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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>=== Interdisciplinary College 2018: “Me, my Self, and I” ===<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Date: March 9-16, 2018<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Location: Guenne at Lake Moehne, Germany<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Website: <a href="https://www.interdisciplinary-college.de/">https://www.interdisciplinary-college.de/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Early-bird registration deadline: January 7, 2018<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>### Executive summary ###<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The next IK will be held from 9-16 March 2018, with the focus theme "Me, my Self, and I". This focus theme addresses questions such as: <o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Who am I? <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Where is my self? <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>What is it like to be me? <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal>In doing so, different aspects of self-models, self-perception, and self-consciousness will be approached using different epistemic and theoretical approaches in a truly interdisciplinary fashion. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>IK2018 aims to provide an open space for debate and a framework of courses that should enable participants to extend their knowledge in various disciplines. They will help to establish informed opinions about questions pertaining to the concept I, the self, and personhood. More precisely, perspectives of different disciplines will be used to approach the focus theme: Biology to investigate the evolution and development self-models in animals and computer science to see if and how one can create artificial selves and what one can learn from them. Philosophy to discuss concepts of self-models, self-perception, and ethics. Clinical disciplines to investigate what happens when self-models are altered or disrupted by pathologies or unusual states of mind. And finally, arts as a form of self-expression and source of self-reflection. More information can be found on http://www.interdisciplinary-college.de.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>---<br><br>Tarek R. Besold, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>WWW: <a href="http://www.cat-ai.org/">http://www.cat-ai.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Twitter: @jeublanc<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tarekbesold/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>