Self, Memory, and the Unconscious Mind: New Perspectives in Philosophy, Psychology and Neuroscience

Interdisciplinary Workshop “Self, Memory and the Unconscious Mind” at Ruhr-University Bochum

February 22-23, 2018 at Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), Venue: Building GA, room: 04/187

http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/philosophy/smum/

Scientific organization: 
Nikolai Axmacher, Gerd Waldhauser (Neuropsychology, RUB)

Albert Newen, Beate Krickel (Philosophy, RUB)

It is commonly agreed that the Self is constituted by memories. Less agreement exists about which memories constitute which aspects of the Self and which role conscious and unconscious mental processes play for the storage, retrieval and processing of memories in the construction of the Self. How is the Self built through memory and how does the Self influence what we remember? Why are some memory processes and contents conscious and others unconscious? What is the relationship between conscious and unconscious aspects of the Self?

The workshop brings together renowned psychologists, neuropsychologists and philosophers working on memory, the Self and the unconscious mind to establish an interdisciplinary perspective on the relation between these three phenomena.

Keynote speakers:

Arnaud D’Argembeau (L'Université de Liège)

Nikolai Axmacher (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

Iskra Fileva (University of Colorado Boulder)

Lluis Fuentemilla (University of Barcelona)

Beate Krickel (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

Bence Nanay (University of Antwerp)

Albert Newen (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

Mark Rowlands (University of Miami)

Mark Solms (University of Cape Town)

Patrik Vuilleumier (University of Geneva)

Gerd Waldhauser (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

Call for Posters

In addition to the invited talks we invite contributions for a poster session. The poster session is supposed to provide PhD-students and PostDocs with the opportunity to present and discuss their research on the Self, memory, or the unconscious mind with an audience of international experts on the intersection of these three topics. Submissions that combine at least two of the topics will be preferred.

Submissions for a poster presentation should consist either of an abstract with no more than 600 words or a poster. The poster submissions should be in PDF-format and should be properly anonymized in order to allow for blind review.

Please send your submission to [email protected] until 18.12.2017.

The program and further information can be found here: http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/philosophy/smum/

Call for registration

Participation in the workshop is free, but if you want to participate please register by sending an email to: [email protected].