Past Speakers in the
Consciousness & Science Discussion Group

Date	Title & Speakers
May 10, 2002	What is Niels Bohr's Interpretation? Ravi V. Gomatam, Director, Bhaktivedanta Institute
February 18, 2000	Libet's Time Anamolies Benjamin Libet and Stanley Klein
May 14, 1999	Can Computers Think? Robert E. Horn, Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford Russell McBride, Instructor in Philosophy, Alameda College
April 9, 1999	Quantum Mechanics and the Subject-Object Distinction Edward MacKinnon, Professor of Philosophy (Retd.), California State University, Hayward
March 5, 1999	Can There be a Mathematics of the Mind? Prof. Keith Devlin, Dean of the School of Science, St Mary's College, Moraga; Senior Researcher, Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University
December 4, 1998	Quantum Creativity Amit Goswami, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Oregon
December 6, 1996	The Puzzle of Consciousness David Chalmers, Professor of Philosophy, U.C. Santa Cruz
June 7, 1996	The Quantum Paradigm and its Implications George Weissmann, Ph.D., Berkeley
March 15, 1996	Psychophysics and Consciousness Stanley A. Klein, Professor of Vision Science, School of Optometry, U. C. Berkeley
November 10, 1995	Vital Forces, Epigenetic Biology and Other Limits to Genetic Thinking in Biology and Medicine Richard Strohman, Professor Emeritus, Cell & Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley
September 15, 1995	Science within Consciousness Amit Goswami, Professor of Physics, Institute of Theoretical Science, University of Oregon, Eugene
July 28, 1995	Time, Consciousness, and the Quantum: Three Mysteries with a Common Origin? Avshalom C. Elitzur, Department of Chemical Physics The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
March 17, 1995	Consciousness and Space Colin McGinn, Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, New Jersey.
October 21, 1994	Quantum Coherence/ Reduction in Brain Microtubules: A Model of Consciousness Stuart Hameroff, M.D. Dept. of Anesthesiology, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona
September 9, 1994	A Functional View of Consciousness Bruce Bridgeman, Program in Expermental Psychology, U.C. Santa Cruz
May 13, 1994	Is Materialism Scientific? A Critique of the Mind/Brain Identity Theory Roland Puccetti, Retired Prof. Emeritus of Philosophy, Dalhousie Univ., Canada
February 25, 1994	Elemental Mind: Human Consciousness and the New Physics Nick Herbert, Physicist, Boulder Creek, California
January 21, 1994	Consciousness in the Sign Language of Cross-Fostered Chimpanzees Beatrix T. Gardner, R. Allen Gardner, Departments of Psychology and Biology; Center for Advanced Study; University of Nevada, Reno
October 1, 1993	Panel Discussion on John Searle's the Rediscovery of the Mind Paul M. Churchland, Dept of Philosophy, U.C. San Diego John Searle, Dept of Philosophy, U.C. Berkeley Stanley Klein, School of Optometry, U.C. Berkeley Bruce Mangan, Institute of Cognitive Science, U.C. Berkeley
May 14, 1993	What Children Can Tell Us About Consciousness Alison Gopnik, Department of Psychology, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley
April 9, 1993	The Cortical Record of Learned Behaviors and Memories; Ontogeny of Complex Human Behaviors Michael M. Merzenich, Department of Neurosciences , Univ. of Calif., San Francisco
March 25, 1993	Consciousness as Reflection Space Saul-Paul Sirag, PhD.
January 8, 1993	The Place of a Consciousness Metaphor in Science Willis W. Harman, Institute of Noetic Sciences
December 11, 1992	What Makes a Mental State Conscious? Fred Dretske, Philosophy Department, Stanford University
November 13, 1992	Role of Consciousness in Quantum Mechanics Ravi V. Gomatam, Philospohy of Science, Bhaktivedanta Institute
October 9, 1992	The Poverty of Neurophilosophy Gunther Stent, Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
September 24, 1992	Alternatives to Molecular Mechanistic Thinking in Biology and Cancer Harry Rubin, D.V.M., Dept. of Cell and Developmental Biology, Univ. of California, Berkeley
August 14, 1992	Idealist Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, the Mind-Body Problem, and the Nature of the Self Amit Goswami, Department of Physics, University of Oregon
June 19,1992	A Panel Discussion on Daniel Dennett's Book: "Consciousness Explained" Panelists: Michael Fehling, Laboratory for Intelligent Systems, Stanford University. Bruce Mangan, Institute of Cognitive Studies, University of California at Berkeley. Richard Thompson, Mathematical Biology, Bhaktivedanta Institute. Bernard Baars, Cognitive Psychology, Wright Institute, Berkeley.
March 13, 1992	A biological perspective on consciousness and perception Walter J. Freeman, M.D., Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology, U.C. Berkeley
February 14, 1992	The Representation of Global Coherence in Consciousness Bruce Mangan, Institute of Cognitive Studies, University of California at Berkeley
December 13, 1991	The Rheomode of Language of David Bohm: An Alternative Perspective on Consciousness and Cognition Maxim I. Stamenov, Ph.D., Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
November 8, 1991	Lucid dreaming: Psychophysiological studies of Consciousness During REM Sleep Stephen LaBerge, The Lucidity Institute, Stanford, CA
October 11, 1991	Computation and Mind Hans J. Bremermann, Prof. Emeritus, Biophysics and Mathematics, U.C. Berkeley, CA
September 13, 1991	What a theory of ordinary states of consciousness might suggest about higher states Bernard J. Baars, The Wright Institute, Berkeley, CA
August 9, 1991	Time in Physics and Metaphysics (i) Time in physics Jean Burns, Ph.D., Consciousness Research, San Leandro (ii) Time in eastern metaphysics Ravi V. Gomatam, Philosophy of Science, Bhaktivedanta Institute
May 10, 1991	Intracranial Evidence for Associative Activation in Human Hippocampus Gary Heit, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University
April 12, 1991	Questions we can ask about the relationship of consciousness and the physical world Jean Burns, Ph.D., Consciousness Research, San Leandro, California
March 8, 1991	The Cerebral 'time-on' Theory for Conscious and Unconscious Mental Functions Benjamin Libet, Dept. of Physiology, U.C. San Francisco
February 8, 1991	Hard Evidences for Mind/Brain Interaction Richard L. Thompson, Mathematical Biology, Bhaktivedanta Institute
January 11, 1991	Healing, Holography and the Body/Mind Experience Robert Marrone, Psychology, C.S.U. Sacramento
December 14, 1990	Brain and Consciousness John R. Smythies, M.D., Institute of Neurology, Univ. of London
November 9, 1990	Foundational Issues in Artificial Intelligence Ravi V. Gomatam, Philosophy of Science, Bhaktivedanta Institute
October 12, 1990	Basic Requirements for a Science of Consciousness Joe Kamiya, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, Univ. of Calif., San Francisco
September 14, 1990	Quantum Mechanics and the Mind/Brain Connection Henry Stapp, Department of Physics, U.C., Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley Lab.

Past Speakers in the Consciousness & Science Discussion Group

Past Speakers in the
Consciousness & Science Discussion Group