First Academic Seminar: 2008-2009
The scientific explanation of the emergence of Reason
Evolutionary genesis, ontology and functional nature of reason
SECOND SESSION, JUNE 2009
"Entanglement and Mathematics"
Prof. Gregor Nickel
Professor of Mathematics
University of Siegen, Germany
Prof. Harald Walach
Research Professor in Psychology
University of Northampton, United Kingdom
In June 18-19, 2009, Professors Gregor Nickel and Harald Walach were invited to Madrid to present their selected subjects before the seminar attendants. Prof. Nickel talked about "Reason's Nature - The Role of Mathematics" and Harald Walach about "Complementarity and Generalised Entanglement as a Model for a Non-Reductive, Non-Dualist Solution of the Mind-Body Problem". Interaction within the seminar tried to highlight and discuss the contributions that the positions presented by both professors make to the study of the genesis and nature of reason.
This page offers the video recordings of the talks and interviews that took place during the session and also different documents with the reflection made during and after the visit of Profs. Nickel and Walach to Madrid.
Any new reflections or comments from anyone interested in this subject will be welcome, and, if interesting enough, will be also taken into account in this page and in the final publication. Send your contribution (in English, max. 3 pages) to catedractr.inter@upcomillas.es.
18 June 2009, 18:00-20:00
Aula García Polavieja, Alberto Aguilera, 23
Universidad P. Comillas, Madrid
Gregor Nickel's Presentation (Reason's Nature - Role of Mathematics G-Nickel Madrid)
Harald Walach's Presentation (Generalised Entanglement Mind Body Madrid)
19 June 2009, 10:00-13:00
Interview of Gregor Nickel by Jens Degett (Video)
Themes debated during the interview with their initial time marks. Time Marks Themes 00:00 Mathematics is not a neutral tool or language for understanding science or society. 05:01 The fundament of mathematics is not as certain as we may think it is. 13:44 Understanding mathematics gives you freedom but at a high price. 16:18 Just as biologists cannot define life, the foundation of mathematics can also be challenged. 19:50 The relation between mathematics and reason. 22:26 Could a change in our understanding of mathematics change society? 24:54 Can mathematics tell us something about how reason works? 27:05 You need philosophy to understand mathematics better. 28:06 The historic progress in science and mathematics should also be reflected in philosophy. Interview of Harald Walach by Jens Degett (Video)
Themes debated during the interview with their initial time marks. Time Marks Themes 00:06 The relation of body and mind. 04:35 When the heartbeat was discovered few doctors would believe it. 06:32 Can objects be physical correlated without signals? 09:00 Non local correlation in quantum physics may explain events in our environment. 13:11 Experiences in psychology may give some examples of non local correlation. 18:02 A new scientific method needed in order to prove entanglement? 20:20 Is a new ontology needed to describe entanglement and mental reality? 22:08 Can an experiment show entanglement or can phenomenology show us reality? 24:16 The role of reason in understanding. 25:15 What are the expectations of a shift of paradigm? 27:12 A reproducible scientific experiment is needed.
19 June 2009, 18:00-20:00
Aula García Polavieja, Alberto Aguilera, 23
Universidad P. Comillas, Madrid
Contributions by Javier Monserrat
Contribution by Sara Lumbreras
Sara Lumbreras - Space and Time OntologyAddenda (Reflections and comments a posteriori by the seminar professors and the other participants)
Gregor Nickel's comments for Summary of Session II
Miguel Lorente - Contribution to Walach's Presentation
Summary of Session II (Recompilation of this session's most written materials)
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