Shimon Edelman Professor of Psychology, Cornell University Shimon Edelman BSEE MSc PhD holds degrees in electrical engineering and in computer science and is interested in all aspects of mind, brain, and behavior. He has taught in Israel, England, and South Korea and is presently Professor of Psychology at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, where he works on behavioral, neural, evolutionary, and computational aspects of vision, language, consciousness, and happiness. He is the author of several books, including “Computing the Mind”, “The Happiness of Pursuit”, and, most recently, “Beginnings”, a psychological-philosophical science fiction (psy-phi sci-fi) anabasis. Participant In: Happiness Saturday, September 24, 2016 2:30-4:30 pm Past Event Watch the video » Call no man happy until he is dead. – Solon of Athens (c. 640 – c. 560 BCE) “Happiness” may be understood in prosaic and philosophic senses: as referring to a moment of experience or the entirety of a life; as referring to a psychological state of mind, relating to pleasurable emotions, as well as… read more »
Happiness Saturday, September 24, 2016 2:30-4:30 pm Past Event Watch the video » Call no man happy until he is dead. – Solon of Athens (c. 640 – c. 560 BCE) “Happiness” may be understood in prosaic and philosophic senses: as referring to a moment of experience or the entirety of a life; as referring to a psychological state of mind, relating to pleasurable emotions, as well as… read more »