Dr. George Kampis, Basler chairEast Tennessee State University 2007

Public Lectures:

Spring Semester 2007

BIOLOGYBIOL 4957/5957 Special Topics in Biology

PSYCHOLOGYPSYC 4957/5957 Special Topics in Psychology

PHILOSOPHYPHIL 4957 Special Topics in Philosophy

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• Do you have a mind? • Do you know how conscious

experience works? • Do animals have experience?

Goals of the Class: • Clarify basic notions of

consciousness • Learn about research and theory

concerning normal and altered states of consciousness

• Discuss the biological origin and function of experience

• Learn how will, brain states, and experience relate.

Yes, I have a mind!It’s for me!

Instructor: Dr. George Kampis Basler Chair

2 Credit HoursThursdays 1:35 - 3:35 PM

Brown Hall 304

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BIOL 4017/5017MATH 4017/5017Prerequisite:-Biology for Science Majors III (BIOL-1130) for BIOL-Calculus I-II (MATH 1910-1920) for MATH

Instructors: Dr. George Kampis, Basler Chair Dr. Steve Karsai, Associate Professor

Goals of the Course: - understand the meaning of complexity - learn to analyze complex systems - explore already written model systems - do theoretical experiments on models

Can bees build (or destroy) cities without a plan?

Cool! It’s an „epigenetic landscape”, and you can have your own !

This course is an introduction to the methods and approaches used to investigate complex biological systems. Both biological and biomedical systems will be investigated, including networks, pattern formation (shape and colors), dynamics of evolving systems (development, evolution), fractals, self organized hypercycles (biochemical and ecological) and chaos and order in nonlinear systems.

3 credit hoursTuesdays & Thursdays

9:45-11:05 AM Brown Hall 304

January 22, Monday 7:00 PM Culp auditorium

Intelligent Design Theory and the Poverty of Anti-Scientific Thought

The lecture reviews modern creationist debates (such "intelligent design" theory) and shows why a critiqueof evolution theory cannot be a critique of evolution.

February 6, Tuesday 7:00 PM Brown Hall Auditorium

The Evolution of Species in Artificial Life Models

I discuss the enterprise of ALife in general and the challenges it poses for evolutionary modeling. I review our own work on the FATINT system, an interaction based evolution model.

March 14, Wednesday 7:00 PM Brown Hall Auditorium

Complexity Theory in Biological and Social Systems

Complexity theory was first conceived as a pranch of physics but increasingly includes biology and the social sciences. I discuss peculiarities of non-physical complex systems in the light of modern theory.

April 12, Thursday 7:00 PM Brown Hall Auditorium

Consciousness in the Body

Consciousness is something we all experience but do not understand properly. The lectures presents new developmentsin consciousness research focusing on the notion of "embodiment", i.e. the consequences of having not just mind, but a physical body.

Courses at ETSU 2007 Spring Semester:

Position Professor, founding Head (since 1994) of the Dept. of History and

Philosophy of Science, Eötvös University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary. Research Topics theoretical biology, evolution (Darwin, evolutionary modeling, foundations, philosophy, evolutionary technology), cognitive science (intentionality, agency, consciousness, biological intelligence), complex systems (itinerancies, agent-based modeling, mechanisms), philosophy of science (causality, time, explanation), philosophy of mind. Recent Research Visits 2004 Guest Professor, U. Vienna, Dept. History and Philosophy of Science (1 month 2004 Guest Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo (2 weeks). 2002-03 Fujitsu Associate Professor of Complex Systems (12 month), Japan Advanced

Institute of Science and Technology, Tatsunokuchi, Ishikawa, Japan. 2003 Guest Scholar, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI, USA (1 month). Selected Synergic Activities 2003- Founding Director Budapest Semester in Cognitive Science, Eötvös University. 2002- Adv. Board Memb. Center for Complex Systems Studies, Kalamazoo College, MI. 2002- Adv. Board Memb. Center for Cognitive Science, Budapest Technical University. 2001- Co-Founder PhD School History of Science, Budapest Technical Univ.

http://ikarsai.etsu.edu/www/kampis/