Perspectives from philosophy, neuroscience and psychology, spirituality and everyday life, and the hard sciences were discussed by the professionals of the study house and the audience present.
Professors from educational establishments, professionals from other disciplines, older adults, students and academics from the University of La Serena, met at the Extension Center of the house of higher education to give life to the Colloquium on Critical Approaches to the Truth.
The speakers of this activity, organized by the Department of Psychology and the Extension Directorate of the ULS, were the academics Dr. Mauricio González and Mg. Mauricio Cerda (Dept. of Psychology), Dr. Marco Corgini (Dept. of Mathematics) and Dr. Francisco Roco (Dept. of Education), and the manager of the U. de La Serena Publishing House, Alejandro Abufom.
For just over three hours, representatives of the institution addressed the concept of truth from their different areas of work and interest: philosophy, spirituality and everyday life, hard sciences, neuroscience and psychology, interacting with the public, answering your questions and generating discussion on the different aspects mentioned.
History and social changes, assumptions about different events, philosophical positions, religion, politics, the human brain and many other areas were part of the presentations listened to with great attention by the dozens of attendees. In this way, as indicated by the director of the Department. of Psychology, Dr. Mauricio González, "the expectation was met because precisely the objective was to be able to get closer to the community and, on the other hand, also have a dialogue between colleagues or initiate a dialogue. The idea was always to have many perspectives.''
In this regard, Dr. Marco Corgini added that ''I am impressed. A lot of people came, they were very interested, they asked very interesting and important questions. It seems to me that this is a very good link between the institution and the environment and it is something that should not end. The important thing is that there were several views, we are all different and, as I said in the presentation, the differences are not relevant here. We have realized in this discussion that the fundamental issues do not have to do with that, but with tolerance, the debate of ideas, etc. That's the main''.
For his part, Dr. Francisco Roco expressed that “I am very pleased that the University informs, tells, and shares with the community the work that is carried out within it. It is an ethical and moral issue for a university to project itself into the community.” Likewise, he commented that he would love to bring forward a new version of the event, ''looking at the best within ourselves from a different perspective. I would like to approach it from the perspective of a very 'lying' knowledge that speaks of truth, art, which is a beautiful, true, playful lie that enchants. There is a very deep connection with the truth there. I think the community would like that topic too.''
For Alejandro Abufom, the evaluation of the colloquium is also positive, since ''there was no implicit complicity, but rather different perspectives: that of a philosopher, with comments on Heidegger, Mario Bunge, etc., spiritual traditions, history of science, neurosciences and a little from politics. The objective was met and the people who came had a very good reception, so we are super happy, we hope it will be replicated with another topic. We must generate dialogue, that is the objective of these activities, in addition to the extension of the university, to generate dialogue between citizens and academics or the people who work at the university.''
Meanwhile, Mg. Mauricio Cerda highlighted ''not only the presentations of the colleagues, but also at the end having seen the reception of the people. From what several people said, it seems that they found it very enjoyable, very attractive, it left them with reflections, they talked about having learned some things, no one wanted to leave, so I really think it met its objective.''
Just like the other exhibitors, the academic from the Department of Psychology hopes to repeat the experience. ''Forums, seminars could be organized in which there can be debate, in which there are University professors from different fields, defining a common topic that can be approached from different perspectives, I think that is where the main enrichment lies. Now things came out that touched on political, social, cultural, perhaps even economic issues, so topics could be sought that are also attractive to the community,'' he said.
At the close of the colloquium, numerous people from the public asked to speak to congratulate the University of La Serena and the academics who presented at the activity for the opportunity they were given to learn about different topics, clarify doubts, generate debate and offer such a panorama. varied on the concept of truth, with high-level academic presentations.
It is important to mention that the summaries of the exhibitions will be published in No. 7 of El Club Cuántico Magazine (http://elclubcuantico.blogspot.com), while video presentations will be available on the channel http://www.youtube.com/elclubcuantico.