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Researching the Self originated in a conference held at the University of Amsterdam in 2005, where scholars from various academic backgrounds presented their current theories and research. One central theme that emerged from the conference is the need for interdisciplinarity in the study of self. The present volume tries to meet this need, as it covers fields as diverse as psychology, anthropology, neuroscience, philosophy, sociology, and computer science. Additionally, the authors have contributed interdisciplinary reflections, in which they contemplate the other contributions to the present volume, and consider integrating this work with their own. â [What are the neural correlates of self?â [Can individuals have multiple selves?â [How do selves depend on other people?â [Will engineers ever construct artificial selves?â [What is the problem of self we are trying to solve?â [What does the future hold for the self?â [Do selves really exist? â oeAs I read the other entries in the current volume I was struck by the implications that the many different perspectives on the self had for each otherâ (Gillihan, this volume). â oeWe must continue to keep in mind what we know, what we donâ (TM)t know, and what we only think we know in order to successfully conquer this interdisciplinary problem of the selfâ (Gorman and Keenan, this volume).
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Ellen Grunewald is a graduate student at the Centre for Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh. Her research concerns the molecular mechanisms of psychiatric disorders, specifically bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. In 2005, Grunewald was a member of the VSPA conference committee organizing Researching the Self. Willem E. Frankenhuis is a graduate student in Biological Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His research concerns applications of evolutionary theory to the study of the brain, cognition, and behavior, specifically the evolution of functional specialization. In 2005, Frankenhuis was the invited chairman for Researching the Self.
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Researching the Self originated in a conference held at the University of Amsterdam in 2005, where scholars from various academic backgrounds presented their current theories and research. One central theme that emerged from the conference is the need for interdisciplinarity in the study of self.
