bvi@cca.ucsf.edu (Ravi Gomatam) (10/13/89)
CALL FOR PAPERS AND REGISTRATION
------- FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE --------
on the study of
CONSCIOUSNESS WITHIN SCIENCE
Feb. 17-18, 1990
Lone Mountain Conference Center, University of San Francisco
California
The conference will examine the need for and the
methodological problems in the study of the phenomenon of
consciousness from the perspective of a wide range of scientific
fields. Prominent scholars will share and discuss their research
through invited presentations and question and answer sessions.
The discussions will focus on the role of consciousness as a vital
component of the scientific investigation of the natural world.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS INCLUDE:
NEW CONCEPTS ON THE MIND-BRAIN PROBLEM - JOHN ECCLES
Neurosciences, Switzerland
A QUANTUM THEORY OF CONSCIOUSNESS - HENRY STAPP
Theoretical Physics, Lawrence Berkeley Labs.
BRAIN STATES AND PROCESSES AS DETERMINANTS OF THE CONTENTS OF
CONSCIOUSNESS - KARL PRIBRAM
Neuropsychology, Stanford University
CONSCIOUSNESS: IMMANENT OR TRANSCENDENT? - ROBERT ROSEN
Biophysics, Dalhousie University
E.C.G. SUDARSHAN - Title to be Announced
Theoretical Physics, University of Texas, Austin
WAVE MECHANICS OF CONSCIOUSNESS - ROBERT JAHN
Engineering Anomalies Group, Princeton University
ENGINEERING ANOMALIES RESEARCH - BRENDA DUNNE
Engineering Anomalies Group, Princeton University
RICHARD L. GREGORY - Title to be Announced
Psychology, University of Bristol
SPONTANEITY OF CONSCIOUSNESS: A PROBABILISTIC THEORY OF MEANINGS
AND SEMANTIC ARCHITECTONICS OF PERSONALITY - V. NALIMOV
Mathematical Theory of Experiments, Moscow State University
EVOLUTION AND CONSCIOUSNESS - A.G. CAIRNS-SMITH
Molecular Chemistry, Glasgow University
T.D. SINGH - Title to be Announced
Physical Organic Chemistry, Bhaktivedanta Institute, Bombay
CONSCIOUSNESS AND INTENTIONALITY - JOHN SEARLE
Cognitive Philosophy, U.C., Berkeley
A TRANS-TEMPORAL APPROACH TO MIND-BRAIN INTERACTION - RICHARD L.
THOMPSON
Mathematical Biology, Bhaktivedanta Institute, San Francisco
BIOLOGICAL COHERENCE - H. FROHLICH
Theoretical Physics, University of Liverpool
CONCEPTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS: A PHILOSOPHICAL CRITIQUE - DAVID LONG
Philosophy, California State University, Sacramento
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The presentations at the conference will reflect not only the
invited delegates' current research concerns but also the insights
gained from their intensive interaction at a two-day workshop
retreat just preceding the conference.
The concluding session (Feb. 18, 2-6 P.M.) will feature a
special panel of all the invited delegates on the task of
developing a list of criteria for the scientific study of
consciousness.
The conference host, the Bhaktivedanta Institute, is a private
non-profit research organization which promotes international
discussions on consciousness-based perspectives in relation to
outstanding problems in various areas of modern science. It has
centers in Bombay and San Francisco and a staff of twenty
concerned scientists from various fields.
Participation is by registration. The conference format will
afford registered participants ample opportunity for interaction
with the distinguished guests. Early registration is encouraged.
REGISTRATION FEE: $125.00 before Dec. 15, 1989;
$150.00 thereafter.
To register, please send check/money order (in U.S. dollars
only) drawn in favor of the Bhaktivedanta Institute to the
conference secretariat. Please include name, address,
institutional affliation and research interests (if any) of the
registrant.
CALL FOR PAPERS:
While all oral presentations are by invitation only,
opportunities exist for paper presentation in poster sessions on
any topic related to the broad theme of the conference.
Interested authors may submit three hard-copies of a full paper
(8000 words) or an extended abstract (1000 words) for
consideration on or before November 30, 1989.
Please direct all registration requests, paper submissions and
inquiries to:
Ravi V. Gomatam, Organizing Secretary
THE BHAKTIVEDANTA INSTITUTE
84 Carl Street
San Francisco, CA 94117 U.S.A.
Tel: (415)-753-8647/8648
E-Mail: INTERNET: bvi@cca.ucsf.edu
BITNET: bvi@ucsfcca
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