Dr. Krancberg earned her PhD in Philosophy from Columbia University. She specializes in philosophy of mind, with an emphasis in phenomenal consciousness and the nature of qualia. She presently teaches Introduction to Philosophy at the University of Miami as an adjunct professor, and also teaches philosophy courses at Broward Community College on an adjunct basis. Some people think in ways that are so radically different from us that they are incapable of understanding concepts with which we are familiar, marking them as operating in “alternative conceptual schemes.” Dr. Krancberg will examine the notion of a conceptual scheme, discuss alternative conceptual schemes, and address such questions as: can “Mary,” who is confined to a black and white environment, yet has a complete scientific understanding of color, know what it is like to see red? Come share your thoughts on this and related topics concerning the limits of human understanding.

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