Self and Consciousness: Roots of Humanity?

自我与意识：人性的根源？

• 批准号: 6416745
• 负责人: RICHARD D ASHMORE
• 金额: $ 2.46万
• 依托单位: RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-01-01 至 2002-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6416745
• 关键词: artificial intelligence; behavioral /social science research tag; books; cognition; computer human interaction; consciousness; evolution; identity; interpersonal relations; meeting /conference /symposium; psychological identification; social psychology; travel

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): This is a proposal for a two-day symposium and associated book entitled, "Self and Consciousness: Roots of Humanity?" The purpose of the conference is to elucidate the many ways in which self and consciousness interrelate. This will lead to substantial increases in the understanding of both self and identity (by identifying the ways in which personal and social self-definition depend on consciousness, and under what conditions, and with what effects, consciousness gives rise to self-consciousness) and consciousness (by specifying the diverse ways in which self and identity are implicated in the many facets of consciousness). The concepts of self/identity and consciousness each have recently come to the fore in the social and behavioral sciences. However, the ways in which these multidimensional constructs are connected has received limited attention. Further, existing work on self and consciousness is piecemeal and fragmented, spread across a wide range of topics and studied by scholars from diverse disciplines. The symposium will identify, organize, and prioritize a set of theoretical questions, investigative approaches, and empirical findings pertaining to the role of self and identity as antecedents, accompaniments, and consequences of consciousness. In doing so, the conference/book will set an agenda for future research in this area and point toward prevention and treatment strategies for mental illnesses involving disturbances of self and/or consciousness. The symposium will be structured as follows: (1) Where we came from - Self and consciousness in "prehuman" species (are humans really unique?) and through human history (is there something special about modern self and consciousness?); (2) Where we are now: Humans as biological beasts and cognitive creatures - The brain and mind as biological and cognitive systems underlying self and consciousness; (3) Where we are now: Humans as social beings-The social underpinnings of self and consciousness, including how self and consciousness emerge in face-to-face interactions over the course of development and how societal belief systems impact (and often disturb) the self and consciousness of individuals; (4) Where we might go - Where humans will likely go in the future, including how human selves and consciousness might be changed by interacting with computers and related electronic media and the possibility of the construction of "conscious computers with selves." Each topic will be addressed by two speakers followed by a discussant. An edited volume based on the conference will be published by Oxford University Press. This book will not be a simple proceedings collection. The editor and an independent referee will read each paper. The editor will synthesize the critiques and send them to each author, who will then revise his/her contribution. In addition, the associated published book will have an introductory chapter that describes the volume's themes and organization, and a concluding chapter that summarizes the chapters and highlights emergent issues.

描述（由研究者提供）：这是一个为期两天的提案 研讨会和题为“自我与意识：根源”的相关书籍 人性？”会议的目的是阐明人类的多种方式。 自我和意识是相互关联的。这将导致大幅增加 对自我和身份的理解（通过识别自我和身份的方式） 个人和社会的自我定义取决于意识，并且在什么情况下 意识产生的条件和影响是什么 自我意识）和意识（通过指定不同的方式 自我和身份涉及意识的许多方面）。这 自我/身份和意识的概念最近都脱颖而出 在社会和行为科学领域。然而，这些方法 连接的多维结构受到的关注有限。 此外，现有的关于自我和意识的工作是零散且支离破碎的， 涉及广泛的主题并受到来自不同领域的学者的研究 学科。研讨会将确定、组织并优先考虑一系列问题 理论问题、研究方法和实证结果 关于自我和身份作为前因、伴奏和 意识的后果。为此，会议/书籍将设定一个 该领域未来研究的议程以及预防和预防的方向 涉及自我和/或障碍的精神疾病的治疗策略 意识。研讨会的结构如下： (1) 我们来的地方 来自 - “前人类”物种的自我和意识（人类真的吗？ 独特的？）以及人类历史（现代有什么特别之处吗？ 自我和意识？）； (2) 我们现在所处的位置：人类作为生物兽和 认知生物——作为生物和认知系统的大脑和思想 潜在的自我和意识； (3) 我们现在所处的位置：人类作为社会 存在——自我和意识的社会基础，包括自我如何 意识在面对面的互动过程中出现 发展以及社会信仰体系如何影响（并经常干扰）自我 和个人的意识； (4) 我们可能去往的地方——人类将去往的地方 未来可能会发生什么，包括人类自我和意识可能会如何 通过与计算机和相关电子媒体的交互而改变 构建“具有自我意识的计算机”的可能性。每个 将由两位发言者讨论该主题，然后由一位讨论者讨论。编辑过的 基于会议的卷将由牛津大学出版社出版。 本书不会是一本简单的会议论文集。编辑和 独立审稿人将阅读每篇论文。小编将综合一下 批评并将其发送给每位作者，然后由他们修改他/她的贡献。 此外，相关出版的书籍将有一个介绍性章节 描述了本书的主题和组织，以及最后一章 总结各章并强调紧急问题。