Preface, MSM 2011

Brain, Mind and Consciousness: An Interdisciplinary International Perspective The Mens Sana Monographs, along with the World Psychiatric Association [Philosophy and Humanities Section] and the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, co-sponsored an International Seminar on Mind, Brain and Consciousness. It was conducted by VPM's Joshi-Bedekar College of Arts and Commerce, at its campus at Thane, Maharashtra, India, 13 to 15 January, 2010. MSM 2011, titled, Brain, Mind and Consciousness: An Interdisciplinary International Perspective, is based on the papers presented there, which have been peer-reviewed and substantially revised to conform to MSM guidelines and standards. It has contributions from philosophers, psychiatrists, psychologists, neurosurgeons and other neuroscientists, even an anthropologist.The Editors of MSM, Ajai R. Singh, Shakuntala A. Singh, write an extended editorial: Brain-Mind Dyad, Human Experience, the Consciousness Tetrad and Lattice of Mental Operations: And, Further, The Need to Integrate Knowledge from Diverse Disciplines [p6]. Nancy C. Andreasen, MD, PhD, Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry at University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, USA, and Past Editor, American Journal of Psychiatry (1992-2005) writes on, 'A Journey into Chaos: Creativity and the Unconscious' [p42] R. Balasubramanian, Chairman, Indian Philosophical Congress and President, Afro-Asian Philosophy Association writes a paper, 'Consciousness, Cognition and the Cognitive Apparatus in the Vedβnta Tradition' [p54].K.W.M. Fulford, Dphil, FRCP, FRCPsych, Fellow of St Cross College, Member of the Philosophy Faculty and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, University of Oxford; Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Mental Health, University of Warwick; Editor, Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology and Special Advisor for Values-Based Practice, Department of Health, London, writes a paper, 'Neuroscience and values: a case study illustrating developments in policy, training and research in the UK and internationally' [p79]. Donelson E. Dulany, Professor of Psychology Emeritus at the University of Illinois and Past Editor (1988-2009), American Journal of Psychology, writes on, 'What Should Be the Roles of Conscious States and Brain States in Theories of Mental Activity?' [p93].George E. Vaillant, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, writes on,' The Neuro-Endocrine System And Stress, Emotions, Thoughts And Feelings' [p113]. Sunil K. Pandya, M.S., Neurosurgeon, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centr