EUROCORES Consciousness in a Natural and Cultural Context

Many scientists have until recently considered consciousness to be unsuitable for scientific research. Prompted by technological developments as well as conceptual changes, this attitude has shifted during the last decade, and an explanation of consciousness is currently seen as one of the few remaining major unsolved problems of modern science. Although neuroscience has only recently started to contribute with important insights to the study of consciousness, the field is by no means a terra incognita for researchers working in the humanities. On the contrary, core disciplines within the humanities have long-standing traditions for investigating consciousness from cultural, social, historical and philosophical perspectives. We believe that, if real progress is to be made, it will require a truly collaborative effort that draws on all the available resources, and which integrates a variety of theoretical and empirical disciplines and methods.

The overall aim of CNCC is to build a framework for creating links and strengthen exchange and cooperation between these different approaches and perspectives. CNCC aims to support the emergence of an integrated science of consciousness that develops prospects for the renewal of research through mutual interaction across disciplinary boundaries. Proposals are expected to initiate or strengthen collaborative efforts, within the humanities, and between the humanities and the social, natural, and biomedical sciences. Proposals combining such conceptual and empirical components with modeling efforts are welcome. A preference will be given to proposals that explicitly address the natural and cultural dimension of consciousness.

Extra Information

Applications may be submitted online at ESF. More information at www.esf.org/cncc.

Criteria

The selection criteria for proposals have been set by the ESF See for information the Call for Outline Proposals at www.esf.org/cncc.

Procedure

The procedure for applications has been established by the ESF. See for information the Call for Outline Proposals at www.esf.org/cncc.

Financiers

The sponsors of the Dutch contribution to this transnational programme are the NWO programme Cognition and the NWO Divisions ALW, GW and MaGW.

Contacts

• Mw. drs. A. Dijkstra
  phone: +31 (0)70 344 07 36 / +31 (0)70 344 08 36, e-mail: a.dijkstra@nwo.nl

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