The Program

Conference Details:

A one-day conference (8:30 to 17:30)
with a lunch break (12:30 to 14:00)

Four, one and a half hour sessions

26 September 2008, HS 1 UZA 1,
Althanstr. 14, 1090 Vienna

Transportation:
D Streetcar (Althanstr), Subway U4 or U6 (Spittelau)
Parking Accommodation: Economics University

Program

Sessions 1, 2 and 3 are composed of:
A thirty-minute answer to the conference question (guest speakers).
Five minutes of audience questions.
Four, five to eight-minute presentations by the discussants.
A ten-minute response/discourse between discussants and the guest speaker.
Twenty-five minutes for discussion and debate among the audience, discussants and guest speaker.

Sessions 4 is composed of:
Two paired presentations followed by a response and discussion. Each presentation and each discussion will be limited to 15 minutes.The first presentation will be by Giulio Tononi.The second presentation will be by Daniel Dennett. Discussants of sessions 1, 2 and 3 will be expressly invited to participate in the discussion of session 4.

Sessions 5 is composed of:
A thirty-minute summary of the day’s deliberations and conclusions. It will be presented by Allan Hobson. Concluding remarks about the science of consciousness by Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Friedrich Stadler

Session 1 (9:00-10:30)

Can we really close the Cartesian theater?
Is there a homunculus in our brain?

Daniel Dennett (Tufts University)
Does one part of our brain not control others?
How can you deal with modularity if you are a monist?

a preliminary answer...

Moderated by: Dr. phil., o. Prof. Peter Schuster

With contributions from:
Mag. Erwin Lengauer
Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Hans Martin Prinzhorn
Joanna Bryson, PhD
Ao. Univ.-Prof. MMMag. DDr. Kurt Appel

Session 2 (11:00-12:30)

Can consciousness be defined mathematically?

Giulio Tononi (Wisconsin)
Is subjective experience noting else but a neural process?

a preliminary answer...

Moderated by: O. Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Dr. Christian Noe

With contributions from:
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Psych. Dr. Helmut Leder
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hermann Prossinger
Mag. Werner Gruber
Ao. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Ludwig Huber

Session 3 (14:00-15:30)

What is the brain basis of dissociation?

Mark Mahowald (University of Minnesota)
How can one explain hypnosis or hysteria?.

a preliminary answer...

Moderated by: emer.o.Univ.Prof. Dr. Lüder Deecke

With contributions from:
Prof.ssa Rosalia Silvestri
DDr.Fred Bookstein
Univ.- Prof. Dr. Giselher Guttmann
Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Susanne Reindl-Krauskopf