CSLI COGLUNCH

The CSLI CogLunch seminar series is an interdisciplinary forum of ideas, exchanges, and debates.

In Winter 1996-97, the CogLunch series will continue with the same theme we had last year: consciousness.

The aim of CogLunch talks is to approach problems of consciousness from various perspectives, e.g., those of philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, biology, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and quantum mechanics, as well as the humanities. CogLunch is thus intended, as a multidisciplinary forum of ideas, exchanges, and debates.

As usual, we hope to have informal but rigorous talks and lively discussions, starting at 12:00 noon and going approximately until 1:30 on Thursdays. CogLunch will take place at Cordura Hall 100 (intersection of Campus Drive West and Panama Drive at the Stanford University campus). Sandwiches will be available for a nominal fee at the door for the audience; please feel free to bring your own lunch if you prefer.

Please keep an eye on the CSLI calendar for upcoming CogLunch talks. We will try to provide titles and abstracts, as well as information about the speakers at least one week ahead of time.

If you want to get on the mailing list for CogLunch and other events, please send e-mail to [incalendar@csli.stanford.edu].

Schedule for Winter 1997

January 23

David Galin, UCSF, Psychiatry
"First-personness is not a problem for consciousness"

January 30

Bernard Baars, Wright Institute, Psychology
"How do we approach the brain basis of consciousness?"

February 6

Daniel Wegner, University of Virginia, Psychology
"The Machine in the Ghost: Psychological Mechanisms of Conscious Intention"

February 13

George Chapline, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
"Consciousness and the topology of self-organizing neural networks"

February 20

Vesna Wallace, Stanford, Religious Studies
"Indian Buddhist Theories of Consciousness"

February 27

Gordon Brittan, Montana State, Philosophy
"The inevitability of anthropomorphism"

March 6

CogLunch for March 6 has been cancelled

March 13

Stan Klein, Berkeley, Optometry
"The Cartesian cut: distinguishing scientific from
metaphysical aspects of consciousness"

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