自我意識理論研討會



2010知覺與自我意識跨領域研討會

議程：www.ee.ntu.edu.tw/eeoffice/download/News/101018142402.pdf

http://www.philo.ntu.edu.tw/ann/view.php?ID=753

時間：2010年10月25日至26日

地點：臺灣大學生命科學館三樓演講廳

主辦單位：台灣大學哲學系
政治大學心腦與學習研究中心
陽明大學心智哲學研究所

近年來心智哲學的一個重要主題是關於知覺意識與自我意識之間的關係。包括：（1）知覺意識（perceptual consciousness）與自我意識（self-consciousness）的關係是什麼？知覺意識提供了對於外在世界之感覺性的（sensory）且立即的識察（awareness），自我意識則使得認知者以某種方式意識到自己。這兩種意識是否根本上是彼此獨立的，還是說兩者在本質上有密切關聯？更具體而言，如果要對知覺經驗的特性有完整的說明，是否必須訴諸於某種特定的自我意識才行？（2）根據Shoemaker所提出的第一人稱「識別錯誤之免疫性」（“the immunity to error through misidentification”），關於經驗的內容（content），我們可能會弄錯（如：眼前鏡子裏的那個人是不是我？我現在到底是覺得痛，還是覺得癢？） 但是對於辨識自己是否為該經驗的當事者（subject），我們絕不會弄錯。這種immunity是不是自我意識的根本性質之一？（3）要擁有自我意識是否需要具備複雜的概念能力？對於知覺的現象特性（phenomenal character）的經歷能否完全不涉及任何自我意識？（4）假設知覺與自我意識有本質上的關聯，那麼這兩者究竟是以什麼方式關聯在一起？那一個理論能對此提供最好的解釋？

有鑑於此，台灣大學哲學系、政治大學心腦與學習研究中心與陽明大學心智哲學研究所於2010年10月25、26日舉辦「知覺與自我意識跨領域研討會」。此次研討會目的在探討知覺意識（perceptual consciousness）與自我意識（self-consciousness）的關係。台灣大學哲學系邏輯心靈與方法論研究團隊成員目前的研究認為，對腦傷病人的各種現象（phenomenology）和腦部神經活動進行第一手的研究，以及藉由實驗操控視覺與身體感覺之間的關係，會幫助本研究小組在關於知覺與自我意識的哲學議題上有所突破。此次研討會主要是以邀請國外學者，為目前最為先進的哲學發展，就有關知覺與自我意識中最先進的研究與實驗，提出一具體而且明確的討論說明。召開本研討會的策略，在於集結世界各地針對知覺與自我意識的研究人才，透過本研究小組成員之邀請，專程來台參與討論。

本研討會以兩天舉行，共計七場討論。廣邀國內外學有專精的學者發表最新論文（國內3篇，國外4篇），批判對話討論。除了能夠提昇國內相關領域的研究發展之外，也將是一次與校內其他研究領域（例如心理系、醫學系、神經醫學研究）重要的科際整合。

參與發表論文學者：

1. Shaun Gallagher, Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Philosophy, University of Central Florida, USA.
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~gallaghr/

2. Frédérique de Vignemont, CNRS Researcher at Transitions, CNRS-NYU, New York.
http://fvignemont.googlepages.com/home

3. Bigna Lenggenhager, Assistant at the Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience (LNCO), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.

4. Manos Tsakiris, Lecturer in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, UK.
http://sites.google.com/site/wwwmanostsakiris/

5. 洪裕宏，陽明大學心智哲學研究所教授兼所長。
http://crg.ym.edu.tw/houng/ch/index.html

6. 朱菁，中國廣州中山大學邏輯與認知研究所及哲學系教授，陽明大學心智哲學研究所教授。
http://www.ym.edu.tw/phil/faculty_zhu.html

7. Timothy Joseph Lane (藍亭)，政治大學心腦與學習研究中心教授。
http://140.119.175.175/rcmbltc/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=46

8. 梁益堉，台灣大學哲學系副教授。
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~yiliang/

[TSC] Brain, Mind and Reality - May 2-8, 2011 - Stockholm University - Sweden

 

Toward a Science of Consciousness is an interdisciplinary conference emphasizing broad and rigorous approaches to the study of conscious awareness. Topical areas include neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, biology, quantum physics, meditation and altered states, machine consciousness, culture and experiential phenomenology. Held annually since 1994, the conference is organized by the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona, and alternates yearly between Tucson, Arizona and various locations around the world. Toward a Science of Consciousness 2011 will be held at Stockholm University, Aula Magna Hall, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2-8, 2011.

Sessions, Themes and Speakers

Dates and Times TBA

1. Brain fields and consciousness: Evidence suggests brain-generated electromagnetic fields provide feedback on brain neuronal activities, bolstering long-standing electromagnetic field theories of consciousness.

David McCormick, Yale, Brain electric field feedback
Johnjoe McFadden, Surrey, Electromagnetic field theory of consciousness
Sue Pockett, Auckland, E-M field theory of consciousness

TBA

2. Consciousness in the universe: Is consciousness an epiphenomenal happenstance of this one particular universe among multitudes, as proposed in M-theory by Hawking and Mlodinow? Or are consciousness and intelligence intrinsic to the fabric of reality?

Deepak Chopra, Chopra Foundation, Vedic approaches to consciousness and reality

Leonard Mlodinow, CalTech, Grand Design (with Stephen Hawking)

Paola Zizzi, Padua, Consciousness in the early universe.

TBA

3. Transcranial therapy of mental states: New therapeutic modalities based on brain stimulation aimed at conscious mental disorders include transcranial electric and magnetic fields and ultrasound vibrations. Mechanisms and utility in relation to consciousness and memory will be discussed.

Allan Snyder, Sydney, Transcranial electric fields for memory enhancement
W. Jamie Tyler, Arizona State, Transcranial ultrasound for mental disorders
Eric Wassermann, NIH, Transcranial magnetic stimulation for depression

TBA

4. Time, precognition and consciousness: The famous Libet experiments and parapsychology have long suggested backward time referral of subjective conscious experience of hundreds of milliseconds in the brain. Now such effects are unexpectedly seen in mainstream neuroscience. Can they be explained through quantum physics?

Dick Bierman, Amsterdam, Pre-sentiment
Moran Cerf, NYU/UCLA, Pre-cognition in human brain neurons?

Sara Gonzalez Andino, Geneva, Backward time referral in monkey amygdala

TBA

5. Anesthesia and consciousness: Anesthetic gases selectively erase consciousness and block high frequency gamma synchrony EEG while sparing non-conscious brain functions, acting by weak quantum forces in a distributed array of post-synaptic proteins

Nicholas Franks, Imperial College London, Anesthetic sites of action
Stuart Hameroff, Arizona, Hydrophobic quantum pockets in dendritic proteins
Anthony Hudetz, MC Wisconsin, Anesthetics and gamma synchrony

TBA

6. Quantum biology: The role of quantum physics in consciousness has been discounted by the assumption that the biological brain is too warm and wet. But quantum coherence, entanglement and ballistic conductance have now been recognized in warm photosynthesis, DNA and microtubules.

Anirban Bandyopadhyay, Tsukuba, Ballistic conductance and quantum bits in microtubules
Jack Tuszynski, Alberta, Microtubule information processing capabilities

TBA

7. Neuronal activities and consciousness: Large scale coherence potentials, neuronal ignitions and avalanches correlate with consciousness. How is coherence mediated? What roles do dendritic synchrony, axonal firings, macroscopic fields, complexity and intraneuronal processes play in consciousness? Will mapping brain connections help explain consciousness?

Germund Hesslow, Lund, Complex spike timing
Rafi Malach, Weizmann Institute, Neuronal ignitions
Dietmar Plenz, NIH, Neuronal avalanches, coherence and criticality

TBA

8. Consciousness, reality and the universe: Does the conscious observer collapse the wave function? Is consciousness an emergent property of complex computation, or irreducible and intrinsically related to spacetime geometry? How did the universe arise from nothingness? What is entanglement?

Menas Kafatos, Chapman University, The holographic universe

Tarja Kallio-Tamminen, Helsinki, Quantum physics and Eastern philosophy
Paavo Pylkkanen, Helsinki, Bohm and the quantum universe

TBA

9. End-of-life brain activity: Recent clinical studies report a surge of coherent, high frequency EEG at the time of human death, when neuronal metabolic supplies are depleted. Historically, nearly all civilizations have reported so-called near death experiences with remarkably consistent phenomenology. Have brain monitors captured the correlate of near death experiences?

Lakhmir Chawla, George Washington, End-of-life brain activity

Peter Fenwick, London, End-of-life conscious experience
Pim von Lommel, Arnhem, Near death experiences

TBA

10. The varieties of religious experience: Since William James, meaning, values, intentionality, feelings and imagery related to religious experience have been part of consciousness studies. Modern imaging reveals brain regions active during religious experience, and sacramental plants are used to promote spiritual states 

Mario Beauregard, Montreal, Neuroscience of transcendent experience

Padrinho Paulo Roberto, Rio de Janeiro, Sacramental plants of Amazonia and religious experience
TBA

In addition to Keynote and Plenary talks, the conference will feature Pre-Conference Workshops, Concurrent Talks, Poster Sessions, Art/Tech Demos, Social Events and Side Trips in the Stockholm tradition.

Special Pre-Conference Workshop  -   full day 

Monday May 2, 2011 - registration - TBA
Deepak Chopra, Vedic approaches to consciousness

Additional half day

Pre-Conference Workshops - TBA

TSC Stockholm 2011 Conference Abstract System

All Abstracts must be submitted via the online system.

Accepted abstracts will be included in the conference program book
and posted online.

Schedule of Deadlines: 

2010

November 15      Pre-conference workshop proposals due
December 15     Abstracts due

December 15     Registration Open     

2011        
January     5        Decisions     
February 15       Final edits    

       

Pre-Conference Workshop Proposals:
Proposals (500 words or less) should be sent to: center@email.arizona.edu

no later than October  25 (notifications by November 15)
Workshops will be held in 4 hour sessions on Sunday May 1 and Monday May 2

Sponsors (partial list)
Perfjell Wellness Center
Center for Consciousness Studies, University of Arizona
Mind Event SA
Chopra Foundation
Agora for Biosystems

Organizing Committee (partial list)
Stuart Hameroff, University of Arizona, co-chair
Christer Perfjell, Perfjell Wellness Center, Mind Event SA, co-chair
Paavo Pylkkanen, University of Helsinki

Deepak Chopra, Chopra Center
Gustav Bernroider, University of Salzburg
Hans Liljenstrom,  Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Agora for Biosystems
Adrian Parker, University of Gothenburg
Annekatrine Puhle, University of Gothenburg
Etzel Cardena, Lund University
Alexander Moreira-Almeida  MD, PhD  (Brazil)
Nildson Alvares-Muniz, Uniceub- Centro Universitário de Brasília

Abi Behar-Montefiore (University of Arizona) - Conference Manager