Mind, Thinking & Creativity
Post-Graduate Certificate Course at Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Mind, Thinking & Creativity
November 6-8, 2017
Mind is humanity’s highest developed instrument for seeking knowledge. It is the master tool that we use to comprehend the present, remember the past, and anticipate and plan for the future. From the act of striking two flints together to create fire to combining strings of 1s and 0s to design the code for supercomputers, mind has enabled humanity to create remarkable technologies and organized global institutions. The mind is the unifying foundation on which humanity’s entire social evolution is based. To understand this vital instrument better, the World Academy of Art & Science and World University Consortium have launched a ground-breaking project to explore Mind, Thinking and Creativity. A greater understanding of the nature of mind, its ways of knowing, the limits to thinking and rationality, mind’s untapped potential, the workings of creativity and genius are essential for addressing the challenges confronting humanity today.
In April 2016 WAAS and WUC, along with partnering organizations IACP, IUC, DHUC, and MSS organized a four-day roundtable on Mind, Thinking and Creativity 2016 at Dubrovnik, Croatia for to explore fundamental questions. The meeting was attended by experts from different fields of natural and social science, including medicine, neuroscience, engineering, psychology, sociology, economics, law, and philosophy. Video recordings, presentations and papers for the roundtable are available here.
The enthusiastic interest generated by the Dubrovnik meeting spurred efforts of WAAS and the World University Consortium to commence work on a on-line course on this subject which is now underway. A report on last year’s meeting including videos and presentations was included in the Academy’s July 2016 newsletter.
Roundtable 2 — November 2017 at Dubrovnik
The second roundtable on Mind, Thinking & Creativity was conducted by the World University Consortium, the World Academy of Art & Science, the Mother’s Service Society, Person-Centered Approach Institute, Dag Hammarskjöld University College of International Relations and Diplomacy and the Inter-University Centre from November 6-8, 2017 at Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
The program was an endeavour to rediscover the marvellous capacities of mind as humanity has originally discovered, developed and applied them. It aimed to broaden the range and enhance the quality of our thinking by making conscious the implicit assumptions and barriers that confine it within narrow boundaries and the characteristic types of errors and omissions they give rise to.
The meeting examined and evaluated the nature of mental processes, the capacity of mental faculties and characteristics, errors and limitations in the way they are utilized. The objective was for participants to understand the way mind works and ways it can work more effectively and creatively to see greater possibilities and actualize them. Concise case studies from different fields were presented and discussed in order to develop insights and draw conclusions on the characteristics and limitations of mind. The meeting explored ways to promote integrated forms of thinking that will foster original thinking, creativity and intuitive ways of knowing.
Course Directors and Coordinators
Goran Bandov, |
Garry Jacobs, |
Alberto Zucconi, |
Participants
Jane Allen-Brown – Psychotherapist, Musician and Patron, Laszlo Institute
Pooja Asokan – Student, Primrose School, India
Saulo Jose Casali Bahia – Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil; Member, WAAS Board of Trustees
Davor Bernardic – President of Social Democratic Party, Croatia and Honor member of EXEL Association, Croatia
Carlos Blanco (Online) – Professor of Philosophy, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Spain; Chemist and Egyptologist; Former Visiting Fellow, Harvard University; Founder, Altius; Fellow, WAAS
Kannoth Jacob Boney – Free Lance Trainer & Faculty, Indian Navy, Kerala Police Academy & Colleges
Francis Brassard – Associate Dean, Professor of Philosophy, Rochester Institute of Technology Croatia, Croatia
Ana Bukmir – Student, Dag Hammarskjöld University College of International Relations and Diplomacy, Zagreb
Chandrasekaran (Online) – Senior Research Fellow, The Mother’s Service Society, India; Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Joe St Clair – Executive Director, The Laszlo Institute of New Paradigm Research; Freelance Writer
Dóra Damjanović – Student, Dag Hammarskjöld University College of International Relations and Diplomacy, Zagreb
Mia Despotović – Executive Secretary of EXEL Association, Croatia
MSR Dev – Former Director & Scientist, ISRO; Chief Patron, Global Institute of Integral Management Studies, India
Drenka Dobrosavljević – Editor of Scientific Broadcasts, Radio Televizija Vojvodine, Serbia
Rodolfo Fiorini – Academic Scientist, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Perla Frgačić – Student, Dag Hammarskjöld University College of International Relations and Diplomacy, Zagreb
Bruno Korea Gajski – Faculty, Dag Hammarskjöld University College of International Relations and Diplomacy, Zagreb
Heron Jose Gordilho – Professor of Environmental Law, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil; Fellow, WAAS
Gabrijela Gošović – Student, Dag Hammarskjöld University College of International Relations and Diplomacy, Zagreb
Robert Hoffman – President, whatIf? Technologies Inc.; Member, Club of Rome; Fellow, WAAS
Mario Hytten – Chief Executive Officer, Planetaire AB, Captimax Sports Media, Sweden
Senthil Inbarajan – Software Professional, India
Tom Jose – Chief Information Officer, Global Institute of Integral Management Studies, India
Ema Leto – Student, Dag Hammarskjöld University College of International Relations and Diplomacy, Zagreb
Winston Nagan – Chairman of the Board, WAAS; Professor of Law, University of Florida; Director, WUC
Marta Neškovic – Doctoral student, Serbia; Junior Fellow, WAAS
Rajendra Pachuri – President, World Sustainable Development Forum; Member, Board of Trustees, WAAS
Natalia Pogozheva – Chairman of the Board, Ducatt, Ukraine
Dejan Raković – Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Janani Ramanathan (Onine) – Associate Fellow, WAAS; Senior Research Analyst, The Mother’s Service Society
Naren Aravindraj Senthil – Student, PSBB Millennium School, India
Subiksha Senthil – Student, PSBB Millennium School, India
Vani Senthil – Research Analyst, The Mother’s Service Society, India
Bojana Skorc – Professor, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Montenegro
Ivo Šlaus – Honorary President, WAAS; Vice Chair of IUC Council; Dean, Dag Hammarskjold University College of International Relations and Diplomacy, Zagreb: Director, WUC
S.S. Sreejith – CEO, Global Institute of Integral Management Studies, India
Andrea Tomšić – Student, Dag Hammarskjöld University College of International Relations and Diplomacy, Zagreb
Eladio Joaquin Valencia Garcia – Managing Director and Founding Partner, Techedge Digital Startups
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Nov. 6, 2017 |
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| 9:00 – 9:15 am | Introduction to the Roundtable | Ivo Slaus & Garry Jacobs |
| 9:15 – 10:30 am | Observation & Mimesis: Invention of Agriculture & Green Revolution | Moderator: Senthil Inbarajan (Presentation)
Panelist: S. S. Sreejith (Presentation) |
| 10:30 – 11:00 am | Break | |
| 11:00 – 12:00 pm | Mind and the Power of Organization | Presenter: Marta Neskovic (Presentation)
Moderator: Garry Jacobs |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Technological Innovation, Commercial Creativity & Social Change | Presenter: Vani Senthil (Presentation)
Moderator: MSR Dev |
| 1:00 – 2:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 2:00 – 3:30 pm | Unraveling Complexity: Problem of Climate Change | Moderator: Rajendra Pachauri (Presentation)
Panelist: Heron Gordilho (Presentation) |
| 3:30 – 4:00 pm | Break | |
| 4:00 – 5:30 pm | Social Conceptions: Origins and Basis for Law | Moderator: Winston Nagan (Presentation)
Moderator: Saulo Bahia |
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Nov. 7, 2017 |
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| 9:00 – 9:15 am | Meditation on Infinity | |
| 9:15 – 10:30 am | Logic of Matter: Wave-Particle Duality, Observer Effect, Non-locality | Moderator: Ivo Slaus
Panelist: Bojana Skorc |
| 10:30 – 11:00 am | Break | |
| 11:00 – 12:00 pm | Evidence-based Reasoning: Silver Blaze | Presenter: Marta Neskovic (Presentation)
Moderator: Garry Jacobs |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Models & Measurements: GDP
The Recalcitrant Rod |
Moderator: Robert Hoffman (Presentation)
Moderator: Rodolfo Fiorini (Presentation) |
| 1:00 – 2:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 2:00 – 3:30 pm | Reason & Logic as instruments of Creativity | Moderator: Francis Brassard
Online Presenter: Carlos Blanco |
| 3:30 – 4:00 pm | Break | |
| 4:00 – 5:30 pm | Logic of Life: Concepts of Health and Disease; the Placebo Effect | Moderator: Alberto Zucconi
Online Presenter: M. Chandrasekaran (Presentation) |
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Nov. 8, 2017 |
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| 9:00 – 9:15 am | Meditation on Freedom | Eladio Valencia (Presentation) |
| 9:15 – 10:30 am | Integration and Unification of Knowledge as acts of Creativity | Moderator: Dejan Rakovic (Presentation)
Online Presenter: Carlos Blanco |
| 10:30 – 11:00 am | Break | |
| 11:00 – 12:00 pm | Human & Machine Intelligence & Creativity | Presenter: Mario Hytten (Presentation)
Moderator: Garry Jacobs |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Chance, Causality and Creativity | Moderator: Rodolfo Fiorini (Presentation)
Online Presenter: Janani Ramanathan (Presentation) |
| 1:15 – 2:15 pm | Lunch | |
| 2:15 – 3:15 pm | Conclusions about Mind, Thinking & Creativity | Moderator: Winston Nagan |
| 3:15 – 3:45 pm | Break | |
| 3:45 – 5:00 pm | Recommendations for Education | Moderator: Alberto Zucconi |
Reason & Logic as instruments of Creativity Carlos Blanco |
Chance, Causality and Creativity Janani Ramanathan (Presentation/Notes) |
Integration and Unification of Knowledge as acts of Creativity Carlos Blanco |
The Placebo Effect M. Chandrasekaran (Presentation/Notes) |