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Reconstructing Consciousness,
Mind and Being
September 16-18
2005
St
Anne's College, Oxford University, UK
The Ninth Annual Conference
of the Consciousness and Experiential Psychology Section of the British
Psychological Society (CEP2005) will take place at St Anne's College,
Oxford, on Friday September 16th to Sunday 18th September 2005.
For a copy
of the CEP 2005 conference programme click
here
CONFERENCE THEME
In current debates,
discussions of consciousness and mind are often rather disconnected from
discussions of embodied being in the world. This split has both theoretical
and practical consequences. In this conference we focus on ways of reconstructing
and reintegrating consciousness, mind, and being, both theoretically and
in applied contexts. Papers are invited that address these issues from
a wide range of interdisciplinary perspectives including neuropsychology,
clinical and therapeutic practices, positive psychology, phenomenological
and embodied psychologies, integrative philosophies of mind, and syntheses
of Eastern and Western approaches.
KEYNOTES
INCLUDE:
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Richard Bentall : Madness explained Richard Bentall is Professor of Experimental Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Manchester. In 1989 he received the British Psychological Society's May Davidson Award for his contribution to the field of clinical psychology and his book Madness Explained (Penguin) has been awarded the British Psychological Society Book of the Year award for 2004. |
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Thomas
Metzinger : Consciousness, the Phenomenal Self, and the First-Person Thomas Metzinger is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Theoretical Philosophy Group at the Department of Philosophy of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz. His books include Being No One: The Self-Model Theory of Subjectivity (MIT), Conscious Experience (Imprint Academic), and Neural Correlates of Consciousness - Empirical and Conceptual Questions (MIT). |
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Ravi Ravindra : Knowing Through the Mind and Knowing With the Mind Ravi Ravindra is Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, where he was previously Professor of Comparative Religion and Adjunct Professor of Physics. His current interests lie in comparative studies of theoretical and practical aspects of spiritual disciplines. Among his publications are Science and the Sacred; Pilgrim Without Boundaries; Yoga and the Teaching of Krishna; The Gospel of John in the Light of Indian Mysticism; Krishnamurti: Two Birds on One Tree; and Heart Without Measure: Gurdjieff Work with Madame de Salzmann. |
| Uziel
Awret "Science and consciousness Review" |
Subject: notions of complementarity in consciousness studies |
| David
Childs Honorary Clinical Psychologist Avon & Wilts Partnership NHS Trust |
How to describe now |
| Roxana
Baiasu Manchester Metropolitan University/ Manchester University |
Understanding Being: Self consciousness and Silence |
| Herman
C.D.G. de Regt Tilburg University The Netherlands |
Science, consciousness, and the human body: Faculty of Philosophy A pragmatist perspective |
| Duncan Gillard | Meditation workshop - Buddhist Mindfulness Meditation |
| Joel
Krueger Dept. Philosophy Purdue University West Lafayette, IN, USA |
Embodied Action and the Construction of Phenomenal Experience |
| Robert
Pepperell School of Art and Performance University of Plymouth |
Consciousness, paradox and art |
|
Nini Praetorius
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The Sensorimotor Theory of Vision: A Rebottle |
| Christoph
Prainsack Dept. Psychology University of Vienna |
Emotional meaning and the nonconceptual foundations of experience |
| Patrick
Renault Centre for Theoretical and Empirical Consciousness Studies Dept. Psychology, University of Copenhagen |
Experimental investigations of introspective versus non-introspective consciousness or of fringe versus non-fringe consciousness? |
| Erik
Rietveld Dept. Philosophy University of Amsterdam & visiting UC Berkeley, USA |
Affordance selection and monitoring: Lessons from utilization behaviour and phenomenology |
| John
Sanfey Full time GP Alvaston Medical Centre Derby |
Physics from within: A theorem |
| Derek
Smith Centre for Psychology University of Wales Institute Cardiff |
Computer animation of psycholinguistic processing model which highlights how encoding at "amorphous idea" stage of speech production interfaces with feedback of produced speech. |
| Vere
Smyth Senior Scientific Advisor Ministry of Health New Zealand |
The question of consciousness: is it worth asking? |
| Susan
Stuart Senior Lecturer in Philosophy Humanities Advanced Technology & Information Institute University of Glasgow |
The binding problem and how information that is distributed across the brain is integrated into one unitary conscious experience |
| Maria
Talero Dept. Philosophy Rhodes College Memphis, TN, USA |
The Expressive Body in Social Cognition: Language and Gesture as Intersubjective Co-orientation within Meaning Terrains |
| Steve
Torrance & Hanne De Jaegher Middlesex University & University of Sussex |
The experience of autism: An enactive approach |
| Max
Velmans Dept. Psychology Goldsmiths, University of London |
The function of consciousness in the real-isation of being |
| Susie
Vrobel The Institute of Fractal Research Kassel, Germany |
The Nested Structure of the Now |
We invite submissions of papers, symposia, round-table discussions, workshops and poster presentations on any aspect of the broad theme of Reconstructing Consciousness, Mind and Being or related areas, from either a theoretical or applied perspective. Psychologists, researchers in consciousness and cognitive science, health practitioners, philosophers and other academics are welcome.
Presentations will
normally be 30 minutes (including questions). Symposia will normally be
allocated one and half hours. Other forms of presentation, (e.g dialogues)
are welcome. In each case, please send a 150 word abstract, plus a 500
word summary or paper. Please include affiliation plus contact details
with submissions.
SUBMISSION
DEADLINES AND CORRESPONDENCE
Papers and
symposia abstracts: 6 May 2005
Poster abstracts: 20 May 2005
Late
submissions will be considered if there is space in the programme, but
please send submissions as soon as possible.
Accepted abstracts will be circulated at the conference, published in
Consciousness and Experiential Psychology and the BPS Proceedings.
Submissions and correspondence
regarding them should be sent to: Dr Jane Aspell, Department of Experimental
Psychology, University of Oxford,
South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3UD, UK, email: jane.aspell@psy.ox.ac.uk
BURSARIES
A limited number of bursaries are available for student presenters. Please
state that you would like to apply for a bursary when submitting your
abstract and summary.
FURTHER
DETAILS
For any further details about the conference, other than submissions,
registration, and the conference site, contact the Conference Committee
Chair, Prof Max Velmans, Dept of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of
London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 207 919 7874, email:
m.velmans@gold.ac.uk
SITE
For Oxford site queries please contact Emma Shackle at e.shackle@ virgin.net
For a registration form, click here
Please print the booking form, and return it to Guy Saunders at the address below, indicating the type of registration required, the total amounts, special requirements (eg. vegetarian). Please make cheques payable to 'CEP'.
| Dr Guy Saunders, Treasurer CEP | |
| FAS - Psychology | |
| University of the West of England, Bristol | |
| Frenchay Campus | |
| Bristol | |
| BS16 1QY | |
| UK | |
| Tel: +44 (0) 117 328 2185 | |
| Fax: +44 (0) 117 328 2904 | |
| E-mail: guy.saunders@uwe.ac.uk |
ACCOMMODATION IN OXFORD details are available on these sites:
http://www.oxfordcity.co.uk
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DIRECTIONS TO OXFORD
for details of travel to Oxford, courtesty of St Anne's College, click here
