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CFA: Cognition and Neuroethics in Science Fiction

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March 20–21, 2015
Insight Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience
Flint, Michigan

The theme should be interpreted broadly. Potential topics may include, but are certainly not limited to:

* Neuro-evidence as functions of crime detection and justice
* Omnipotence, omniscience, and action, or the Problem of Evil and extremely advanced or evolved technologies and species
* Dilemmas, Death, and (in)action
* Cognition, Consciousness, Reasoning in advanced non-humans/humanoids
* Personal Identity in a technologically advances/biologically altered world
* Representation, presence, and absence of the cognitively atypical
* Personhood, Personality, and Memory
* Neuro-Treatments and Decisions
* Neuro-Substance use and abuse
* Neuroenhancement, Neuro-Perfection, Neuro-augmentation
* Neuro-inva/sion/sive (unwarranted or unwelcome)
* Neuro-manipulation and consciousness (embodied and/or disembodied)
* Language, Communication, Telepath

Submissions may include genre analysis (tropes, figures, projects, {u/dis}topian story lines) or single author interrogations.

The Center for Cognition and Neuroethics—a joint affiliation between the Insight Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience and the University of Michigan-Flint Philosophy Department—will host this two-day conference. The first day will be dedicated to cognition, and the next, neuroethics (to whatever extent accepted abstracts allow). The talks will be limited to 15 minutes in order to sponsor a space for conversation and further exploration of ideas.

We welcome submissions from a wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, English, comparative literature, the neurosciences, the pharmaceutical and medical sciences, the social sciences, critical studies (including gender and sexuality studies, disability studies, race studies, and critical legal theory), law, education, linguistics, as well as other relevant disciplines and fields.

Submissions
Submissions of abstracts (not to exceed 700 words with no footnotes or reference lists) are invited for 15-minute talks. We welcome proposals for panels and co-presentations. All submissions should be of previously unpublished work.

Please submit all proposals through the form indicated on the conference website:
http://www.cognethic.org/conference_pro_2015c.html

Abstract submission deadline: January 30 2015

Please send all questions, comments, and concerns to:

Zea Miller
Theory and Cultural Studies at Purdue University
Project Manager at the Center for Cognition and Neuroethics
miller@cognethic.org