Toward a Science of Consciousness
"Tucson III"

April 27 - May 2, 1998 A preliminary listing of concurrent sessions was posted
on December 5.

Call for Papers

Become part of the debate by planning to attend "Toward a Science of Consciousness 1998." The initial deadline for abstracts was October 1, 1997. Late abstracts will be considered for presentation. See below for guidelines.

Conference abstracts will be published in a special abstracts edition of the Journal of Consciousness Studies, which is included in the registration fee and available at the conference.

Scientific Program Committee

David Chalmers, Philosophy, University of California, Santa Cruz

Stuart Hameroff, Anesthesiology and Psychology, The University of Arizona

Alfred Kaszniak, Psychology, Psychiatry, and Neurology, The University of Arizona

Christof Koch, Computation and Neural Systems, California Institute of Technology

Marilyn Schlitz, Research Director, Institute of Noetic Sciences

Alwyn Scott, Mathematics, The University of Arizona and Technical University of Denmark

Petra Stoerig, Neuropsychology, Ludwig Maximilians University

Keith Sutherland, Publisher, Journal of Consciousness Studies

Michael Winkelman, Anthropology, Arizona State University

Support provided by

Fetzer Institute

Institute of Noetic Sciences

Topics include

Philosophy: conceptual foundations, subjective experience, qualia, reductionism, mental causation, representation, free will

Neuroscience: attention, vision, memory, psycho/neuropathology, anesthetic and psychoactive drugs

Cognitive science and psychology: implicit processes, artificial intelligence/artificial life, language, neural networks, binding/integration, consciousness in non-human animals

Physical and biological sciences: quantum theory, space-time/relativity, emergence/hierarchies, evolution, life

Culture and phenomenology: anthropology, transpersonal psychology, humanities, history, religion and contemplative studies, parapsychology, aesthetics

For more information, contact:

Jim Laukes
Consciousness Studies
The University of Arizona
Extended University
P.O. Box 210158
888 North Euclid Avenue, Rm. 301R
Tucson AZ 85721-0158 USA
Phone: 520-626-9061

Sponsored by The University of Arizona

Abstract Submission Guidelines

Part I: Abstract Submission
Papers and posters are welcome from researchers in all disciplines engaged in the understanding of consciousness.

The initial deadline for abstracts was October 1, 1997. Late abstracts (500-word maximum) will be considered for presentation. If at all possible, please submit abstracts by e-mail to <tucson.abs@imprint.co.uk>.

If this is not possible, send to:
Abstracts/Tucson Conference
Keith Sutherland
Imprint Academic
P.O. Box 1
Thorverton, Exeter EX5 5YX
England

Fax: +44 1392 841478

Include title, authors, and affiliations, and designate presenting author, corresponding author (address/phone/fax/email).

Please indicate number(s) for primary and subsidiary subject classification(s) (see below)

Abstracts will be acknowledged upon receipt and authors notified of disposition (i.e. poster, talk, preliminary schedule) by November 15. Late abstracts will be considered for presentation.

Abstracts will be published in a special abstracts edition of the Journal of Consciousness Studies.

Part II. Awards
Best Student Paper
You are eligible to participate in the best student paper competition if you are a full- time student. Also to qualify you must be sole author of your presentation and submit an e-mail version of your full paper (no more than 5,000 words, including figure s and references) by March 27, 1998 to <tucson.student@imprint.co.uk>. If you qualify and wish to participate, please indicate this when sending in your abstract.

The award is $500.

Best Poster Presentation
Presentations delivered as posters will be eligible for an award of $200. Posters will be judged on the basis of their content and visual quality. The award will be made to the presenting author.

Part III. Registration Information

Registration information will be available in November, 1997.

Subject Classifications

01.00 Philosophy
01.01 The concept of consciousness
01.02 Ontology of consciousness
01.03 Knowing what it's like and the knowledge argument
01.04 Qualia
01.05 Machine consciousness
01.06 The function of consciousness
01.07 The "hard problem" and the explanatory gap
01.08 Higher-order thought
01.09 Epistemology and philosophy of science
01.10 Personal identity and the self
01.11 Free will and agency
01.12 Intentionality and representation
01.13 Miscellaneous

02.00 Neuroscience
02.01 Neural correlates of consciousness
(general)
02.02 Vision
02.03 Other sensory modalities
02.04 Motor control
02.05 Memory and learning
02.06 Neuropsychology and neuropathology
02.07 Anesthesia
02.08 Cellular and sub-neural processes
02.09 Quantum neurodynamics
02.10 Pharmacology
02.11 The binding problem
02.12 Language
02.13 Emotion
02.14 Sleep and waking
02.15 Specific brain areas
02.16 Miscellaneous

03.00 Cognitive Science & Psychology
03.01 Attention
03.02 Vision
03.03 Other sensory modalities
03.04 Memory and learning
03.05 Emotion
03.06 Language
03.07 Mental imagery
03.08 Implicit and explicit processes
03.09 Unconscious/conscious processes
03.10 Sleep and dreaming
03.11 Cognitive development
03.12 Artificial intelligence & robotics
03.13 Neural networks and connectionism

03.14 Cognitive architectures
03.15 Ethology
03.16 Task performance and decision making
03.17 Theory of mind
03.18 Intelligence and creativity
03.19 Miscellaneous

04.00 Physical and Biological Sciences
04.01 Quantum theory
04.02 Space and time
04.03 Integrative models
04.04 Emergent and hierarchical systems
04.05 Nonlinear dynamics
04.06 Logic and computational theory
04.07 Bioelectromagnetics/resonance effects
04.08 Biophysics and living processes
04.09 Evolution of consciousness
04.10 Medicine and healing
04.11 Miscellaneous

05.00 Experiential Approaches
05.01 Phenomenology
05.02 Meditation, contemplation & mysticism
05.03 Hypnosis
05.04 Biofeedback
05.05 Other altered states of consciousness
05.06 Transpersonal and humanistic psychology
05.07 Psychoanalysis and psychotherapy
05.08 Lucid dreaming
05.09 Out-of-body experiences
05.10 Parapsychology
05.11 Miscellaneous