[Bilimsel Haber] Global Symposium on Dialogue between Science and Humanities

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

*Global Symposium on Dialogue between Science and Humanities to take
place in Switzerland *
*Symposium Date:* 	2006-08-05

	

	

"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 us at 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 & Remo Steinmetz
World Knowledge Dialogue USA

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