23 May 2014
- 26 May 2014
International symposium “Free-Will: Philosophy meets neuroscience”
Organizers
The Leslie and Susan Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Israel and the Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin A joint symposium on“Free-Will: Philosophy meets neuroscience”
Program
Saturday, 24 May10:00 - 18:00
Guided tours and cultural program
Sunday, 25 May
From 8:30
Registration, coffee and refreshments
9:00 – 9:30
Opening remarks and greetings
Professor Moshe Bar, Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Director
Rabbi Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz, Bar-Ilan University, President
Ms Gabriele Hermani, Scientific Council, German Embassy
Professor Michael Pauen, Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Academic Director
9:30–10:30
Professor Henrik Walter, Berlin School of Mind and Brain & Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
“Challenges from philosophy of mind for a neuroscience of free-will”
10:30–11:30
Professor Haim Sompolinsky, Racah Institute of Physics, The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
“Rationality in a deterministic world”
11:30–11:50
Coffee break
11:50–12:50
Professor Peter Ulric Tse, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College
“A neural code rooted in rapid synaptic reweighting affords a strong free-will”
12:50–13:50
Professor Martin Heisenberg, Theodor Boveri Institut (Biozentrum), Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg
“The role of chance in willing and behavior”
13:50–14:40
Lunch break
14:40–15:40
Dr Yehuda Schnall, Bar-Ilan University
“Luck and libertarian free-will”
15: 40–16:40
Professor Michael Pauen, Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
“Doing otherwise in a deterministic world. A compatibilistic approach”
16: 40–17:00
Coffee break
17:00–18:00
Professor Saul Smilansky, Department of Philosophy, University of Haifa
“Free-will, time and illusion”
Monday, May 26
From 8:30
Coffee and refreshments
9:00–9:50
Professor Hezy Yeshurun, School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University
“Reflections of past and future actions in the brain”
9:50 – 10:40
Professor Itzhak Fried, Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University and University of California, Los Angeles
“The volitional brain and its neurons”
10:40–11:00
Coffee break
11:00–11:50
Professor Marcel Brass, Ghent University, Belgium
“From intentions to neurons: the functional neuroanatomy of intentional action”
11:50–12:40
Professor Ran Hassin, Department of Psychology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
“Non-conscious (free?) will”
12:40–13:30
Lunch break
13:30–16:15
Lab visits and PI–student one-on-one interactions at the Gonda Center
16:15–16:30
Coffee break
16:30–17:00
Dr Vera Ludwig, Berlin School of Mind and Brain & Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, postdoctoral fellow
“Can the neuroscience of addiction tell us anything about free-will?”
17:00–17:30
Dr Lena Kästner, Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, postdoctoral fellow
“Wiggling vs. microscopy”
17:30–18:00
Dr Michał Klincewicz, Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, postdoctoral fellow
“On deciding to choose to do otherwise”
Tuesday, May 27
From 8:30
Coffee and refreshments
9:00–9:30
Richard Wundrack, Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Master student
“Personal preferences”
9:30–10:00
Amadeus Magrabi, Berlin School of Mind and Brain & Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, graduate student
“The role of consciousness in free decisions”
10:00–10:20
Coffee break
10:20–10:50
Laura Kaltwasser, Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, graduate student
“Sentimentalism and free-will”
10:50–11:20
Astrid Schomäcker, Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, graduate student
“The role of consciousness in the free-will debate”
11:20–12:00
Closing remarks
Professor Moshe Bar, Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Director
Professor Michael Pauen, Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Academic Director
