Consciousness Studies
Consciousness Studies
Consciousness Studies Links
- Online Papers on Consciousness David Chalmers' directory of hundreds of online papers on consciousness and related topics.
- Global Consciousness Project Presents scientifically rigorous experiments on consciousness coordinated by Roger Nelson's team at Princeton.
- Quantum Mind Mailing List Home page and archive for moderated mailing list devoted to quantum mechanical approaches to consciousness.
- The Presence An exploration of consciousness utilizing scientific, mystical and Taoist principles.
- New York University Research Seminar on Consciousness. Prepared for a seminar conducted by Ned Block and Thomas Nagel, this page provides links to papers by a distinguished roster of contemporary philosophers.
- The Conscious Stream Information about a book describing "a new model of how the nervous system makes consciousness".
- Scientific Approaches to Consciousness: Reductionism Debated Video archive (needs Real-Player) of a May 2000 conference held under the auspices of the National Institute of Mental Health. Features some of the leading scientists and philosophers in the field, including Cristof Koch, J. Allan Hobson, David Chalmers, and Patricia Churchland.
- Douglas F. Watt Articles and reviews about the scientific basis of emotion and consciousness, by the distinguised neuroscientist.
- Theories of Consciousness Essays on consciousness, as defined by Philip Dorrell: "A system for deciding whether or not to do the thing that you were going to do next". Also, why Roger Penrose is wrong.
- Consciousness as an Active Force Amy Lansky, a researcher in artificial intelligence, argues against a purely neurophysiological explanation of consciousness.
- Understanding Consciousness: its Function & Brain Processes Information about the book of this title by Gerd Sommerhoff of Cambridge University. Provides a summary of the argument, detailed table of contents, and abstracts of each chapter.
- Imagination, Cognition and Personality Print journal devoted to the psychological study of imagery, imagination and related topics.
- Doorways in Consciousness Cultures around the globe embrace sound in healing, creation, and exploring consciousness. This essay connects creativity with healing, thus recreating health in the body.
- Mystery of the Soul Presents a practical approach to the mystery of consciousness.
- Explorations in Mind, Being and Reality Being, mind, consciousness... this is the main focus of this multi-faceted site. The site houses essays in which approach is analytical, imaginative and experiential.
- Consciousness Entry commissioned for the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. By Eric Lormand of the University of Michigan.
- Shawn Mikula's Homepage A theory on the neurological basis of consciousness.
- Virtual Reality: Consciousness Really Explained A radical scientific and evolutionary hypothesis about the origin of mind. By Jerome Iglowitz.
- The Light Millennium Articles on the relationship of light to the phenomenon of consciousness.
- Journal of Consciousness Studies. Useful links on Consciousness Studies, plus contents and some materials from the journal..
- Consciousness: The Detector Approach Understanding the Hard Problem - How Consciousness can fit into our Natural Orders. By Jan Holmgren.
- Omnipresent Consciousness and Freedom of Choice A solution to the problem of free will.
- The Transformation Project Research project of Dr. Dana Gaynor, exploring the nature of consciousness, reality and psychospiritual transformation.
- Mindgate Site outlining a personal theory about the nature of mind and consciousness, and selling a book about it.
- The Metaphysics of Blue "Looking for soul in a soulless world."
- Brain Science Studies of consciousness, intelligence and autism. From neuroscientist Rodney Cotterill.
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Consciousness Entry from the 1913 edition of the Catholic Encyclopedia.
- Research on the Global Nature of Consciousness Synopsis of two projects using random event generators to investigate Consciousness.
- Archives of PSYCHE-B PSYCHE-B is a moderated email mailing list for the discussion of biological and experimental psychological approaches to the study of consciousness, as opposed to the more theoretical and philosophical discussions on PSYCHE-D, out of which it grew. The discussion is at a high level, and many of the leading scientists and philosophers in the Consciousness Studies movement have taken part. Archives go back to October 1996.
- Quantum Resonance Theory A grand unified theory of consciousness, based on mysticism (primarily Kabbalah) and quantum theory.
- Toward a Science of Consciousness Abstracts of papers presented at the big Tucson II, Tucson III, and Tucson 2000 "Toward a Science of Consciousness" conferences, and other recent consciousness conferences. Plus links to press reports on the Tucson conferences.
- The Archives of PSYCHE-D PSYCHE-D is a moderated email mailing list for the discussion of theoretical aspects of the nature of consciousness, from a scientific perspective. The discussion is at a high level, and many of the leading scientists and philosophers in the Consciousness Studies movement have taken part. Archives go back to April 1993.
- Metaphors of the Mind Dr. Sam Vaknin considers the appropriateness of metaphors, particularly the computer metaphor, used to describe the brain.
- Comments on: Amit Goswami's 'Science within Consciousness' A critique of Amit Goswami's views,arguing that Goswami's 'monism' is really a dualism in which mind and matter are irreducibly different.
- PSYCHE: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Consciousness A refereed on-line journal dedicated to the interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of consciousness and its relation to the brain from the perspectives of cognitive science, philosophy, psychology, physics, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.
- Consciousness and Neuroscience Paper by Nobel laureate Francis Crick and neuroscientist Cristof Koch.
- eGroups: consciousness A moderated, interdisciplinary forum for academic consciousness researchers, including philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists.
- Francisco Varela's Home Page Bibliography and online articles by this distinguished Consciousness researcher, phenomenologist, and neuroscientist. In both French and English.
- Consciousness and a Theory of Spirit Starting with the assertion that "spirit" refers to the conscious entity that controls each body, presents a reasoned critique of naturalistic theories of consciousness.
- Studies on Consciousness Devoted to the study of consciousness, mind and cognition, with regular reviews and essays, and a bibliography on the subject.
- Consciousness and Microtubules A critical discussion of philosophy and science,and the scientized philosophy of consciousness, with special reference to materialism and David Papineau.
- Consciousness Studies Presents an outline of Consciousness research at the University of Arizona.
- Honderich on Consciousness as Existence First of the philosopher Ted Honderich's papers on the idea that perceptual consciousness is a kind of existence of things or a world.
- Consciousness and Cognition Home page for the print journal giving access to abstracts of articles, submission and subscription information etc.
- View from the Stranger's Gallery An oratorio attempting to render in music the internal and external influences that inform one's experience of consciousness, and which traces the current debate in cognitive science in a post-dualist world.
- INACS Institute for Neuroscience And Consciousness Studies Organization researching such areas as mind/brain/machine interface, anomalous consciousness, lucid dreaming, etc.
- Science within Consciousness An online newsletter attempting to answer the "hard questions" of consciousness on the premise that consciousness is the ground of all being.
- Journey into Consciousness Research in the fields of near-death experiences and related paranormal phenomena.
- Development of Western Consciousness Some ideas about how consciousness has changed since pre-history up until the present day, and how it will continue to change.
- Consciousness Research Laboratory Describes the scientific study of the role of Consciousness in the physical world.
- Science of Consciousness A theory of the conscious mind, by Norman Stubbs.
- The function of the brain A wave model of the function of the brain is proposed in which the cumulative effect of electromagnetic activity in the neuron network plays a part in the operation of the brain.
- Journal of Mind and Behavior An established psychology print journal that frequently publishes articles on consciousness.
- 5th International Conference on Memory, Awareness and Consciousness Information about a medically oriented conference on consciousness (scheduled for June 1-3, 2001), concerned mainly with anaesthesiology and pharmacological issues in patient care.
- The Mind-Brain Connection Explores the connections between mind and brain, memory and story, creativity and consciousness.
- The Subject of Consciousness Scientists have called for a more accurate account of consciousness, subjectively considered. The studies presented at this site focus on the pioneering work of philosopher of mind C.O. Evans.
- Metaphysics by Default Combines concepts from philosophy and science to describe a hypothetical framework for considering transmigration of consciousness.
- Going Inside Overview of science writer John McCrone's new book "Going Inside - a tour around a single moment of consciousness." Also includes links to articles and sites that provide the lay person a good overview of current thought in cognitive science.
- Consciousness Website Explores consciousness using the tree of life as a map, links to mythology, and gives an outline of scientific research into consciousness.
- Consciousness: what can the paranormal teach us about it? Susan Blackmore argues that the study of the paranormal (even if it exists, which she doubts) is not very relevant to consciousness research. Many or even most alleged paranormal phenomena seem to work unconsciously.
- JCS-Online -- Digest of the Key Debates Home page of moderated email forum devoted to discussion of articles in the Journal of Consciousness Studies. With a digest of some of the most interesting past debates.
- Consciousness A clearly written and non-partisan introduction to the contemporary philosophical debate about consciousness. Includes useful links.
- The Penrose-Hameroff Model of Consciousness Information and scholarly publications on theories concerning neuronal microtubules as the microsites of consciousness through quantum effects.
- Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness The ASSC promotes research within cognitive science, neuroscience, philosophy, and other relevant disciplines in the sciences and humanities, directed toward understanding the nature, function, and underlying mechanisms of consciousness.
- Twin Data Stream Theory of Consciousness A theory of consciousness and dreaming devised by novelist and playwright Paul Ableman, with purported implications for understanding various psychopathologies.
- Consciousness, Physics, and the Holographic Paradigm In the context of the Holographic Paradigm all things,including consciousness and the transcendental aspects of ultimate reality,are entirely physical.
- Making Robots Conscious of their Mental States Article by Artificial Intelligence pioneer John McCarthy (dated 19-Jul-1999).
- Consciousness in the Natural World Project Contains details of the project, analytic philosophy papers and bibliographies on the mind and consciousness, and links to philosophy of mind resources. Director: Dr Jose Luis Bermudez.
- MindWarp The MindWarp deals with various technologies for the alteration of consciousness - chemical, electronic, and rhythmic.
- Gaia Mind Home page of an organization which supports research into the global nature of Consciousness.
- Consciousness and Psychophysics By E.G.J. Eijkman, Dutch Medical Physicist. Main content is an essay on "Universal Consciousness".
- Consciousness and the Brain An extensive annotated bibliography of publications on consciousness, by philosophers, neuroscientists, and psychologists.
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