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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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Tuesday, June 9
 

11:00am EEST

Plenary: Social neuroscience, body perception and phenomenology
9 June 11:00AM – 1:00PM

SPEAKERS AND TITLES

Social interaction in the core of human brain function
Riitta Hari, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland

You are Part of Me: Conceptual and Embodied Aspects of the Self-Other Relationship
Lara Maister, Royal Holloway University of London, ENGLAND

Empathy and affective sharing
Dan Zahavi, Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen, DENMARK
 
Chair
DO

Donnchadh O'Conaill

University of Leeds

Presenters
RH
LM
DZ

Abstracts Social neuroscience, body perception and phenomenology pdf
Tuesday June 9, 2015 11:00am - 1:00pm EEST
Great Hall
  Plenary lecture
 
Wednesday, June 10
 

8:30am EEST

Plenary: Dreams, Virtual Realities and Hypnosis
10 June 8:30AM – 10:30AM

SPEAKERS AND TITLES

An Integrative Model of Hypnosis:  A 35-year Program of Research
Steven Jay Lynn, Psychology Department, Binghamton University (SUNY), New York, USA

Towards a Unified Science of Dreaming and Consciousness
Antti Revonsuo, University of Turku, FINLAND and University of Skövde, SWEDEN

From virtual realities to virtual selves:  Dreams, spatiotemporal self-location, and minimal phenomenal selfhood
Jennifer M. Windt, Monash University, AUSTRALIA
 
Chair
avatar for Talis Bachmann

Talis Bachmann

Professor, University of Tartu
These are my main research interests: consciousness, neural correlates of consciousness, perception and attention, visual masking, microgenesis, detection of deception, forensic psychology. I am a full member of ASSC and APS (among some other scientific organizations) and one of the... Read More →

Presenters
SJ
AR
avatar for Jennifer Windt

Jennifer Windt

Philosophy Department, Monash University

Abstracts Dreams, Virtual Realities and Hypnosis pdf
Wednesday June 10, 2015 8:30am - 10:30am EEST
Great Hall
  Plenary lecture
 
Thursday, June 11
 

8:30am EEST

Plenary: Quantum ideas in Consciousness Studies
11 June 8:30AM – 10:30AM

SPEAKERS AND TITLES

Quantum ideas in consciousness studies
Harald Atmanspacher, Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health, Freiburg, GERMANY

Reflections on using quantum theory to model cognitive phenomena
Peter Bruza, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA

Our (reprensented) world a quantum-like objectAriane  
Lambert-Mogiliansky, Paris School of Economics, Paris, FRANCE

Chair
BH

Presenters
HA
PB
AL

Abstracts Quantum ideas in Consciousness Studies pdf
Thursday June 11, 2015 8:30am - 10:30am EEST
Great Hall
  Plenary lecture

11:00am EEST

Plenary: Metaphysics of Consciossness
11 June 11:00AM – 1:00PM

SPEAKERS AND TITLES

The Mystery of the Mystery of Consciousness
John Heil, Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, USA 

The Empirical Case for Physicalism
Alyssa Ney, Department of Philosophy, University of Rochester, New York, USA 

Physicalism without Causal Closure
David Papineau, King's College London, ENGLAND and Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA

Chair
avatar for Tuomas Tahko

Tuomas Tahko

University Lecturer & Academy Research Fellow, University of Helsinki
Co-Chair of TSC2015 Local Organizing Committee and Program Committee.

Presenters
avatar for John Heil

John Heil

Professor of Philosophy, Washington University in St Louis
Anything but consciousness.
AN
avatar for David Papineau

David Papineau

Professor, CUNY GC, NY; King's College London
I work on mind, metaphysics and the philosophy of science.

Abstracts Metaphysics of Consciossness pdf
Thursday June 11, 2015 11:00am - 1:00pm EEST
Great Hall
  Plenary lecture
 
Friday, June 12
 

8:30am EEST

Plenary: Brain networks, anesthesia and quantum evolution
12 June 8:30AM – 10:30AM

SPEAKERS AND TITLES

Anesthetics Can Disrupt Electron Resonance Effects in Microtubules
Travis J. A. Craddock, Clinical Systems Biology Group, Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA

General Relationship of Brain Network Topology and State of Consciousness
UnCheol Lee, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

The ‘Quantum pleasure principle’ and ‘Orch OR’–How life and the brain evolved to feel good 
Stuart Hameroff, Anesthesiology, Center for Consciousness Studies, Banner-University Medical Center, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Chair
TK

Presenters
TC
SH
UL

Abstracts Brain networks, anesthesia and quantum evolution pdf
Friday June 12, 2015 8:30am - 10:30am EEST
Great Hall
  Plenary lecture

11:00am EEST

Plenary: Consciousness and Structuralism
12 June 11:00AM – 1:00PM

SPEAKERS AND TITLES

The Consciousness Constraint on Fundamental Metaphysics
Philip Goff, Central European University, Budapest, HUNGARY

Structuralism and Consciousness
James Ladyman, Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol, ENGLAND

Structure, Objects and Presence
William Seager, Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto, CANADA

Chair
AN

Presenters
avatar for Philip Goff

Philip Goff

Mind-body problem, panpsychism, metaphysics and methodology.
JL

James Ladyman

Professor of Philosophy, University of Bristol
WS

Abstracts Consciousness and Structuralism pdf
Friday June 12, 2015 11:00am - 1:00pm EEST
Great Hall
  Plenary lecture

5:30pm EEST

Plenary: East vs. West on the Hard Problem of Consciousness
12 June 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

SPEAKERS AND TITLES

Out-of-body experiences, and what they tell us about our selves
Susan Blackmore, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, ENGLAND

One Universe, One Mind
Deepak Chopra, The Chopra Center, Carlsbad, California, USA 

Three Different Hard Problems of Consciousness?
Rocco J. Gennaro, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville Indiana, USA

Chair
SH

Presenters
SB
DC
RJ

Abstracts East vs. West on the Hard Problem pdf
Friday June 12, 2015 5:30pm - 7:30pm EEST
Great Hall
  Plenary lecture
 
Saturday, June 13
 

1:00pm EEST

Plenary: Consciousness and Transcranial Ultrasound

13 June 1:00PM - 1:45PM

SPEAKERS AND TITLES

The promise of altering consciousness and treating brain disorders with transcranial ultrasound (TUS)
John JB Allen, Joseph L Sanguinetti, Sterling Cooley, Stuart Hameroff

 
Demo: The ‘NeuroResonator’ - A Transcranial Ultrasound (‘TUS’) Device Modulating Consciousness and Cognition 
Sterling Cooley, Jay Sangunetti, John JB Allen, Stuart Hameroff

 

Chair
SH

Presenters
avatar for John Allen

John Allen

Distinguished Professor, University of Arizona
SC
avatar for Jay Sanguinetti

Jay Sanguinetti

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Arizona

Abstracts Consciousness and Transcranial Ultrasound pdf
Saturday June 13, 2015 1:00pm - 1:45pm EEST
Great Hall
  Plenary lecture

2:00pm EEST

Closing Panel Discussion: Are we ready for The Science of Consciousness?
Panelists: Susan Blackmore, David Chalmers, Patricia Churchland, James Ladyman, Antti Revonsuo

The question for the panel reflects the development that the next TSC conference (Tucson 2016) will drop the “Toward” from its name and is more ambitiously called The Science of Consciousness.

Panel chairs: Paavo Pylkkänen and Tuomas Tahko

The final word & welcome to TSC2016: Stuart Hameroff
 
Chair
avatar for Paavo Pylkkänen

Paavo Pylkkänen

University lecturer in Theoretical Philosophy, Universities of Helsinki and Skövde
Chair of TSC2015 Local Organizing Committee and Program Committee
avatar for Tuomas Tahko

Tuomas Tahko

University Lecturer & Academy Research Fellow, University of Helsinki
Co-Chair of TSC2015 Local Organizing Committee and Program Committee.

Presenters
SB
DC
PS
SH
JL

James Ladyman

Professor of Philosophy, University of Bristol
AR

Saturday June 13, 2015 2:00pm - 3:00pm EEST
Great Hall
  Plenary lecture
 
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