Consciousness & Reality Colloquium
Consciousness & Reality Colloquium
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Caltech, Stanford, MIT, UC Berkely, University of Arizona and IMICS are currently participating in the Consciousness & Reality (C&R) colloquium series. C&R is motivated by the following goals: a) have eminent speakers present an overview of and exciting developments in their field, b) bring together all academics interested in topics such as consciousness, mind, intelligence, cognition and the nature of reality, and c) inspire interdisciplinary research (science and philosophy-based) on these topics. These colloquia are accessible to an interdisciplinary audience.
Organizers and Hosts
Kunal Mooley, Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics (IMICS, IIT Kanpur, Caltech, IIT Mandi)
Sachin Mittal, Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology (Stanford University)
Christof Koch, Neuroscientist and Meritorious Investigator (Allen Institute)
Stuart Hameroff, Emeritus Professor at the Center for Astrobiology (University of Arizona)
Janis Hesse, Postdoctoral Researcher in Neuroscience & Molecular Biology (UC Berkeley)
Saransh Sharma, Postdoctoral Researcher (MIT)
2024-25 Series (ongoing)
Unconsciousness: Insights into Consciousness
Emmanuel Stamantakis (Cambridge)
Colloquium to be held on 05/28/2025
Consciousness & Objective Reality: The Mind-Body Problem
Thomas Nagel (New York University, Emeritus)
Colloquium held on 04/30/2025
Quantum Processing in the Brain?
Matthew Fisher (UCSB)
Colloquium held on 02/12/2025
Integrated Information Theory 4.0 - Of Causal Structures and Causal Borders
Larissa Albantakis (U. Wisconsin-Madison)
Colloquium held on 01/15/2025
What Is A Feeling? A Bioenergetic Perspective
Nick Lane (UCL)
Colloquium held on 11/13/2024
2023-24 Series
Quantum Cosmology & The Role of Qualia
Lee Smolin (Perimeter Institute, U. Waterloo)
Colloquium held on 11/22/2023
Consciousness & Its Physical Headset
Donald Hoffman (U. Riverside)
Colloquium held on 2/15/2024
Bioelectricity: The Body's Cognitive Glue
Michael Levin (Tufts U.)
Colloquium held on 4/18/2024
The Structure of Experience
Fiona Macpherson (U. Glasgow)
Colloquium held on 5/8/2024
The Neurology of Consciousness: From Recovery after Coma to Meditation
Steven Laureys (U. Laval, Liege University, Harvard Med School)
Colloquium held on 6/12/2024
2022-23 Series
Consciousness and its Physical Substrate
Christof Koch (Allen Institute for Brain Sciences)
Colloquium held on 11/2/2022
Quantum Field Theory and the Limits of Knowledge
Sean Carroll (John Hopkins U.)
Colloquium held on 12/7/2022
Studying Consciousness & Free Will: A Neurophilosophical Approach
Liad Mudrik (Tel Aviv U.)
Colloquium held on 2/28/2023
From Beast Machines to Dreamachines
Anil Seth (U. Sussex)
Colloquium held on 3/29/2023
Does Consciousness Continue After We Die?
Jim Tucker (U. Virginia)
Colloquium held on 4/26/2023
There Is A World Out There, But It Is Mental
Bernardo Kastrup (Essentia Foundation)
Colloquium held on 5/31/2023
2018
Anesthetic action links consciousness to quantum vibrations
Stuart Hameroff (U. Arizona)
Colloquium held on 6/11/2018
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