Fw: Online conference: Investigation of Conscious Emotion (fwd)

Feladó: Chris Maloney <maloney(a)U.Arizona.EDU> Címzett: phil -- allen buchanan <allen(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; David Chalmers <chalmers(a)paradox.ucsc.edu>du>; dwo(a)U.Arizona.EDU; alvin goldman <goldman(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; harnish <harnish(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; Mike Harnish <Harnish.ANGOL.BTK.JPTE(a)btk.jpte.hu>hu>; richard healey <rhealey(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; jenann ismael <jtismael(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; juliaannas <jannas(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; maloney(a)U.Arizona.EDU; pollock(a)U.Arizona.EDU; marga reimer <reimer(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; DavidSchmidtz <schmidtz(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; shaughan(a)ns.arizona.edu; smit(a)U.Arizona.EDU; Thomas D Christiano <thomasc(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; tolliver(a)aruba.U.Arizona.EDU; philgrad -- Angela J Burnette <aburnett(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; Anthony S Gillies <agillies(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; akolers(a)aruba.U.Arizona.EDU; ashley <ashleym(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; BarryMacleod-Cullinane <barry(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; bayne(a)U.Arizona.EDU; Brad JThompson <bradt(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; cgriffin(a)aruba.U.Arizona.EDU; cowley(a)aruba.U.Arizona.EDU; cschultz(a)aruba.U.Arizona.EDU; def(a)aruba.U.Arizona.EDU; William J Denvil <denvil(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; drussell(a)U.Arizona.EDU; Erik J Larson <erikl(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; holderc(a)aruba.U.Arizona.EDU; Jennifer B Ryan <jbr(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; jlyons(a)U.Arizona.EDU; khessler(a)aruba.U.Arizona.EDU; labarge(a)aruba.U.Arizona.EDU; anthony lane <atlane(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; lebar(a)U.Arizona.EDU; Matt Zwolinski <mattz(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; mew(a)U.Arizona.EDU; Cara S Nine <ninec(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; park(a)aruba.U.Arizona.EDU; Rachael J Parkinson <rachaelp(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; rsmith(a)aruba.U.Arizona.EDU; patrick rysiew <patrickr(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; sch(a)aruba.U.Arizona.EDU; seok(a)aruba.U.Arizona.EDU; slabey(a)aruba.U.Arizona.EDU; sscalet(a)aruba.U.Arizona.EDU; stahlkop(a)aruba.U.Arizona.EDU; Paul D Thorn <THORN(a)prodigy.net>et>; truncell(a)U.Arizona.EDU; Todd M Stewart <tstewart(a)U.Arizona.EDU>DU>; William A Oberdick <wao(a)U.Arizona.EDU> Tárgy: Online conference: Investigation of Conscious Emotion (fwd) Dátum: 1999. január 21. 21:22 -------- Chris maloney(a)U.Arizona.EDU ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:34:36 -0700 From: "James M Laukes (by way of \"John J.B. Allen\" <jallen(a)u.arizona.edu>)" <jlaukes(a)U.Arizona.EDU> To: PSYCOLLOQ(a)LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU Subject: Online conference: Investigation of Conscious Emotion Please post or distribute as appropriate. The Investigation of Conscious Emotion: Combining First Person and Third Person Methodologies February 22-March 5, 1999 An On-Line Conference Sponsored By Consciousness Studies at The University of Arizona and the Journal of Consciousness Studies Open House and registration begins on February 1, 1999 at: http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/emotion.html There is no cost to register. Access to the conference will require a password which will be provided after registration. Conference Leaders: * Lis Nielsen, Psychology, University of Arizona * Al Kaszniak, Psychology, Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Arizona With Invited Commentaries By: * Bernard Baars, Psychology, The Wright Institute, Berkeley, California * David Chalmers, Philosophy, University of Arizona * James Coan, Psychology, University of Arizona * Jonathan Cole, Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Southampton * Craig DeLancey, Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Indiana University * Natalie Depraz, Philosophy, CREA, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France * David Galin, University of California, San Francisco * Shaun Gallagher, Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Canisius College * Marja Germans, Psychology, Vanderbilt University * Leslie Greenberg, Psychology, York University, Ontario * Valerie Gray Hardcastle, Philosophy, Virginia Tech * Richard Lane, Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Arizona * Bruce Mangan, Institute of Cognitive Studies, UC Berkeley * Jaak Panksepp, Psychology, Bowling Green State University * Michael Robinson, Psychology, University of Illinois * Marilyn Schlitz, Director of Research, Institute of Noetic Sciences * Jonathan Shear, Philosophy, Virginia Commonwealth University * Heather Urry, Psychology, University of Arizona * Francisco Varela, Cognitive Neuroscience, Paris, France * Max Velmans, Psychology, University of London * Pierre Vermersch, CNRS, GREX, Saint-Elbe, France * Doug Watt, Director of Neuropsychology, Quincy Hospital, Quincy, MA Overall Focus of the Conference: The field of emotion research examines a class of mental phenomena for which a main component is the conscious experience of emotion. Due to difficulties inherent in rendering first person subjective experience measures amenable to scientific interpretation, our current understanding of the experiential component of emotion remains limited. Open-ended verbal response format procedures have had the advantage of allowing description of an emotional experience with whatever words seem to best capture it. However, the resulting narratives can be difficult to adequately categorize and quantify. Fixed response format approaches are more easily quantified, but rest on a priori assumptions about what comprises the domain of emotional experience. When these subjective measures are linked to third person behavioral and physiological measures interesting correlations have been found. But what do these correlations tell us? Do they suggest a functional role for the conscious experience of emotion? Does the subjective experience of emotion play an important role in the development of a sense of self, in social communication, in emotional regulation, or in other forms of complex cognitive processing? Or is the experiential component of emotion a mere epiphenomenon? As investigators of emotion begin to tackle questions at the interface of emotion, neuroscience, and consciousness studies, new methodologies may be required. This on-line workshop will focus on methodological issues facing emotion researchers in particular, and investigators of consciousness in general, who are interested in understanding role of experience in our mental life. Conference Outline Week One, February 22-26 Methodological Proposals in Consciousness Studies (February 22-23) Researchers in a variety of disciplines have outlined broad methodological strategies for approaching the scientific study of consciousness. Common among a number of these is a concern to take subjective reports seriously as a valid source of information about consciousness. First Person Methods in Emotion Research (February 23-25) Emotion is a complex psychological construct that evades simple definition. However, many researchers will agree that emotions involve several components, including physiological arousal, overt or expressive behavior, cognitive appraisal, and subjective experience. Current research programs incorporate measures of experience in a variety of ways: Considered as true "measures of experience," how do the various approaches "measure up"? What are the particular strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches? What are the built-in assumptions of each? Arguments against Introspection (February 25-26) How fatal are the arguments against introspectionism to any attempts to integrate phenomenal data in empirical research on consciousness? Week Two: March 1-5 Re-thinking Our Approach to Experiential Phenomena (March 1-3) Perhaps acceptance of phenomenological data as a valid component to experimental studies in its own right will not come from arguments about the validity of introspective data. Instead, such acceptance might come through the consistent demonstration that emotional experience has an important functional role (e.g., in cognitive activity, in social behavior, in mediating physiological responses to emotional events). Such an approach will require that we continue to evaluate our measures of experience and get better at understanding the dimensions along which experiences can vary and the types of laboratory situations that are conducive to the elicitation of emotional experiences. New Methodologies: Evoking Experience and Measuring Experience (March 3-5) Participants discuss current and future approaches. 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