Conference Announcement
and
Call for Papers
Toward a Science of Consciousness "Tucson 2000"
April 10-15, 2000
Tucson Convention Center Music Hall
Tucson, Arizona
Sponsored by
Consciousness Studies
at the University of Arizona
Representatives from psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, philosophy, computer science, physics, mathematics, medicine, physiology, biochemistry, anthropology, art and other fields are invited to a fourth major interdisciplinary scientific conference on consciousness.
This conference will continue the exploration of one of science's last great frontiers. In the tradition of the first three Tucson conferences, the meeting will transcend disciplinary boundaries. Participants will raise questions from areas throughout the sciences and humanities, and seek answers wherever they may be found.
Abstracts are due October 15, 1999. Submission guidelines are available at our website: www.consciousness.arizona.edu.
Relevant topics include:
Philosophy: conceptual foundations, qualia, ontology, explanation,
self, intentionality, mental causation, reality, free will
Neuroscience: neural correlates of consciousness, neuropsychology, vision, motor control, blindsight, anesthetic and psychoactive drugs, binding/integration
Cognitive Science and Psychology: implicit processes, attention, metacognition, memory, language, emotion, sleep, cognitive models, artificial intelligence, animal consciousness
Physical and Biological Sciences: quantum theory, space and time, evolution, biophysics, medicine, computational theory, quantum computation and information, life
Phenomenology and Culture: first-person methods, religion and contemplative studies, anthropology, transpersonal psychology, hypnosis, parapsychology, aesthetics
Scientific Program Committee
David Chalmers, Philosophy, The University of Arizona
Stuart Hameroff, Anesthesiology and Psychology, The University of
Arizona
Alfred Kaszniak, Psychology, Neurology and Psychiatry, The University of
Arizona
Christof Koch, Computation and Neural Systems, California Institute of
Technology
Marilyn Schlitz, Research Director, Institute of Noetic Sciences
Alwyn Scott, Mathematics, The University of Arizona and Technical
University of Denmark
Petra Stoerig, Psychology, University of Dusseldorf
Keith Sutherland, Publisher, Journal of Consciousness Studies
For more information, contact
Jim Laukes
Consciousness Studies
Department of Psychology
The University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721
e-mail: jlaukes@u.arizona.edu
-- Jim Laukes <jlaukes@U.Arizona.EDU>