idw – Informationsdienst Wissenschaft
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
idw - Informationsdienst
Wissenschaft
02/18/2026 - 06/19/2026 | Bochum
In 1996, David Chalmers' The Conscious Mind. In Search of a Fundamental Theory (Oxford University Press) shook the philosophy of mind by presenting rigorous philosophical arguments and ingenious thought experiments against the physicalistic mainstream. Chalmers introduced the hard problem of consciousness and offered a range of non-reductive approaches to consciousness.
When Chalmers' book appeared, the prevailing assumption was that consciousness would yield to neuroscience as soon as the science caught up. Thirty years later the science has caught up considerably, with brain imaging, large-scale adversarial collaborations, and rapidly advancing AI all reshaping the empirical landscape and raising new questions about artificial consciousness.
Incidentally, the date of the conference also marks the 70th anniversary of the famous Dartmouth conference (18 June 1956) where the term artificial intelligence was coined.
Yet the hard problem Chalmers introduced — why physical processes give rise to subjective experience at all — remains unsolved, and, by some lights, unsolvable on materialist terms.
In this workshop we celebrate the massive influence of The Conscious Mind and look forward to the future of the science of consciousness.
Information on participating / attending:
Date:
02/18/2026 09:00 - 06/19/2026 20:00
Registration deadline:
06/12/2026
Event venue:
Kunstmuseum Bochum
Kortumstr. 147
44787 Bochum
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Philosophy / ethics
Types of events:
Seminar / workshop / discussion
Entry:
05/22/2026
Sender/author:
Meike Drießen
Department:
Dezernat Hochschulkommunikation
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
German
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event81624
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