Dear all:
Philosophers of physics will be interested in the following conference, on
relations between quantum theory and the mind, on Friday 8 September at Trinity
Hall, Cambridge.
The registration is only 10 GBP and includes lunch. The program, as raw text,
is below. The website for registering is at
http://www.cambridgemuslimcollege.org/science-and-religion-conference-register-now/
see you there!
Best, Jeremy
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Jeremy Butterfield:
Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ: Tel: 07557-668413 (mobile)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Butterfield
Visit the journal, Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13552198
The text version of the line up:
"What is Consciousness and Why Observers Matter in Quantum Theory"
8:30 9:00 Registration 9:00 - 9:10 Tim Winter, Dean of Cambridge
Muslim College and Director of Studies at Wolfson College, Cambridge University
Welcome and Introduction
9:10 - 9:50 Jeremy Butterfield, Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy of
Physics, Trinity College, Cambridge University Quantum Theory and the Mind:
Introduction
9:50 10:30 Tim Palmer, Professor of Physics, Jesus College, Oxford
University Fractal State-Space Geometry and Stochastic Computation: Elements of
a Realistic Theory of Quantum Physics and Human Creativity.
10:30 11:00 Tea Break
11:00 11:40 Adam Barrett, Research Fellow in Complexity Science, Sackler
Centre for Consciousness Science, University of Sussex
Can Integrated Information Theory be Integrated with Fundamental Physics?
11:40 12:10 Anam Anzak, Neurosurgeon and Neuroscientist, University College
London Neuronal Oscillations: The Secret Language of Consciousness 12:10 -
12:40 Suzanne Gieser, Author Innermost Kernel: Depth Psychology and Quantum
Physics. Wolfgang Paulis Dialogue with C. G. Jung. Psychotherapist and
Previously Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor at The Institute of
Analytical Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden Wolfgang Paulis view on the
Relationship between Consciousness, Knowledge and Reality
12:40 14:10 Lunch at Trinity Hall Grand Dining Hall
14:10 14:50 Paul Knott, Research Fellow at the School of Mathematical
Sciences, University of Nottingham Generic Emergence of Objectivity in Quantum
Systems
14:50 - 15:30 Sachi Arafat, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Computer and
Information Sciences King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah & Honorary Research
Fellow at Glasgow University Quantum Theory and Observation between Patrick
Heelan and Michel Bitbol
15:30 16:00 Tea Break
16:00 16:30 Ausaf Farooqi, Senior Neuroscientist, Cognition and Brain
Sciences Unit, Medical Research Council, Cambridge Are there Brain Regions
Dedicated to Generating Conscious Percepts?
16:30 - 17:10 Basil Altaie, Professor of Physics, Yarmouk University, Jordan On
the Question of Quantum Measurements
17:10 17:30 Asim Islam, John Templeton Research Fellow in Science and
Religion, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Cambridge Muslim College,
Cambridge Conclusions and the Way Forward: The Emerging New Physics of
Consciousness
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