Neurophilosophy and Ethics
Objectives
1. To encourage cooperation between neuroscientists and philosophers concerning, in particular, the field of neural correlates of consciousness, free will/making decision mechanisms, emotion/empathy/mirror neurons, ethics/behavior, semiology.
2. To strengthen the development of bi-directional linkage between philosophical theories and neuroscientific hypothesis concerning in particular the epistemological/ontological approach in the
different fields of neurophilosophy.
3. To promote meetings, teaching activities and research about the impact of neuroscientific evidence concerning plasticity, brain lesions and degeneration, recovery mechanisms on philosophical theories and vice versa, in particular in the field embodied cognition and neuroethics.
4. To develop educational programs, meetings and editorial activities concerning ethics problems in neurorehabilitation field, bioethics perspectives and relevance of Artificial Intelligence in clinical neurosciences field
Chairmen
Heinrich Binder(A)
heinrich.dr.binder@outlook.com
Giorgio Sandrini(I)
giorgio.sandrini@unipv.it
Sabahat Asim Wasti
WastiS@ClevelandClinicAbuDhabi.ae
Scientific Advisory Committee
Patricia Churchland (US), Stephanie Clarke (CH) , Paolo Fusar-Poli (UK,I) , Markus Gabriel(G), Volker Hömberg (G), Georg Northoff (Canada), G. Riva (I), Giacomo Rizzolatti (I), Surjo Soekadar (G), Mark Solms (South Africa), Tomaso Vecchi (I)
Link
https://www.wfnr.co.uk/special-interest-groups/our-special-interest-groups