date  tuesday january 22nd  2008- 10 am - 4 pm

place TBA, aarhus, denmark

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The search for the neural correlates of consciousness currently takes two forms. Some theorists focus on identifying the mechanisms that are implicated in allowing a creature to be conscious at all. We might call this approach the creature-based methodology. Other theorists focus on identifying the mechanisms that underpin fine-grained phenomenal contents, such as the conscious state associated with experiences of colour or experiences of pain. We might call this approach the content-based methodology. The focus of this symposium is to ask how these two methodologies are, or should be, related. Should one be preferred over the other? What are their relevant strengths and weaknesses? Can they be pursued independently, or should we be looking to develop methodologies that allow us to identify both the global and local mechanisms responsible for consciousness? And how might the contrast between these two methodologies be related to the contrast between different conceptions of the structure of consciousness? Our aim is to shed some light on these important but neglected issues. 

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10-10.10 am: Welcome

10.10 am - 10.50 am: Jakob Hohwy: : What is the role of creature consciousness in a model of consciousness?

Coffee

11 am - 11.40 am: Tim Bayne: Building blocks vs. the unified field: How does the structure of consciousness constrain its explanation?

Coffee

Noon - 12:40 pm: Chris Frith: TBA

12.50 pm - 14.30 pm: LUNCH

2.30 pm – 3.10 pm: John-Dylan Haynes: TBA

3.20 pm – 4 pm: Andreas Roepstorff: TBA

4 pm: Drinks [Faculty Club]

for registration to this workshop, please e-mail us; include your full name, university affiliation, and information about the project you are working on