Talks
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FAITH AND RATIONALITY Philosopher Daniel Dennett talks with a professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies at Columbia University, Robert Thurman, about the evolution of organized religion and why it is such a potent force today. Mr. Dennett contends that “belief in belief” has fogged attempts to rationally consider the existence of God and the relationship between divinity and human need. He is the author of the new book “Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon” (Viking). Tonight, 8 p.m., Columbia University, Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway at 116th Street, 212-854-7799, $15.
GENDER AT THE DOCTOR’S In her lecture “Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Man?” – sponsored by the Village Temple Sisterhood – the director of the Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine at Columbia University, Dr. Marianne Legato, discusses the relationship between gender and physiology. She examines doctors’ tendencies to treat patients as though they were all the same sex: male. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., the Village Temple, 33 E. 12th St., between University Place and Broadway, 212-674-2340, $5 suggested donation.
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