interact in creating an integrated cognitive experience of the world.

We will introduce the central themes of this meeting, discussing from scientific and philosophical perspectives the key questions in the study of perception, concepts and the self that will be considered this week.

Anne Harrington discusses a potential dialogue between Tibetan Buddhism and Western science, exploring the historical imbalance in Western sciences’ attention to violent behavior versus loving emotions, examining the practices of Buddhism and science in cultivating compassion, questioning the presumed moral elevation of scientific rationality, and investigating the connection between scientific theories of human nature and the practical role of science in society.