“The ASSC is an academic society that promotes rigorous research directed toward understanding the nature, function, and underlying mechanisms of consciousness. The ASSC includes members working in the fields of cognitive science, medicine, neuroscience, philosophy, and other relevant disciplines in the sciences and humanities.”
Normind is holding its third workshop on January 14th at CSMN at the University of Oslo
Et konsortium ledet fra Universitetet i Oslo (UiO) fikk i september 2015 bevilget midler til bevissthetsforskning (ca. 16 mill. NOK for de første 2 år; ), innenfor the Human Brain Project (HBP).
Prosjektet, som ledes av J.F. Storm, UiO, omfatter forskningsgrupper i Oslo, Belgia, Italia og Sveits:
Oslo: UiO (The Brain Signaling group, led by J.F. Storm) og Oslo Universitetssykehus (OUS, Rikshospitalet: overlege, dr.med. Pål Gunnar Larsson, Nevrokirurgisk avd. o.a.; og Sunnaas sykehus: Dr. Marianne Løvstad o.a.)
Belgia: The Coma Science Group, led by Dr. Steven Laureys, at the Cyclotron Research Centre of the University of Liège.
Italia: Integrated Thalamo-Cortical Function (iTCf) research group (www.thalamocortical.org) led by Dr. Marcello Massimini, University of Milan.
Sveits: Sean Hill, co-Director of Neuroinformatics in Human Brain Project (HBP), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPF), and Scientific Director of the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF)
Prosjektets tittel: Experimental and computational exploration of consciousness mechanisms and methods in mice and humans (Short name: Conscious Brain)
2015_Sept_PRESS RELEASE from EU Commission
http://www.med.uio.no/imb/om/aktuelt/aktuelle-saker/2015/imb-human-brain-project.html
https://tv.nrk.no/serie/schrodingers-katt/DMPV73002215/17-12-2015
http://forskning.no/2015/12/har-vi-fri-vilje
http://www.nrk.no/viten/xl/mordere-har-ikke-noe-valg_-mener-forskere-1.12709180
https://radio.nrk.no/serie/ekko-hovedsending/MDSP25025215/18-12-2015#t=57m46s
Medias format gir imidlertid ofte for lite plass til motforestillinger og balansert, nyansert diskusjon.
Vi planlegger et møte om temaet “FRI VILE” i løpet av våren 2016, trolig i mars-april (tid og sted vil bli annonsert senere), med bl.a.:
Director of Berlin Center for Advanced Neuroimaging (BCAN), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience,Berlin
professor i filosofi ved Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus,
professor – Institutt for teoretisk astrofysikk, UiO, vil delta
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I den anledning har jeg skrevet en tekst som supplement til programmet. Den ble først skrevet som utkast til en «Ytring» på NRK.no etter forslag fra programskaperne bak «Schrödingers katt», men publiseres i stedet her:
Har vi fri vilje?
Ny hjerneforskning synes å vise at våre valg er forutbestemt av hjerneprosesser uten at vi vet det selv. Er dette sensasjonelle funn som forandrer alt? Er fri vilje bare er en illusjon? Er vi ikke ansvarlige for våre valg og handlinger? Eller er dette forhastede feilslutninger? Dette debatteres i flere fora og er tema for NRKs Shrödingers katt 17.desember*. Jeg vil hevde at man kan svare både ja og nei på spørsmålet om vi har fri vilje – avhengig av hva man mener med disse ordene. Disse spørsmålene må belyses fra flere sider for å kunne gi dekkende svar.
Resten av teksten finnes her: 20151217_FRI VILJE – Bevissthetsforum_Suppl. Schrödingers katt_JFS13
Resten av teksten finnes her: 20151217_FRI VILJE – Bevissthetsforum_Suppl. Schrödingers katt_JFS13
26 August 2013: David Chalmers (w/ Philosophy UiO)
6 November 2013: Stanslas Dehaene
4 April 2014: Giulio Tononi
10 June 2014: Jaak Panksepp ( w/Psychology HiO)
7 October 2014: Adrian Owen
10 January 2015: Terrence W. Deacon (w/Anthroplolgy UiO)
29 April 2015: Steven Laureys
8 May 2015: Christof Koch
‘Toward a Science of Consciousness – 1995″
Conference at the University of Helsinki June 9-13, 2015
https://tsc2015.sched.org/
| June 9-13, 2015 | TSC 2015, University of Helsinki |
20150609_NORMIND Logo Se: http://www.normind.org/
“NorMind is an informal network of philosophers of mind and cognitive science working in the Nordic countries.
The overarching aim of the network is to nurture a stronger community of researchers who are working in the Nordic countries, and who have overlapping interests.
NorMind does this in two ways: by organising meetings, and by running a blog.” NorMind organised its first Meeting at the University of Bergen on January 9, 2015
The largest lecture hall at the University of Oslo was filled with scientists, students, and others when Professor Christof Koch presented both his pioneering work in consciousness research, and his work at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, USA, where he is currently the Chief Scientific Officer, in two excellent lectures:
The lectures were followed by a panel discussion on consciousness research with Dr. Koch, Thomas Espeseth (psychology, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo), Thomas Watzl and Hedda Hassel Mørch (both from philosophy, University of Oslo), and Johan Storm (neurophysiology, University of Oslo).
This open meeting was hosted by the Forum for Consciousness Research, in collaboration with the University of Oslo.
After the open meeting, there was a lunch with invited guests. And Christof Koch gave an interview on free will” to the national Norwegian TV company NRK. The Interview will be aired in the science magazine “Scrödingers katt” in the fall of 2015.
