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The denial of consciousness in non-human animals The denial of consciousness in non-human animals: Short comment on a paper by Bob Bermond "The Myth of Animal Suffering" by Titus Rivas M.A. Stresses behavioral rather than neuro-anatomical indicators of consciousness in non-human animals. (Consciousness Studies) http://members.lycos.nl/Kritisch/index-17.html Julian Jaynes Society Julian Jaynes Society: Society for the discussion of Jaynes' bicameral mind theory of consciousness. Includes bibliography (with some abstracts and full-text articles), members-only area, and online application form. (Consciousness Studies) http://julianjaynessociety.tripod.com/ Shawn Mikula's Homepage Shawn Mikula's Homepage: A theory on the neurological basis of consciousness. (Consciousness Studies) http://mind-brain.com/ The Conscious Stream The Conscious Stream: Information about a book describing "a new model of how the nervous system makes consciousness". (Consciousness Studies) http://community.gorge.net/neuro/ The Light Millennium The Light Millennium: Articles on the relationship of light to the phenomenon of consciousness. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.lightmillennium.org/index.html Consciousness Research Laboratory Consciousness Research Laboratory: Describes the scientific study of the role of Consciousness in the physical world. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.psiresearch.org/ Consciousness and the Brain Consciousness and the Brain: An extensive annotated bibliography of publications on consciousness, by philosophers, neuroscientists, and psychologists. (Consciousness Studies) http://home.earthlink.net/~dravita/ California Institute of Technology - Video Course: The Neuronal Basis of Consciousness California Institute of Technology - Video Course: The Neuronal Basis of Consciousness: The course provides a framework for beginning to address these questions from a reductionist point of view. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.klab.caltech.edu/cns120/videos.html Consciousness and Experiential Psychology Consciousness and Experiential Psychology: Section of the British Psychological Society. Information on the Section, its aims and activities, including its journal "Consciousness & Experiential Psychology". (Consciousness Studies) http://www.warwick.ac.uk/cep/ Gaia Mind Gaia Mind: Home page of an organization which supports research into the global nature of Consciousness. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.gaiamind.org Consciousness as an Active Force Consciousness as an Active Force: Amy Lansky, a researcher in artificial intelligence, argues against a purely neurophysiological explanation of consciousness. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.renresearch.com/consciousness.html Making Robots Conscious of their Mental States Making Robots Conscious of their Mental States: Article by Artificial Intelligence pioneer John McCarthy (dated 19-Jul-1999). (Consciousness Studies) http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/consciousness.html Quantum Resonance Theory Quantum Resonance Theory: A grand unified theory of consciousness, based on mysticism (primarily Kabbalah) and quantum theory. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.xmission.com/~mkeener Consciousness and Cognition Consciousness and Cognition: Access to abstracts of articles, submission guidelines, and subscription information of the print journal. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10538100 Christof Koch's Real Home Page Christof Koch's Real Home Page: A leading researcher into the neuroscience of consciousness. Includes personal information and links to online versions of some of his technical and less technical publications. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.klab.caltech.edu/~koch/index-main-page.html Presence - The book Presence - The book: Offering excerpts from a book that tries to define existence through experimential exploration of the functioning of consciousness. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.presencethebook.com Center of Scientific Divulgation about Consciousness (CSDC) Center of Scientific Divulgation about Consciousness (CSDC): Analyses the inconsistencies of the materialistic view of man and mind on the basis of the present scientific knowledge about brain and matter. (Consciousness Studies) http://xoomer.virgilio.it/fedeescienza/englishnf.html PSYCHE: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Consciousness PSYCHE: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Consciousness: A refereed on-line journal dedicated to the interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of consciousness and its relation to the brain from the perspectives of cognitive science, philosophy, psychology, physics, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence. (Consciousness Studies) http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/ Mystery of the Soul Mystery of the Soul: Presents a practical approach to the mystery of consciousness. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.plotinus.com/ MindWarp MindWarp: The MindWarp deals with various technologies for the alteration of consciousness - chemical, electronic, and rhythmic. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.fiu.edu/~mizrachs/mindwarp.html Consciousness Studies Consciousness Studies: Listing of useful links and their brief descriptions. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.thwww.com/mrwizard/cnepage1.htm 5th International Conference on Memory, Awareness and Consciousness 5th International Conference on Memory, Awareness and Consciousness: Information about a medically oriented conference on consciousness (scheduled for June 1-3, 2001), concerned mainly with anaesthesiology and pharmacological issues in patient care. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.maacc.org/ Explorations in Mind, Being and Reality Explorations in Mind, Being and Reality: Being, mind, consciousness... this is the main focus of this multi-faceted site. The site houses essays in which approach is analytical, imaginative and experiential. (Consciousness Studies) http://horizons-2000.org/ Journal of Mind and Behavior Journal of Mind and Behavior: An established psychology print journal that frequently publishes articles on consciousness. (Consciousness Studies) http://kramer.ume.maine.edu/~jmb/welcome.html Toward a Science of Consciousness Toward a Science of Consciousness: Abstracts of papers presented at the big Tucson II, Tucson III, and Tucson 2000 "Toward a Science of Consciousness" conferences, and other recent consciousness conferences. Plus links to press reports on the Tucson conferences. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.imprint-academic.demon.co.uk/SPECIAL/tucson.html The Presence The Presence: An exploration of consciousness utilizing scientific, mystical and Taoist principles. (Consciousness Studies) http://users.senet.com.au/~presence/SitePages/KeysToEternity/KeyEternityFrames.html Astro Biological Coenergetics Astro Biological Coenergetics: An unorthodox look at mind, consciousness and perception. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.tellworld.com/Astro.Biological.Coenergetics Quantum Mind Mailing List Quantum Mind Mailing List: Home page and archive for moderated mailing list devoted to quantum mechanical approaches to consciousness. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/quantum-mind.html Intuition - Its Powers and Perils Intuition - Its Powers and Perils: An introduction to the powers and perils of intuition, plus related essays and links to leading researchers. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.davidmyers.org/intuition Consciousness, Brain and the Physical World Consciousness, Brain and the Physical World: Seminal 1990 article by Max Velmans. (Consciousness Studies) http://cogprints.soton.ac.uk/documents/disk0/00/00/02/38/cog00000238-00/199801005.html Honderich on Consciousness as Existence Honderich on Consciousness as Existence: First of the philosopher Ted Honderich's papers on the idea that perceptual consciousness is a kind of existence of things or a world. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctytho/index.htm Consciousness Consciousness: Entry commissioned for the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. By Eric Lormand of the University of Michigan. (Consciousness Studies) http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lormand/phil/cons/consciousness.htm Geometric Theory of Consciousness Geometric Theory of Consciousness: An attempt to explain consciousness in terms of 4-dimensional geometry. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~lka/geometric.htm Staged Present - Attending to the Mystical on the Stage of Working Memory Staged Present - Attending to the Mystical on the Stage of Working Memory: Thesis by Nadia Delicata discussing consciousness, mystical experience, and an experiment concerning the effect of focused attention on working memory. (Consciousness Studies) http://nadia.delicata.net Adventure of Consciousness Adventure of Consciousness: A spiritual view of Consciousness - its planes, gradations, parts, evolution and change of consciousness as explained by The Mother and Sri Aurobindo. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.lightendlesslight.org/AdventofCon.htm Brain Science Brain Science: Studies of consciousness, intelligence and autism. From neuroscientist Rodney Cotterill. (Consciousness Studies) http://info.fysik.dtu.dk/Brainscience/people/rodney.html Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness: The ASSC promotes research within cognitive science, neuroscience, philosophy, and other relevant disciplines in the sciences and humanities, directed toward understanding the nature, function, and underlying mechanisms of consciousness. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.assc.caltech.edu/ Metaphysics by Default Metaphysics by Default: Combines concepts from philosophy and science to describe a hypothetical framework for considering transmigration of consciousness. (Consciousness Studies) http://mbdefault.org/ Ultimate Computing Ultimate Computing: Publication by Stuart R Hameroff on biomolecular consciousness and nanotechnology. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/hameroff/ultimate_comp/introtoultcomp.htm Journal of Consciousness Studies. Journal of Consciousness Studies.: Useful links on Consciousness Studies, plus contents and some materials from the journal.. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.imprint.co.uk/jcs.html EmergentMind, Mapping the Frontiers of Consciousness EmergentMind, Mapping the Frontiers of Consciousness: Key papers, discussions and research leads focusing on holographic models of mind and mind-body interactions. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.emergentmind.org Consciousness, Physics, and the Holographic Paradigm Consciousness, Physics, and the Holographic Paradigm: In the context of the Holographic Paradigm all things,including consciousness and the transcendental aspects of ultimate reality,are entirely physical. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.netdot.com/hermital/ JCS-Online -- Digest of the Key Debates JCS-Online -- Digest of the Key Debates: Home page of moderated email forum devoted to discussion of articles in the Journal of Consciousness Studies. With a digest of some of the most interesting past debates. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.imprint.co.uk/online_index.html Nanoneurobiology Nanoneurobiology: Interdisciplinary study of consciousness. Provides both theoretical models and experimental verifications. Based on author's contributions in this field. (Consciousness Studies) http://free.hostdepartment.com/d/dankomed/ Phenomenology and Neurodynamics. Phenomenology and Neurodynamics.: Homepage of Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy, making available his drafts and articles. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.geocities.com/t_z_ramsoy/ The Archives of PSYCHE-D The Archives of PSYCHE-D: PSYCHE-D is a moderated email mailing list for the discussion of theoretical aspects of the nature of consciousness, from a scientific perspective. The discussion is at a high level, and many of the leading scientists and philosophers in the Consciousness (Consciousness Studies) http://listserv.uh.edu/archives/psyche-d.html Science & Philosophy of Consciousness Science & Philosophy of Consciousness: An empirical approach to consciousness including reviews of philosophical concepts and neuroscience. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~lka/conz.htm Geraint Rees Home Page Geraint Rees Home Page: The neuroscience of consciousness. Many published articles by Dr. Rees are made available here. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/~grees/ The Causally Efficacious Psyche The Causally Efficacious Psyche: Non-reductive forms of physicalism may be influential, but Titus Rivas tries to show why they should be rejected as incoherent. (Consciousness Studies) http://members.lycos.nl/Kritisch/efficaciouspsyche.html Francisco Varela's Home Page Francisco Varela's Home Page: Bibliography and online articles by this distinguished Consciousness researcher, phenomenologist, and neuroscientist. In both French and English. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.ccr.jussieu.fr/varela/ Science And Consciousness Review Science And Consciousness Review: An attempt to build a community for disseminating information about events and new scientific findings in the field of consciousness research. Sponsored by some of the leading names in the field. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.sci-con.org/ Consciousness: The Unity of Perception, Aspiration, and Emotion and its Control Mechanisms Consciousness: The Unity of Perception, Aspiration, and Emotion and its Control Mechanisms: Short online 'book' (or long article) by Johannes Dressler (English translation of the original German). (Consciousness Studies) http://www.dressler-consciousness.de/ Conscious Entities Conscious Entities: Concise illustrated descriptions and discussions of leading philosophical theories of consciousness, and well known thought experiments, and the issues they raise. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.consciousentities.com/index.htm Mind-Brain.com Mind-Brain.com: Annotated links and papers on consciousness studies, collected by Shawn Mikula. (Consciousness Studies) http://mind-brain.com/index.php Catholic Encyclopedia: Consciousness Catholic Encyclopedia: Consciousness: Entry from the 1913 edition of the Catholic Encyclopedia. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04274a.htm Mind, Consciousness, and Language Mind, Consciousness, and Language: The relationships between mind, consciousness, & language. Webmaster Giorgio Marchetti aims to provide users the opportunity to present their researches in these fields, and to inform about activities and researches carried out worldwide. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.mind-consciousness-language.com/ Some Concepts of Consciousness Some Concepts of Consciousness: Consciousness as a mongrel concept by Ned Block. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/faculty/block/papers/Abridged%20BBS.htm Consciousness & its Existence in Non-Human Animals Consciousness & its Existence in Non-Human Animals: Considers whether or not non-human animals should be considered subjective, sentient beings. (Consciousness Studies) http://members.lycos.nl/Kritisch/index-67.html Metaphors of the Mind Metaphors of the Mind: Dr. Sam Vaknin considers the appropriateness of metaphors, particularly the computer metaphor, used to describe the brain. (Consciousness Studies) http://samvak.tripod.com/meta.html A test for consciousness A test for consciousness: Introduction to consciousness. Contains descriptions of different concepts and also proposes a test for establishing if a physical system is conscious or not. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.consciousness.home.ro/full-text.html Consciousness and Microtubules Consciousness and Microtubules: A critical discussion of philosophy and science,and the scientized philosophy of consciousness, with special reference to materialism and David Papineau. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctytho/consciousness_and_microtubules.htm Research on the Global Nature of Consciousness Research on the Global Nature of Consciousness: Synopsis of two projects using random event generators to investigate Consciousness. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.psy.uva.nl/ResEdu Unified Reality Theory Unified Reality Theory: Steven Kaufman attempts to demonstrate that the source of reality is a universal consciousness, that we are in no way separable from that source, and so in no way truly separable from each other or any other aspect of reality. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.unifiedreality.com/ Consciousness Studies by Peter B. Lloyd Consciousness Studies by Peter B. Lloyd: The nature of consciousness and its relationship to the physical world. References to George Berkeley and psi phenomena. (Consciousness Studies) http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~ursa/philos/cns.htm Consciousness & Personality from many perspectives. Consciousness & Personality from many perspectives.: Insight into the science of consciousness from many perspectives: physics, science, mind-body medicine, psychology, spirituality and religion, NDE's etc. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.geocities.com/player2000gi/consciousness.htm The Penrose-Hameroff Model of Consciousness The Penrose-Hameroff Model of Consciousness: Information and scholarly publications on theories concerning neuronal microtubules as the microsites of consciousness through quantum effects. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.u.arizona.edu/~hameroff/ Virtual Reality: Consciousness Really Explained Virtual Reality: Consciousness Really Explained: A radical scientific and evolutionary hypothesis about the origin of mind. By Jerome Iglowitz. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.foothill.net/~jerryi/ Doorways in Consciousness Doorways in Consciousness: Cultures around the globe embrace sound in healing, creation, and exploring consciousness. This essay connects creativity with healing, thus recreating health in the body. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.vantagequest.org/trees/door1.htm David Chalmers' Home Page David Chalmers' Home Page: Chalmers is a leading figure in the philosophy of consciousness, and this page gives access not only to his own writings, but his extensive annotated bibliography of philosophy of mind and his directory of hundreds of online papers on consciousness and re (Consciousness Studies) http://jamaica.u.arizona.edu/~chalmers/ Theories of Consciousness Theories of Consciousness: Essays on consciousness, as defined by Philip Dorrell: "A system for deciding whether or not to do the thing that you were going to do next". Also, why Roger Penrose is wrong. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.1729.com/consciousness/ Consciousness and Psychophysics Consciousness and Psychophysics: By E.G.J. Eijkman, Dutch Medical Physicist. Main content is an essay on "Universal Consciousness". (Consciousness Studies) http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/E.Eijkman/ Comments on: Amit Goswami's 'Science within Consciousness' Comments on: Amit Goswami's 'Science within Consciousness': A critique of Amit Goswami's views,arguing that Goswami's 'monism' is really a dualism in which mind and matter are irreducibly different. (Consciousness Studies) http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~ursa/philos/goswami.htm Consciousness and Neuroscience Consciousness and Neuroscience: Paper by Nobel laureate Francis Crick and neuroscientist Cristof Koch. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.klab.caltech.edu/~koch/crick-koch-cc-97.html Going Inside Going Inside: Overview of science writer John McCrone's new book "Going Inside - a tour around a single moment of consciousness." Also includes links to articles and sites that provide the lay person a good overview of current thought in cognitive science. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.btinternet.com/~neuronaut/index.html Omnipresent Consciousness and Freedom of Choice Omnipresent Consciousness and Freedom of Choice: A solution to the problem of free will. (Consciousness Studies) http://members.aol.com/ClJanew/welcome.htm eGroups: consciousness eGroups: consciousness: A moderated, interdisciplinary forum for academic consciousness researchers, including philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists. (Consciousness Studies) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/consciousness Scientific Approaches to Consciousness: Reductionism Debated Scientific Approaches to Consciousness: Reductionism Debated: Video archive (needs Real-Player) of a May 2000 conference held under the auspices of the National Institute of Mental Health. Features some of the leading scientists and philosophers in the field, including Cristof Koch, J. Allan Hobson, David Chalmers, (Consciousness Studies) http://www.nimh.nih.gov/events/consciousness.cfm Twin Data Stream Theory of Consciousness Twin Data Stream Theory of Consciousness: A theory of consciousness and dreaming devised by novelist and playwright Paul Ableman, with purported implications for understanding various psychopathologies. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.twindatastream.com On the possibility of laws that govern the nature of consciousness On the possibility of laws that govern the nature of consciousness: Perceptual information and consciousness studies. (Consciousness Studies) http://dfludd.0catch.com/ Consciousness, Literature and the Arts Consciousness, Literature and the Arts: The refereed journal provides a forum for new work relating the arts and literature to the exploration of consciousness currently flourishing in many disciplines such as philosophy, cognitive science, psychology, neuroscience, computer science, and physic (Consciousness Studies) http://www.aber.ac.uk/tfts/journal Idealist philosophy Idealist philosophy: Full text papers on idealist philosophy, collective consciousness, and spirituality from CIRIP, a center for interdisciplinary research. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.mobilixnet.dk/~mob79301/fulltextpapers.html INACS Institute for Neuroscience And Consciousness Studies INACS Institute for Neuroscience And Consciousness Studies: Organization researching such areas as mind/brain/machine interface, anomalous consciousness, and lucid dreaming. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.inacs.org/ Dr. Charles T. Tart, Home Page and Virtual Library Dr. Charles T. Tart, Home Page and Virtual Library: Dr. Tart has been well known for many years as a leading researcher on consciousness, particularly altered states, as well as on parapsychology and transpersonal psychology. (Consciousness Studies) http://paradigm-sys.com/cttart/ Global Consciousness Project Global Consciousness Project: Presents scientifically rigorous experiments on consciousness coordinated by Roger Nelson's team at Princeton. (Consciousness Studies) http://noosphere.princeton.edu/ NeuroQuantology NeuroQuantology: A refereed, electronic, open access, interdisciplinary journal of neuroscience and quantum physics. Also brings perspectives from philosophy, psychology, and artificial intelligence to bear on the problems of consciousness and mind. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.neuroquantology.com The Neural Correlate of Consciousness (NCC) The Neural Correlate of Consciousness (NCC): Search for a plausible NCC. Definition, proposals, argumentation for the possibility of its existence. (Consciousness Studies) http://jamaica.u.arizona.edu/~chalmers/papers/ncc2.html The Cerebral Code The Cerebral Code: Thinking a thought in the mosaics of the mind. (Consciousness Studies) http://williamcalvin.com/bk9 Meaning - the emergence of meaning (semiosis) Meaning - the emergence of meaning (semiosis): From analysis of neurocognitive/affective processes of the Brain the site comes up with a model of meaning that includes Mind being an abstraction from Brain and our species fundamental adaptation has been to light/EMF processing. From this work is ide (Consciousness Studies) http://pages.prodigy.net/lofting Studies on Consciousness Studies on Consciousness: Study of consciousness, mind and cognition. Contains regular reviews, essays and a bibliography on the subject. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.thymos.com/ Unified theory of the nervous system & behavior Unified theory of the nervous system & behavior: New theory that takes the mathematical concept of nerve cell interactions as being a form of mathematics that links neural activity to psychology. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.stevenharris.com/theory/ Max Velmans on Consciousness Max Velmans on Consciousness: Gives access to publications by this well known, non-dualist and non-reductionist, consciousness researcher and psychologist. Many of his papers are available online here, plus abstracts of others and blurbs of his 3 books on the subject with links to r (Consciousness Studies) http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/departments/psychology/staff/velpub.html University of Philosophical Research University of Philosophical Research: Based in Los Angeles, and offering a master's degree in consciousness studies with "a curriculum that integrates the Ancient Wisdom traditions with the latest findings in Science and Psychology". (Consciousness Studies) http://www.uprs.edu/ Development of Western Consciousness Development of Western Consciousness: Some ideas about how consciousness has changed since pre-history up until the present day, and how it will continue to change. (Consciousness Studies) http://rimu.orcon.net.nz/con/index.html Science of Consciousness Science of Consciousness: A theory of the conscious mind, by Norman Stubbs. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.science-of-consciousness.com/ Archives of PSYCHE-B Archives of PSYCHE-B: PSYCHE-B is a moderated email mailing list for the discussion of biological and experimental psychological approaches to the study of consciousness, as opposed to the more theoretical and philosophical discussions on PSYCHE-D, out of which it grew. The di (Consciousness Studies) http://listserv.uh.edu/archives/psyche-b.html View from the Stranger's Gallery View from the Stranger's Gallery: An oratorio attempting to render in music the internal and external influences that inform one's experience of consciousness, and which traces the current debate in cognitive science in a post-dualist world. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.brianfelsen.com/ Another Linguistic Turn? Another Linguistic Turn?: Review by Lawrence Kaye of `Language, Thought and Consciousness: An Essay in Philosophical Psychology' by Peter Carruthers. (Consciousness Studies) http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/v4/psyche-4-02-kaye.html Consciousness: The Detector Approach Consciousness: The Detector Approach: Understanding the Hard Problem - How Consciousness can fit into our Natural Orders. By Jan Holmgren. (Consciousness Studies) http://home.swipnet.se/~w-61325/ConsciousnessTheDetectorApproach/ Consciousness in the Natural World Project Consciousness in the Natural World Project: Contains details of the project, analytic philosophy papers and bibliographies on the mind and consciousness, and links to philosophy of mind resources. Director: Dr Jose Luis Bermudez. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.stir.ac.uk/departments/arts/philosophy/cnw/webpage1.htm Consciousness: what can the paranormal teach us about it? Consciousness: what can the paranormal teach us about it?: Susan Blackmore argues that the study of the paranormal (even if it exists, which she doubts) is not very relevant to consciousness research. Many or even most alleged paranormal phenomena seem to work unconsciously. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.csicop.org/si/2001-03/conciousness.html Wasiwaska Wasiwaska: Center for studies of the traditional Amazonian hallucinogen ayahuasca, and its effects on consciousness. Includes information about the center, its seminars and presenters, and "ethenogenic" drugs in general. Located in Florianópolis, Brazil. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.wasiwaska.org/ New York University Research Seminar on Consciousness. New York University Research Seminar on Consciousness.: Prepared for a seminar conducted by Ned Block and Thomas Nagel, this page provides links to papers by a distinguished roster of contemporary philosophers. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/courses/consciousness/ Consciousness Rules Consciousness Rules: Explores consciousness as both the nature and purpose of reality, as well as the ethical and political implications. (Consciousness Studies) http://consciousnessrules.net Science within Consciousness Science within Consciousness: An online newsletter attempting to answer the "hard questions" of consciousness on the premise that consciousness is the ground of all being. (Consciousness Studies) http://www.swcp.com/~hswift/swc/