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Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 13:14:57 -0700
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Dear Members of the Swiss-List,
”Consilience”, defined by EO Wilson as “the interlocking of causal
explanation across disciplines”, is the starting point for the World
Knowledge Dialogue, a global initiative towards a modern humanism to
bridge the gap between the natural and the human/social sciences. We
are delighted to announce that a selected group of personalities
holding major positions in the academic, scientific and economic
fields will join this first international symposium taking place in
the splendid Alpine resort of Crans Montana, Switzerland on September
14-16, 2006.
World class scientists from one scientific culture will put their
discoveries into the perspective of the other and set the stage for
transdisciplinary discussions around two main topics: the study of
complex systems and the understanding of the migration of modern
humans. Keynote speakers who will talk about the relation between
molecular/cellular brain function and human consciousness include:
- Gerald Edelman, Nobel laureate, Professor and Chairman of the
Department of Neurobiology at The Scripps Research Institute
- Jean-Pierre Changeux, Balzan laureate, Professor & Chairman of
the Physiology of Truth and the Human Diversity, Department of
Neurosciences at the Pasteur Institute.
A full program and registration information can be found at:
www.wkdialogue.org. The participants will come from all corners of
the world. The web site also gives information on:
1) Young scientists (under 42): can get special travel grants to join
the discussion
2) Call for abstracts: the authors of case studies that are selected
will get special conditions
Members of the scientific board of the symposium include Werner Arber
(University of Basel, Nobel Prize Laureate), Dame Julia Higgins
(Imperial College, London, Foreign Secretary and Vice President of
the Royal Society), and Frank Wilczek (Professor of Physics, MIT,
Nobel Prize Laureate).
If you are interested in participating in the World Knowledge
Dialogue, please sign up for further updates on the web site
www.wkdialogue.org or contact wkd_at_shareboston.org. Please feel free
to forward this information to other leading personalities interested
in a transdisciplinary science discourse who want to spearhead the
World Knowledge Dialogue initiative!
Pascal Marmier, SHARE Boston
Christian Simm, swissnex San Francisco
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