Mind, Brain, and Experience:
At the Intersections of Philosophy, Science, and Medicine
An Interdisciplinary Conference
April 10-11, 2008
Denver, Colorado
hosted by
University of Colorado Denver Department of Philosophy
with support from
University of Colorado President’s Fund for the Humanities
and
University of Colorado Center for Bioethics and Humanities
THURSDAY, APRIL 10
- 12:30 – 12:45 Welcome
-Candice Shelby, Ph.D., University of Colorado Denver
- 12:45 – 2:00 Quantum, Chaos, and Noise
1.“Does Quantum Theory Solve the hard Problem of Consciousness?”
-Jordan Kiper, Colorado State University
2.“Are Noise and Chaos Mechanistic? Ichiro Tsuda’s Model of Episodic Memory and Olfactory System”
-Ioan-Lucian Muntean, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
- 2:00 – 2:15 Break
- 2:15 – 3:30 Soul and Spirituality
1.“Evaluation of a Neuropsychological Model of Spirituality in Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury”
-Brick Johnstone, Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia
-Bret A. Glass, Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia
2.“Soul, Ethics…then Brain and Mind”
-Tim Mosteller, Ph.D., California Baptist University
- 3:30 – 3:45 Break
- 3:45 – 5:00 Society and Social Policy
1.“Reduction, Responsibility, and the Brain Sciences”
-Eric Mandelbaum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
-David Ripley, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
-Felipe De Brigard, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2.“Mind, Brain, Neuroscience, and Society”
-Christopher M. Filley, M.D., University of Colorado School of Medicine
- 5:00 – 5:15 Break
- 5:15 – 6:45 Keynote Address
1."The Varieties of Philosophical Experience: Where (some) Philosophy Comes From"
-Richard E.Grandy, Ph.D.
Mcmanis Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Sciences
Rice University
- 6:45 – 7:45 Reception
FRIDAY, APRIL 11
- 8:30 – 9:45 What We Can Know
1.“Are There Limits to What Science Can Tell Us About Mind?”
-Dragana Bozin, Ph.D., Oslo University
2.“Jackson’s Thriller: The Ability Response Is Not the Answer”
-Brandon D. C. Fenton, Ph.D. Candidate, York University
- 9:45 – 10:00 Break
- 10:00 – 11:15 Meaning, Experience, and Body
1.“How Meaning Gets Grounded in the Organism”
-Louis J. Goldberg, D.D.S. Ph.D. University of Buffalo
-Liz Stillwaggon, Ph.D. University of South Carolina
2.“The Ebb and Flow of Primary and Secondary Experience: Intelligently Designing Deliberative Healthcare Policy-Making Fora”
-Shane Ralston, Ph.D., Centre for Research on Ethics-University of Montreal (CREUM), Pennsylvania State University-World Campus
- 11:15 – 12:30 Lunch (on one’s own)
- 12:30 – 1:45 The Cybernetic Human Being
1.“I, Cyborg: Rediagnosing the Human Condition”
-Paul A. Gregory, Ph.D., Washington & Lee University
2.“Neural Plasticity and the Cultural Cyborg: Two Sides of One Coin”
-Robin Zebrowski, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Oregon
- 1:45 – 2:00 Break
- 2:00 – 3:15 Experience Beyond Science
1. “Addiction and the Human Experience: What Can Addiction Teach Us about Living with
Any Illness?”
-Anne Felton, R.N., N.D., University of Colorado Hospital
2.“The Experiential Workspace and the Limits of Empirical Investigation”
-Maria Talero, Ph.D., University of Colorado Denver
- 3:15 – 3:30 Break
- 3:30 – 5:00 Keynote Address
1.“Mind Incarnate: Bodily Sources of Meaning and Thought"
-Mark Johnson, Ph.D.
Knight Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of Oregon
- 5:00 – 6:00 Closing Reception