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Foundations of Mind II Conference: "A Dialogue of World Views"

Second annual conference examining the intersection of consciousness studies, physics, religion, biology, and other fields.

Foundations of Mind II Conference: “A Dialogue of World Views”

August 13–15, 2015

3105 Tolman Hall • University of California at Berkeley, CA 94720

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TO REGISTER: http://foundationsofmind.org/register-conference.html

This year’s conference examines the rapidly-changing 21st century intellectual, social, and religious landscape in these categories:

  • the science-religion dialogue
  • the foundations of physics, biology, and consciousness studies
  • the role of activist academics in the university


Confirmed plenary speakers / panelists include:

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• Stuart Kauffman (Systems Biology, Seattle)
• Terrence W. Deacon (UC Berkeley)
• Kevin Padian (UC Berkeley)• Walter Freeman III (UC Berkeley)
• Henry Stapp (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UC Berkeley)
• Howard Pattee (Binghamton University)
• Jacob Needleman (San Francisco State University)
• Menas Kafatos
• Wolfgang Baer (Nascent)
• Len Talmy (University of Buffalo)
• Swami Prasannatmananda (Vedanta Society)
• Seán Ó Nualláin (University of Ireland)
• Beverly Stokes (Amazing Babies Moving)
• Cynthia Sue Larson (Reality Shifters)
• Mikey Siegel (Consciousness Hacker)
• Jeffery A. Martin (Center for the Study of Non-Symbolic Consciousness)

Registration for the entire conference is $200 through June 30, then $300 after that date. Registration for individual panels is $50 each. UC Berkeley students may register free (bring Cal I.D.).

Registration: http://foundationsofmind.org/register-conference.html

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