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Topics for International Seminar
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[International Seminar on Mind Brain and Consciousness]
Interconnection and Interdisciplinary Approach Brain and Neuro-Biological Research Concept of Mind in the Indian Philosophies
Honorary International Advisory Board The Goal, And Bridging the Gap |
Topics
for International Seminar on Mind, Brain and Consciousness Mind, Brain and Consciousness [GO TO TOP] [GO TO WORKSHOP] 1.
Mind, Brain and Consciousness: an overview 2.
Mind, Brain and Consciousness: where are we and where do we go from
here? 3.
Mind, Brain and Consciousness: areas of connect and disconnect Brain and Mind [GO TO TOP] [GO TO WORKSHOP] Brain
and mind: the hen or the egg ? 2.
Brain and mind: areas of connect and disconnect 3.
Brain and mind: structure and function 4.
Brain and mind: current research trends 5.
The mind is the brain, and the brain the mind 6.
Cerebral cortex as a medium for elaboration of conscious content 7.
Neural organization of consciousness 8.
Brain stem functions as integral to the conscious state 9.
Thalamocortical region and consciousness 10.
What is the brain? How does it work? 11.
How do our brains constitute subjective experience of our selves
and our environment? 12.
Brain mechanisms which underlie our emotions and our sense of self 13.
Developing empirically plausible definitions of mental states (i.e.
qualia), the self, and the mind-brain relationship 14.
Behaviorism of Watson and
Skinner, and the concept of mind 15.
Mind according to the Gestalt psychology of Kφhler and Kφffka 16.
Cognitive psychology and modeling of internal mental processes and
information processing as seen in the works of Neisser and Gardiner 17.
Freud and his concept of mind and the unconscious 18. Neo-Freudians and the mind 19.
Current psychoanalytical understanding of the mind 20.
Jungs
concept of mind and the collective unconscious 21.
Freuds
psychoanalysis and Indian citta-vrtti-nirodha: any parallels? 22.
Id-ego-superego and sattva-rajas-tamas: any parallels? 23.
Cognitive psychology and the concept of mind 24.
Transactional analysis and understanding the mind 25.
NLP or Neuro-linguistic programming 26.
Body language and the mind
Brain and Consciousness [GO TO TOP] [GO TO WORKSHOP] 1.
Brain and consciousness: cause and effect 2.
Brain and consciousness: areas of connect and disconnect 3.
Mind and consciousness: an overview 4.
Mind and consciousness: recent advances Consciousness [GO TO TOP] [GO TO WORKSHOP] 1.
Towards a definition of consciousness 2.
What is consciousness? 3.
Consciousness as awareness of self and the environment 4.
Cybernetics and its relevance to consciousness 5.
Consciousness and intentionality 6.
Consciousness still a mystery 7.
Representational theories of consciousness 8.
Unity of consciousness 9.
Self consciousness 10.
Is consciousness more than awareness or wakefulness? 11.
Consciousness and Mind: philosophical concepts and emerging
evidence from brain research. 12.
Dualist and physicalist theories of consciousness 13.
Higher-order theories of consciousness 14.
Representational theories of consciousness 15.
Cognitive theories of consciousness 16.
Neural theories of consciousness 17.
Quantum theories of consciousness 18.
Qualia and consciousness 19.
Introspection and consciousness 20.
The introspective method of Wilhelm Wundt, Hermann von Helmholtz, William James and Alfred Titchener 21.
Self-knowledge as an aspect of consciousness 22.
Creature consciousness and state consciousness 23.
The state
of consciousness 24.
Scientific psychology and its impact on consciousness studies
25.
A major resurgence of scientific and philosophical research into
the nature and basis of consciousness in the 1980s and 90s 26.
Neurobiology of consciousness
Mind [GO TO TOP] [GO TO WORKSHOP] 1.
What is the mind? 2.
Philosophy of mind: brief review of relevant concepts 3.
Western concept of mind and consciousness: an overview 4.
Indian concept of mind and consciousness: an overview 5.
Identity theory of mind 6.
Computational theory of mind. 7.
Classical and modern concepts and theories about Mind and
Consciousness: a review 8.
The Mind-Body or Body-Mind problem 9.
The idealist and materialist views about mind 10.
The identity, the computational and double aspect theories of
mind 11.
Monistic and dualistic theories of mind 12.
Interactionism and the mind 13.
Epiphenomenalism and the mind 14.
Structuralism and the mind 15.
Reductionism and the mind 16.
Materialism and the mind 17.
Occasionalism and the mind 18.
Neutral monism and mind 19.
Functionalism and the mind 20.
Psychophysical parallelism and the mind. 21.
The phenomenon of creativity 22.
Intuition 23.
Serendipity 24. Mind as reduced to a machine Interconnection and Interdisciplinary Approach [GO TO TOP] [GO TO WORKSHOP] 1.
Interconnection between Cognitive neurosciences and Philosophy of
mind 2.
Integrating knowledge about mind, brain and consciousness in the
independent branches of philosophical thought and scientific
experimentation. 3.
The role of Specialty journals devoted to the study of
consciousness: The Journal of Consciousness Studies, Consciousness
and Cognition, Psyche 4.
The work of professional societies: Association for the
Scientific Study of Consciousness - ASSC 5.
Bridging the gap between philosophers of mind and brain
researchers 6.
What the philosophers of mind often feel but do not say: brain
research will only touch the fringe of our understanding of mind and
consciousness 7.
What the brain scientists often believe but will not mouth:
philosophers indulge in speculation devoid of empirical evidence and
hence talk
out of their hat.
8.
Dispelling notions and prejudices between philosophers and
scientists 9.
Promoting respect for and a dialogue between philosophers of mind
and brain scientists by serious study of each others
work. Cognitive Neurosciences [GO TO TOP] [GO TO WORKSHOP] 1.
Cognitive neurosciences: an overview 2.
Neurobiology: current trends and future directions
3.
Essentials of Neurophysiology 4.
Neurochemistry of consciousness 5.
Subcortical regions and the self 6.
Mind and mental illness 7.
Brain, mind and mental illness 8.
Consciousness disorders 9.
Consciousness disorders as dysfunction of cerebral hemispheres and
brain stem reticular formation 10.
Neuroscientific and neurophilosophical investigation of the linkage
between our self and its brain 11.
Pre-reflective self awareness and reflective self consciousness 12.
Consciousness as composed of two parts: Pre-reflective self
awareness [subcortical] and reflective self consciousness [cortical] 13.
Unconsciousness as loss of the ability to maintain awareness of
self and environment combined with markedly reduced responsiveness to
environmental stimuli [Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th
ed, pp344-5] 14.
Neurophilosophy 15.
Our brain-based knowledge apparatus and its tendency to assume a
mind 16.
Neuroimaging 17.
Neuroimaging and neurophilosophy 18.
Philosophy, Neuroscience and Psychiatry: a transdisciplinary
approach 19.
Consciousness without the cerebral cortex: wishful thinking, or
challenge to neuroscience? 20.
Cortical midline structures (CMS) as involved in neural processing
of our self 21.
Relationship between CMS, emotional processing, and self-related
processing 22.
Mind-brain relation and personal identity 23.
Neuroscientific, Neuropsychiatric and Neurophilosophical approaches
to brain, mind and consciousness 24.
Neuromonitoring 25.
Imaging studies using fMRI, EEG, MEG, and TMS: what do they reveal?
26.
Neurophysiological and neurochemical mechanisms of the CMS
27.
Neurobiology, and study of the brain 28.
Neuropsychology: recent advances, and what they mean to
understanding the mind 29.
Neurophysiology, and what it tells us about the brain 30.
The interdisciplinary field of Cognitive Neuroscience 31.
Recent advances in the cognitive neurosciences 32.
Current trends in the Neurosciences 33.
Cognitive Science: important findings for understanding the mind 34.
Cognitive Neurosciences: connecting the sciences of the brain
[Neurosciences] with the sciences of the Mind [Cognitive Science] 35.
Nero-imaging and ionic/molecular processes studies, brain function:
what do they mean to the philosophers
of Mind
Philosophy of Mind [GO TO TOP] [GO TO WORKSHOP] 1.
Plato, 2.
Mind-body dualism: a critique for today 3.
Descartes
mental
substance
pensee
or reflexive consciousness 4.
Descartes
Interactionism and philosophy of mind: any relevance for today? 5.
Locke and rejection of mental
substance
6.
Hume and the bundle
concept 7.
Kants
critique of associationist approaches and stress on phenomenal consciousness 8.
9.
Leibnizs
Parallelism and present movements in philosophy of mind
10.
Double-Aspect Theories of Spinoza, Gustav Fechner, W.K. Clifford,
Herbert Spencer and P.F. Strawson: any impact on todays
thoughts on philosophy of mind? 11.
William James
stream of consciousness
and whether it influences our thinking on consciousness any longer 12.
Brentanos
intentionality
and consciousness 13.
Cabanis and older masters on Epiphenomenalism and its relation to
consciousness 14.
Vienna Circle, especially Otto Neurath and Rudolf Carnap, on
physicalism or extreme materialism, and how it impacts present day
theorising in the field of consciousness 15.
Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger and Maurice Merleau-Pontys
phenomenology
and its impact on consciousness today 16.
J.J.C. Smart and H. Feigls
Identity
theory:
what is it, and does it mean anything any longer? 17.
Russells
sensibilia
and consciousness 18.
Geulincx and Malebranches Occasionalism: just a straw in the
wind? 19.
Philosophy of mind and its connection with the philosophy of
action 20.
Free will, motive, intentions, cognition, volition, feelings, and
related ethical concepts: relevant issues in the philosophy of mind 21.
Recent advances in perception, sensation, insight, intuition,
judgement, thought and reasoning 22.
Classical and Contemporary theories of Doubt, Inference,
Reasoning and Logical thinking Brain and Neuro-Biological Research [GO TO TOP] [GO TO WORKSHOP] 1.
K.S. Lashleys
contribution to brain research 2.
H. -L. Taubers
war time brain damage study by EEG and PEG, and its influence on
development of brain mapping studies 3.
W.G. Penfield and direct stimulation of patients
brain: a significant step in brain research? 4.
Eric Kandel, Paul Greengard and E. Carlsson - Microstructures
necessary for learning, memory and effect of psychoactive substances 5.
R. Axel and L.B. Buck - genes, protein receptors and odour
recognition 6.
The role of neurotransmitters, especially the biogenic amines,
aminoacids, and neuropeptides 7.
The brain as the structural correlate of the mind 8.
The brain as the center and head of the central nervous and neuro-endocrine
systems 9.
The functions of the cerebrum: thought, language, moral and social
conduct, creativity, spirituality 10.
The limbic system, emotions and sexuality 11. The neuro-endocrine system and stress, emotions, thoughts and
feelings 12. Toxic, metabolic, infectious, degenerative and congenital/traumatic
conditions of brain pathology 13. Neuropsychiatric
conditions in clinical and research psychiatry/neurology 14. The
emerging vast body of evidential findings from the various neurosciences 15. The
contribution of classical psychiatry/neurology to understanding the mind 16. Brain, mind
and soul
Concept of Mind in the Indian Philosophies [GO TO TOP] [GO TO WORKSHOP]
Some Books on Mind, Brain and
Consciousness 1.
Penfield, W. 1975. The Mystery of the Mind: a Critical Study of
Consciousness and the Human Brain. 2.
Dennett, D. C. 1991. Consciousness Explained. 3.
Lycan, W. 1987. Consciousness. 4.
Lycan, W. 1996. Consciousness and Experience. 5.
Baars, B. 1988. A Cognitive Theory of Consciousness. 6.
Penrose, R. 1989. The Emperors
New Mind: Computers, Minds and the Laws of Physics. 7.
Penrose, R. 1994. Shadows of the Mind. 8.
Chalmers, D. 1996. The Conscious Mind. 9.
A.J. Ayers
Neutral Monism in Language, Truth and Logic, 1936, and
its impact on subsequent theorizing in study of the mind 10.
Gilbert Ryles
the ghost
in the machine
in The Concept of Mind, 1949: how relevant was it in shifting
paradigms in later work in the field? 11.
Crick, F. H. 1994. The Astonishing Hypothesis: The
Scientific
Search for the Soul. 12.
S. Chennakesavan (1991), Concept of mind in Indian Philosophy,
Motilal Banarsidass: a review
Two
Workshops Mind
and Consciousness Workshop
Principal Dr. Shakuntala A. Singh
Mind, Brain and Consciousness | Brain and Mind | Brain and Consciousness | Consciousness | Mind | Interconnection and Interdisciplinary Approach | Cognitive Neurosciences | Philosophy of Mind | Brain and Neuro-Biological Research | Concept of Mind in the Indian Philosophies
Brain
and Consciousness Workshop [27 Nov, 2009]
Mind, Brain and Consciousness | Brain and Mind | Brain and Consciousness | Consciousness | Mind | Interconnection and Interdisciplinary Approach | Cognitive Neurosciences | Philosophy of Mind | Brain and Neuro-Biological Research | Concept of Mind in the Indian Philosophies |
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