CafeLitt 170: Archaeoastronomy
Thu 27 May 2010, 19:00, by Reza Assasi, at Bistro Burritoville:3rd floor, 2055 Rue Bishop, Montreal,QC (Map)
Archaeoastronomy is the study of how ancient people have understood and used the phenomena in the sky. Archaeoastronomy is not the history of astronomy; In fact it focuses on the cultural and antropoligical aspect of skywaching in the past. This academic field brings together several disciplines such as archaeology, anthropology, astronomy, statistics and probability, mythology, and history. This session is a general introduction to Archaeoastronomy along with discussing about a few examples of the recent work done by scholars in Iran and the World.... more >>
CafeLittFrancophone 1: Les Aventures de Tintin et Milou
Fri 14 May 2010, 19:00, by Shahdad Heydari, at MEKIC: 4438 rue de la Roche, Montreal (Map)
(en français)Un lecture politique, sociologique et psychanalytique: Il y a chez Tintin quelque chose qui défie le temps, les langues et les cultures. La qualité du dessein et des scénarios n'explique pas tout. Le récit est solidement ancrée dans une réalité vérifiable et les sujets sont toujours d'actualité. Le but de cette présentation est de raconter, à l'aide de certains Albums, le déroulement de la création Hérgéenne où l'imaginaire se nourrit d'une réalité faite de thèmes d'actualité et de détails circonstanciés d'une extrême précision. Cette présentation vous fait revenir de plus près sur les grands événements, extérieurs ou personnels, qui ont émaillé... more >>
CafeLitt 168: 3D perception in Brain
Thu 13 May 2010, 19:00, by Dr. Shahin Zangenehpour (PhD), at Bistro Burritoville:3rd floor, 2055 Rue Bishop, Montreal,QC (Map)
(This talk will be presented in English) The human visual system is equipped with a remarkable capacity to extract and represent depth information from flat images cast on the back of each eye. This aspect of visual perception is integral to representing the relative location and structural properties of objects in the field of view. Advances in understanding how this phenomenon unfolds in the conscious mind have led to the advent of technologies that allow us to see 3-dimensional (3D) images presented on flat cinema and/or television screens. The entertainment industry which is a major component of Western culture has had... more >>
CafePhilo 7: John Locke I
Wed 12 May 2010, 20:30, by Ali Paknezhad, at Contact:Montreal (Map)
John Locke (29 August 1632 - 28 October 1704), widely known as the Father of Liberalism, was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. Considered the first of the British empiricists, he is equally important to social contract theory. His work had a great impact upon the development of epistemology and political philosophy. His writings influenced Voltaire and Rousseau, many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American revolutionaries. His contributions to classical republicanism and liberal theory are reflected in the American Declaration of Independence. Locke's theory of mind is often cited... more >>
CafeMusique 1: First Take
Sat 8 May 2010, 16:00, by Montreal Musician, at Bistro Burritoville:3rd floor, 2055 Rue Bishop, Montreal,QC (Map)
It is a long time that we think about starting a CaféMusique. A gathering similar to CaféLitt in which instead of talking about a subject, the musician talk with their instruments. Join us with or without your instruments.... more >>
CafeLitt 167: Reasoning Methods
Thu 6 May 2010, 19:00, by Ali Shadpour, at Bistro Burritoville:3rd floor, 2055 Rue Bishop, Montreal,QC (Map)
The presentation will include : 1- A brief discussion about ambiguity in dialogues. 2- Referring to the first part ( exemplification and inductive methods of reasoning. ) 3- Deductive and axiomatic methods of reasoning, accompanied by short mentioning to elementary logic. At the end, if there is time left, Euclidean and Non-Euclidean geometry, as an example of pure mathematical science and axiomatic reasoning.... more >>
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