Review of the International Conference «Naturalistic Approaches to Consciousness» (24 —
25 May 2013, Saint-Petersburg, Russia) Cover Image

Обзор. Международная конференция «Натуралистические концепции сознания» (24 — 25 Мая, Санкт-Петербург, Россия)
Review of the International Conference «Naturalistic Approaches to Consciousness» (24 — 25 May 2013, Saint-Petersburg, Russia)

Author(s): Natalia Yastreb
Subject(s): Contemporary Philosophy
Published by: Издательство Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета
Keywords: naturalism; consciousness; qualia; freedom of will; freedom of choice; bodily experience; neural causation; dynamic states of the brain

Summary/Abstract: The conference provided an excellent opportunity for interdisciplinary interaction between philosophers,linguists, psychologists and neuroscientists, all united by their interest in a naturalistic approachto consciousness. The key speakers were famous philosophers and scientists, including John Searle,Thomas Metzinger and Konstantin Anokhin. The topics of the reports covered a great variety of issues,ranging from the relation of the ontological subjectivity and epistemic objectivity of consciousness; thestudy of consciousness and self-consciousness through the phenomena associated with various formsof bodily experience; the search for the conceptual bases for the scientific study of consciousness, theproblem of qualia, attention, free will and various aspects of philosophy of psychology.

  • Issue Year: 2/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 201-205
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Russian