Fwd: [PhilUpdates] CONF: Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference on Consciousness Submission Deadline Extended

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From: Carolyn Suchy-Dicey and Sean Lorenz <organ...@neuphi.com>
Date: January 7, 2010 2:26:00 PM CST
To: philosoph...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [PhilUpdates] CONF: Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference on Consciousness Submission Deadline Extended
Reply-To: caro...@gmail.com

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION POSTPONED TO JAN 25th

Boston University is hosting its second annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference on Consciousness (IGCC) with keynote speakers Don Ihde and Ray Kurzweil on April 30th and May 1st, 2010. The purpose of the meeting is to promote interdisciplinary dialogue in the academic study of consciousness among interested graduate students working in philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, computer science, cognitive ethology, and other related disciplines. We invite papers between 2000 and 3000 words (suitable for a 30-minute talk) focusing on topics such as:

• transhumanism
• technology and the body
• artificial intelligence
• technological singularity
• postphenomenology
• machine consciousness
• technology and ethics
• the ethics of artificial intelligence
• human machine relations
• and other related topics.

Multi-authored submissions spanning two or more fields are particularly welcome. Recent graduates and junior-level researchers are encouraged to submit. Submit anonymized papers to conscio...@gmail.com by January 25th, 2010. Please see http://www.bu.edu/conscious for details.



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conscio...@gmail.com
Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference on Consciousness 2010
Boston University
MA, USA

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Carolyn Suchy-Dicey
Boston University
Philosophy Department
745 Commonwealth Ave
Boston, MA 02215

(443) 535-3777

http://www.neuphi.com/carolyn
http://www.philmosophy.com

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