MEALS:
June 12-15
7:30-8:30 AM breakfast
12:30 PM lunch
5:45 PM dinner
THURSDAY, JUNE 11
3-6 PM registration and check-in
6 PM dinner
7:30 PM Opening session
Introductions and orientation
FRIDAY, JUNE 12
9:00 AM-12:15 PM
Session a Jack (30 minutes)
First-person Experiments I
Session 1 Wendell (60 minutes)
Meditative Inquiry: A Biographical Approach
Session 2 Roz (80 minutes)
Somatic Sensing: An experiential session with clay
2:00-5:30 PM
Session 3 Steve (60 minutes) (John Pickering by phone)
The Virtue of First-Person Science
Session 4 Tom (60 minutes)
Artificial Embodiment and Normative Reactions
Session 5 Max (60 minutes)
Free Will, Values, and the Operations of the Preconscious Mind
7:30-9:00 PM
Session 6 Russ (90 minutes)
The Importance of Iteration in Exploring Experience (with video)
SATURDAY, JUNE 13
9:00 AM-12:15 PM
Session b Jack (30 minutes)
First-person Experiments II
Session 7 Don (80 minutes)
Somatic Awareness as an Essential Element in First-Person Methodology
Session 8 Steve and Russ (comments by Jack; Claire by phone?) (60 minutes)
The ‘Inner’ Character of Experience
2:00-5:30 PM
Session 9 Susan (60 minutes)
The Immanence of Interkinaesthesia
Session 10 Urban (60 minutes)
A case of phenomenological inquiry – how was it done and what questions it raised
Session 11 Erika (60 minutes)
Knowing consciousness inside and out: A look at the
collaborative venture of Buddhism and Science
6:30-7:15
Brainstorming Session 1: moving ahead
7:30-8:30 PM
Open session: Susan and Roz?
SUNDAY, JUNE 14
9:00 AM-12:15 PM
Session c Jack (30 minutes)
First-person Experiments III
Session 12 Christian (60 minutes)
Science and Consciousness: An Odd Couple?
Session 13 Eric (60 minutes)
First-Person Research and Philosophical Method: Science and Ethics
1:30-2:30 PM Brainstorming Session 2: moving ahead
2:30-5:30 PM
Free: Hike to Stump Beach for those who wish
7:00-8:00 PM
Panel Discussion (open to Ratna Ling Community): Erika, Jack, Wendell
Jill Taylor Bolte’s “Stroke of Insightâ€: A Valuable Contribution?
MONDAY, JUNE 15
9:00 AM-12:15 PM
Session 14 Ron (60 minutes)
Empathy and Robots: Some Ethical Implications of a Science of Objectivity
Session 15 Open (60 minutes)
Closing Session: Review and Plans