Szanowni Państwo,
w poniedziałek 13 stycznia 2025 r. o godz 11.00 w sali 0.06 odbędzie się Konwersatorium im. Jerzego Pniewskiego i Leopolda Infelda Wydziału Fizyki UW.
Wykład zatytułowany:
"Consciousness as a natural phenomenon" wygłosi: dr Paweł Boguszewski (Instytut Biologii Doświadczalnej im. M. Nenckiego PAN, Warszawa)
Wciąż trwa debata czym jest ludzka świadomość i jak należy ją badać. Problem ten sytuuje się na przekroju filozofii i nauk empirycznych. Podczas wykładu poznamy neurobiologiczne podejście do określenia istoty zjawiska określanego mianem świadomości.
Abstrakt wystąpienia znajduje się poniżej niniejszej wiadomości. Wykład odbędzie się w języku angielskim.
Przed Konwersatorium, od godz. 10.30, zapraszamy na nieformalne dyskusje przy kawie i ciastkach w holu przed salą 0.06.
Przesyłamy pozdrowienia,
Barbara Badełek
Jan Chwedeńczuk
Jan Kalinowski
Jan Suffczyński
=============================================================================
Dear Colleagues,
The Jerzy Pniewski and Leopold Infeld Colloquium of the Faculty of Physics will be held in room 0.06 on Monday, January 13, at 11:00 AM.
The lecture entitled: "Consciousness as a natural phenomenon" will be delivered by: dr Paweł Boguszewski (Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw).
The debate over what defines human consciousness and how it should be investigated is still open. The problem is positioned at the cross-section between philosophy and empirical science. In the lecture, we will explore the neuroscientific perspective on defining consciousness.
The abstract of the Colloquium can be found below this news item. The lecture will be held in English.
Before the Colloquium, from 10.30 AM, please join us for informal discussions over coffee and cakes in the lobby outside room 0.06.
With best regards,
Barbara Badełek
Jan Chwedeńczuk
Jan Kalinowski
Jan Suffczyński
--------------------------------------------------------------------
dr Paweł Boguszewski
Consciousness as a natural phenomenon
For millennia, humans have grappled with questions we might call fundamental: What makes us human? What is reality? What is consciousness? Of these, the last question continues to elude our cognitive grasp. Despite centuries of contemplation by philosophers, theologians, and scientists, we remain incapable not only of explaining the nature of consciousness but even of reaching a consensus on its definition. Modern neuroscience has identified as one of its foremost goals the investigation of how a biological entity, shaped by billions of years of natural evolution, generates consciousness. This emerging field, rooted in biology and firmly anchored in scientific methodology, holds promise for addressing this profound question—or at least for refining the definitions and formulating more precise inquiries. The neuroscientific approach combines theoretical hypothesis testing with meticulous experimental methods, directly studying the brains of humans and animals using state-of-the-art technologies. Along the way, it confronts a host of other significant questions: the uniqueness of the species Homo sapiens, the existence of consciousness or proto-consciousness in animals, and even the possibility of its creation in computational systems. By following this path, we may inch closer to answering humanity's most enduring question: who we truly are.
13.01.2025, 11.00, Konwersatorium/Colloquium: Human consciousness
