Neural correlates of consciousness are not pictorial representations

O'Regan & Noe (O&N) are pessimistic about the prospects for discovering the neural correlates of consciousness. They argue that there can be no one-to-one correspondence between awareness and patterns of neural activity in the brain, so a project attempting to identify the neural correlates of consciousness is doomed to failure. We believe that this degree of pessimism may be overstated; recent empirical data show some convergence in describing consistent patterns of neural activity associated with visual consciousness

Seed Capital for Young Entrepreneurs since more than 25 Years

The WA de Vigier Foundation has supported start-up companies with a total of almost CHF 10 million since the late 1980s. And very successfully too: thanks to the seed money from Solothurn, the sponsored start-ups have provided hundreds of jobs

The Lausanne Theses on the Ministry and the Sacraments (1547-1548)

In 1547-1548, a conflict arose within Bern’s territories over the sacraments and the power of the ministry. The Calvinist position taken by Pierre Viret and the ministers and professors in Lausanne clashed with the Zwinglian teachings dominant in Bern and supported by André Zébédée in Lausanne. At the center of the debate in spring 1548 was a collection of theses debated in Lausanne. These theses, previously believed to be lost, are published here for the first time. They reveal that the controversy in Lausanne started earlier than previously thought, that they were written over the course of several months rather than all at once, and that the author of the theses was not Viret but Lausanne theology professor Jean Ribit. Moreover, we learn for the first time the content of the ten theses condemned in Bern as contrary to the 1528 Bern Disputation. The Lausanne professors defended these theses and were supported by Simon Sulzer, Beat Gering, and Konrad Schmid, who all were expelled from Bern as a result

Entre traditions et mutations : quelques observations à propos des idiosyncrasies

Palaeography is based on the careful and comparative study of writings with the purpose to identify changes in forms. This process determines a standard which could allow to date documents. But transgressions are numerous and cannot be organised only chronologically. It is especially true for idiosyncrasies which raise other questions related to both the learning process and the social and professional relationships between scribes and workshops that are decisive to approach the present issue. An investigation of the meaning and role of this kind of singularities would help to find out how to study idiosyncrasies and to determine what they could tell us about the hieratic script itself, the expertise of scribes or the organisation of workshops