Consciousness & Reality Colloquium

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) to have eminent speakers present an overview of and exciting developments in their field, b) bring together all academics interested in these topics, and c) to inspire interdisciplinary research (science and philosophy-based) on topics such as consciousness, mind, intelligence, cognition, and the nature of reality. These colloquia are accessible to an interdisciplinary audience.

Organizers and Hosts


2024-25 Series (ongoing)




What Is A Feeling? A Bioenergetic Perspective

Nick Lane

Colloquium held on 11/13/2024

2023-24 Series




Quantum Cosmology & The Role of Qualia

Lee Smolin

Colloquium held on 11/22/2023




Consciousness & Its Physical Headset

Donald Hoffman

Colloquium held on 2/15/2024




Bioelectricity: The Body's Cognitive Glue

Michael Levin

Colloquium held on 4/18/2024




The Structure of Experience

Fiona Macpherson

Colloquium held on 5/8/2024 




The Neurology of Consciousness: From Recovery after Coma to Meditation

Steven Laureys

Colloquium held on 6/12/2024 

2022-23 Series




Consciousness and its Physical Substrate

Christof Koch

Colloquium held on 11/2/2022




Quantum Field Theory and the Limits of Knowledge

Sean Carroll

Colloquium held on 12/7/2022



Studying Consciousness & Free Will: A Neurophilosophical Approach

Liad Mudrik

Colloquium held on 2/28/2023




From Beast Machines to Dreamachines

Anil Seth

Colloquium held on 3/29/2023




Does Consciousness Continue After We Die?

Jim Tucker

Colloquium held on 4/26/2023




There Is A World Out There, But It Is Mental

Bernardo Kastrup

Colloquium held on 5/31/2023

2018



Anesthetic action links consciousness to quantum vibrations 

Stuart Hameroff

Colloquium held on 6/11/2018