Mind and Emptiness: Perspectives on the Nature of Consciousness


Day 1: Friday, April 28

Keynote Address
Evan Thompson, University of British Columbia
“The Nature of Consciousness: A Neurophenomenological Approach”

 


Day 2: Saturday, April 29, 2017

Peter Tse, Dartmouth College
“Attention in the Brain: Where Volition and Consciousness Come Together to Create our Subjective Reality”


Adam Frank, University of Rochester
“Physics, Philosophy and Mind: A New Path to the Waterfall”


Shinge Roshi, Dai Bosatsu Zendo Monastery
“Consciousness: A Buddhist Perspective”


Panel Discussion