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3/25/02

SCIENCE & SPIRITUALITY TOPIC FOR SLU LECTURE

CANTON - The Fourth Annual Niles Memorial Lecture on Science and 
Religion will be given on Tuesday, April 9, at 7 p.m. in 
Herring-Cole Hall at St. Lawrence University, by Arthur Zajonc, 
professor of physics at Amherst College. His topic is "Finding 
Common Ground: The Common Cognitive Source of Science and Spirituality." 
The event is open to the public, free of charge.
	In the lecture, Zajonc will explore the cognitive sources for 
science and spirituality, examining their similarities and differences, 
and suggest ways of properly including both the contemplative and 
the spiritual in the academy.
	Zajonc is a founding member of the Kira Institute, an 
organization that explores the interface between science, values 
and spirituality. In 1997 he served as scientific coordinator of 
"The New Physics and Cosmology," the sixth Mind and Life Dialogue 
with the Dalai Lama. Zajonc lectures widely on the foundations of 
quantum physics; the history and philosophy of science; and the 
meditative life. He is author of Catching the Light, co-author of 
Quantum Challenge and co-editor of Goethe's Way of Science. Zajonc's 
book Dialogues with the Dalai Lama on the New Physics and Cosmology 
is forthcoming from Oxford University Press.

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