Toward a Science of Consciousness

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Toward a Science of Consciousness (TSC) is an international academic conference that has been
held biennially since 1994. It is organized by the Center for Consciousness Studies of the University
of Arizona. Alternate conferences are held in Arizona (either Tucson or Phoenix), and the others in
locations worldwide. Each conference attracts hundreds[citation needed] of attendees.
The conference is devoted exclusively to the investigation of consciousness.[1] Plenary or keynote
speakers have included Daniel Dennett, David Chalmers and Roger Penrose.[citation needed]

Contents
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1Conference books
2Academic coverage
3Media coverage
4External links
5See also
6References

Conference books[edit]
Three books published by MIT Press have resulted from the conference.[2][3][4]
John Benjamins has published a book containing selected proceedings from TSC 1999.[5]

Academic coverage[edit]
(None of the following peer-reviewed journals are involved with the organization of TSC.)
An essay review Toward a science of consciousness:Tucson I and II by J. Gray was printed in ISR
Interdisciplinary Science Reviews Volume 24 Issue 4 (1 April 1999), pp. 255260.[6]
A review of TSC 2012 may be found in the Journal of Consciousness Studies.[7]
In the Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research, Christopher Holvenstot reviewed TSC
2011, likening it to The Greatest Show on Earth.[8]
Michael Punt reviewed TSC 2002 in the journal Leonardo.[9]

Media coverage[edit]
Chapter 8 of John Horgan's book The Undiscovered Mind is entirely devoted to his experiences at
the first (1994) TSC conference.[10]

External links[edit]
TSC webpage

See also[edit]
 Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, which puts on a similar series of
conferences about consciousness.[1]

References[edit]
1. ^ Jump up to:a b "Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Consciousness". Stanford University.
Retrieved 2014-01-13.
2. Jump up^ Hameroff, S; et al., eds. (1996). Toward a Science of Consciousness - The First Tucson
Discussions and Debates. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262082495.
3. Jump up^ Hameroff, S; et al., eds. (1998). Toward a Science of Consciousness II - The Second
Tucson Discussions and Debates. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262082624.
4. Jump up^ Hameroff, S; et al., eds. (1999). Toward a Science of Consciousness III - The Third
Tucson Discussions and Debates. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262581813.
5. Jump up^ Kunio, Y; et al., eds. (2002). No Matter, Never Mind - Proceedings of Toward a Science of
Consciousness: Fundamental approaches, Tokyo 1999. John Benjamins Publishing. ISBN 978-
9027251534. See: "No Matter, Never Mind". Retrieved 2014-01-12.
6. Jump up^ This journal appears in both print (ISSN 0308-0188) and online (ISSN 1743-2790)."Review
of conference by J. Gray.". Retrieved 2014-01-12.
7. Jump up^ "A Thousand Flowers". Journal of Consciousness Studies. 19 (78): 24770. JulyAugust
2012.
8. Jump up^ "Toward a Science of Consciousness 2011: The Greatest Show on Earth". Journal of
Consciousness Exploration & Research. 2 (4): 656665. June 2011. See: "TSC 2011: The Greatest
Show on Earth.". Retrieved 2014-01-27.
9. Jump up^ "Toward a Science of Consciousness (Review)". Leonardo. 36 (1): 8990. February
2003. doi:10.1162/leon.2003.36.1.89. See: "Review of conference by Michael Punt.". Retrieved 2014-
01-12.
10. Jump up^ Horgan, John (2000). The Undiscovered Mind How the Human Brain Defies Replication,
Medication, and Explanation. New York: Free Press. ISBN 978-0684865782.