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Toward a Science of Consciousness (TSC) is an international academic conference that has been held biennially since 1994. It is organized by the Center for Consciousness Studies of the University of Arizona. Alternate conferences are held in Arizona (either Tucson or Phoenix), and the others in locations worldwide. Each conference attracts hundreds of attendees.

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The conference is devoted exclusively to the investigation of consciousness. Plenary or keynote speakers have included Daniel Dennett, David Chalmers and Roger Penrose.

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Conference books

Three books published by MIT Press have resulted from the conference.

John Benjamins has published a book containing selected proceedings from TSC 1999.

Academic coverage

(None of the following peer-reviewed journals are involved with the organization of TSC.)

An essay review Toward a science of consciousness:Tucson I and II by J. Gray was printed in ISR Interdisciplinary Science Reviews Volume 24 Issue 4 (1 April 1999), pp. 255–260.

A review of TSC 2012 may be found in the Journal of Consciousness Studies.

In the Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research, Christopher Holvenstot reviewed TSC 2011, likening it to The Greatest Show on Earth.

Michael Punt reviewed TSC 2002 in the journal Leonardo.

Media coverage

Chapter 8 of John Horgan's book The Undiscovered Mind is entirely devoted to his experiences at the first (1994) TSC conference.

References

Toward a Science of Consciousness Wikipedia