18th Herbstakademie
"The Circularity of Mind and Body"
Heidelberg, Germany | March 26 - 28, 2015
Organized by: Thomas Fuchs, Sabine Koch and Wolfgang Tschacher
This conference will address theoretical and application questions of embodiment: Which role does the body play in feeling and thinking? Which new perspectives arise for the philosophy of mind and cognitive sciences? How can clinicians and psychotherapists incorporate principles of embodiment into their work? How does embodiment influence social and communicative processes?
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The conference language is English.
Confirmed keynote speakers:
Steven Boker, psychology, University of Virginia, USAEzequiel di Paolo, theoretical biology and enactivism, Basque Science Foundation, San Sebastian, Spain
Marianne Eberhard-Kaechele, dance therapy, German Sport University, Cologne, Germany
Karl Friston, theoretical neuroscience, Wellcome Trust/University College, London, UK
Hermann Haken, theoretical physics and synergetics, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Scott Kelso, biology and complex systems, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA
Mark Solms, neuro-psychoanalysis, Groote Schuur Hospital, Capetown, South Africa
This conference is 18th in the Herbstakademie series dedicated to the topic of complex systems in psychology, cognitive science, and related disciplines. Information on previous meetings of the Herbstakademie community is provided here. A list of Herbstakademie publications is this.
ORGANIZERS:
Prof. Dr. phil. Wolfgang TschacherUniversitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universität Bern
tschacher(at)spk.unibe.ch
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Prof. Dr. phil. Sabine Koch
SRH University Heidelberg
sabine.koch@hochschule-heidelberg.de
Prof. Dr. med. et phil. Thomas Fuchs
Klinik für Allgemeine Psychiatrie, Universität Heidelberg
thomas.fuchs(at)urz.uni-heidelberg.de
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