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News:
Canada’s Humanist of the Year 2008
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Ontario’s Best Lecturer
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Charles Darwin’s 200th Birthday Celebration:
When: February, 2009
Where: Toronto or Niagara Falls, ON
A three-day celebration of the achievements and influences of one of the greatest thinkers in history.
Details to follow soon.
Speaking Engagements:
November 21, 2008: “The Evolution of Religion”. Presented at the 1st Annual Sauter Lecture Series, Kitchener, ON.
More Information can be found here.
October 2, 2008 “Critical Thinking and Public Health”. Presented to Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, River Run Centre, Guelph, ON.
August 24, 2008 "We are all African: Our Greatest Discovery". The First Unitarian Congregation of Waterloo, Kitchener, ON.
August 22, 2008 “The Relations of Natural Systems: A Collective Understanding of Humanity”. Keynote Speaker, 5th Annual Student Research Day, UOIT. Oshawa, ON.
Speaking Engagement Bookings
To book Dr. diCarlo for a speaking engagement, please contact Linda D. Loucks at LA Publicity: ldloucks@yahoo.ca or 519.546.4863.
Course Info:
For course information please select the courses option to your left.
Contact information:
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
2000 Simcoe St. N.
Oshawa, ON.
905.721.8668 x2994 Email: cwdicarlo@yahoo.com
Short Biography:
Christopher diCarlo is a Philosopher of Science and Ethics whose interests in cognitive evolution have taken him into the natural and social sciences. His personal research focuses on how and why humans reason, think, and act the way they do. He is interested in how and why the human brain has evolved to its current state and what cross-cultural and cross-species behaviour can provide insight into universally common modes of reasoning. He is also interested in the application of neuroscience (specifically fMRI work), in an effort to better understand psychoneuroendocrine feedback looping in problem solving.
Dr. diCarlo is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology where he teaches Critical Thinking, Bioethics, and other courses. His most recent book (just released by McGraw-Hill Ryerson) is entitled: How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass: A Practical Guide to Thinking Critically.
He is also a past Visiting Research Scholar at Harvard University in the Department of Anthropology and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology where he conducted research for two books he is currently writing called: The Comparative Brain: The Evolution of Human Reasoning and The Evolution of Religion: Why Many Need to Believe in Deities, Demons, and the Unseen.
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