Category Archives: Ratna Ling Consciousness Conferences

Jack is the founder of the Center for Creative Inquiry. A former Dean of the Nyingma Institute in Berkeley, CA, he holds degrees from Stanford, University of California at Berkeley, and Yale Law School and is a member of the … Continue reading →

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Ratna Ling 2007 Pre-conference statement As many, if not most, of you know, I’ve been exploring inner experience (thoughts, feelings, sensations, etc.) for over 30 years, using a variety of techniques. Over the course of those explorations, I have arrived … Continue reading →

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I think it was Heinz von Foerster who once said that philosophy equals autobiography. In line of this thought I will try to picture “set of questions that inspire me to attend the conference” and also answer the question “how … Continue reading →

I am interested in the exploration of various modes of being, particularly the most distinctively human mode of intersubjective being. Two main lines of inquiry arise from this general concern: the praxis of ‘self-knowing’ and the theoria of a ‘science … Continue reading →

I’ve been wondering what of mine would go down well with the group. I’d like the chance, if it fits our timetable, to make two presentations. 1. I’d like to give a brief overview of what I believe consciousness IS, … Continue reading →

Here’s what I wrote to Jack a few weeks ago: “I thought I should try to say in a few lines just why I’m interested as a scientist in first-person methods for investigating consciousness — or rather in the accounts … Continue reading →

Nicholas Humphrey is a School Professor in the Centre for the Philosophy of Natural and Social Science at the London School of Economics. He is a theoretical psychologist, known for his work on the evolution of human intelligence and consciousness. … Continue reading →

Statement of Main Concerns Jack Petranker The approach I take to studying consciousness from a first-person perspective can be summed up in this way: “The way to understand more about consciousness is to be conscious differently.” For me this is … Continue reading →