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Welcome to ’Toward a Science of Consciousness 2015’ the 21st annual international, interdisciplinary conference on the fundamental questions connected with conscious experience.

Toward a Science of Consciousness (TSC) is the largest and longest-running 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. Cutting edge, controversial issues are emphasized. Held annually since 1994, the TSC conferences alternate yearly between Tucson, Arizona and various locations around the world. The University of Helsinki is proud to host TSC 2015 in the Great Hall of its neoclassical main building located in the downtown area.

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Thursday, June 11
 

2:30pm EEST

Nonverbal Experience
11 June 02:30PM – 04:35PM

SPEAKERS AND TITLES

A Phenomenological Investigation Reframing Mediums as Mystics
Jennifer Lyke, Psychology, Richard Stockton College, Galloway, USA

The nature and etiology of unsymbolized thinking
Fernando Martínez-Manrique, Philosophy I, University of Granada, Granada, SPAIN
Agustín Vicente, Linguistic and Basque Studies, Ikerbasque, University of the Basque Country, Vitoria, SPAIN

NOT REGISTERED (break for 25 min?) Involved consciousness: Maori relationships with things in the world
Carl Mika, Faculty of Education, University of Waikato, Hamilton, NEW ZEALAND

Conscious Agent Theory: A formal theory of consciousness
Chetan Prakash, Mathematics, California State University, San Bernardino, USA
Donald Hoffman, Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine, USA

Serious Music – A means for communicating with, observing and evolving the nonverbal mind
Noor Zehra , Musicology, Sanjan Nagar Institute of Philosophy and Arts , Lahore, PAKISTAN
Iram Tauqir, Philosophy, Sanjar Nagar Institute of Philosophy of Arts

 

Chair
Presenters
JL

Jennifer Lyke

Richard Stockton College
FM

Fernando Martínez-Manrique

University of Granada
CM

Carl Mika

University of Waikato
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Chetan Prakash

Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, California State University
Ph. D. in mathematical Physics (thesis on classical statistical mechanics). Working on theories of consciousness. Co-author: "Objects of Consciousness" with Donald Hoffman; "Observer Mechanics, A Formal Theory of Perception" with Bruce Bennett and Donald Hoffman; "The Interface Theory... Read More →
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Noor Zehra

Musician/Musicologist, Sanjan Nagar Institute of Philosophy and Arts
I Started learning the Sitar at the age of 15 from Ustad Nisar Hussain. At 16, I left the Sitar and started learning the Kachuaa (Sur Bahar made from wood). The next step in my learning was going to be a free stringed musical instrument like the Vichitr Veena. Instead I chose the... Read More →



Thursday June 11, 2015 2:30pm - 4:35pm EEST
Main Building, auditorium XV
 
Friday, June 12
 

3:45pm EEST

Emotion II
12 June 03:45 – 05:00

SPEAKERS AND TITLES

The Emotional Function of Bodily Perceptions
Daniel Shargel, Humanities, Social Sciences and Communications, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, USA

Trauma, grief and mystical experiences in 19th century U.S. history
Cristina Zaccarini, History, Adelphi University, New York, USA

Consciousness and the Conceptual Problem of Other Minds
Joshua Stoll, Philosophy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA


Chair
MH

Max Hayward

Columbia University

Presenters
DS

Daniel Shargel

Lawrence Technological University
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Joshua Stoll

University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Cristina Zaccarini

Adelphi University, Adelphi University



Friday June 12, 2015 3:45pm - 5:00pm EEST
Main Building, auditorium III
 


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