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| Date: | 05.12.2016, 08:30-18:30h |
| Location: | Tübingen Deutschland |
| Keywords: | Genetic research/engineering - Disease - Beginning of life - End of life - Prolongation of life - Medical ethics |
| Details: | We grow older than ever before in human history: people born today can expect a lifespan greater than a century. But where the individual sees promises of a long life, our society faces a fundamental transition - and we are only beginning to perceive its effects. Moreover, old age is associated with worries and fears. So it comes as no surprise that the public discourse on aging is also a discourse of crisis. Science, art and philosophy are starting to make a convincing case that the process of aging can be adequately described, perhaps not only as a mere degeneration, but as a transformation. The organisms and their brains constantly adapt, allowing us not only to compensate age-related decline but also to draw on formerly unavailable capabilities. Society as a whole could put this specific potential in the ever-increasing number of elderly people to constructive use. In this year's fall school we seek to open up the exchange between biological sciences and neuroscience, and insights from the humanities to explore these various facets of aging. |
| Organizer: | Tübingen International Fall School 2016 is a joint venture of FORUM SCIENTIARUM and the Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN) at the University of Tübingen. |
| Contact: | Address: FORUM SCIENTIARUM Doblerstr. 33 72074 Tübingen Germany Tel: Fax: Email: info@fsci.uni-tuebingen.de |
| Webpage: | http://www.forum-scientiarum.uni-tuebingen.de/studium/akademien/archiv/tifs2016.html |
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