{"id":1861,"date":"2016-02-08T20:29:51","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T20:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/?p=1861"},"modified":"2016-02-18T09:31:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T09:31:00","slug":"autismscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/autismscience\/","title":{"rendered":"Autism and Minds Wired for Science: Ethical Implications"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simon Baron-Cohen\/ John Dupr\u00e9\/ Bonnie Evans\/\u00a0Bhismadev Chakrabarti<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Listen to the podcast<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

6.30 – 8pm, Monday 1 February\u00a02016
\nOld\u00a0Theatre, LSE<\/p>\n

Speakers<\/strong>
\nSimon Baron-Cohen<\/a><\/span>, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology (Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge)
\nJohn Dupr\u00e9<\/a><\/span>, Professor of Philosophy of Science (University of Exeter)
\nBonnie Evans<\/a><\/span>, Wellcome Trust Postdoctoral Fellow in the\u00a0School of History\u00a0(Queen Mary, University of London)<\/p>\n

Chair<\/strong>
\nBhismadev Chakrabarti<\/a><\/span>, Associate Professor of Neuroscience (University of Reading)<\/p>\n

Our panel will offer perspectives from neuroscience, history and philosophy on autism: How has our understanding of autism evolved? Why is autism so often linked with scientific and mathematical talent? Does this mean that some minds are \u2018wired\u2019 for science (and others not)? Is autism really a disorder, or just an aspect of human \u2018neurodiversity\u2019?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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