Plasticities Sciences Arts

 

PSA Board

 

Founders

 

  • Marc-Williams DEBONO President / Neurobiologist, poet, essayist
  • Anne DAMBRICOURT MALASSE Vice-President & Treasurer / Pale-anthropologist, writer
  • Frederic ROSSILLE General Secretary / Composer-researcher
  • Ezio M. INSINNA Secretary Assistant / Psychologist

 

Honour Members

 

 

 

  Biographies

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Marc-Williams Debono

   Neurobiologist, poet, writer, founder of the group of plasticians (GDP) and of PSA, the author focus his approach around the concept of plasticity, at the same time new key of reading of the various thresholds of reality, ontological crossroads between science and art,  and essential tool of defragmentation of knowledge. From these approaches a deontology or ethics rises which make possible to better detect the inherent principles of coherence in any evolutionary phenomenology, and to adopt an attitude at the same time pragmatic and open   in front of the "plastic code of the life".

 

Research Activities

Following third cycle scientific studies in neurosciences, orientation towards functional exploration in clinical neurophysiology, particularly applied to the physiopathological study of epilepsy (1978-1981: INSERM U97), then towards fundamental research and applied in neurobiology (1980-1986: U97 & Paris XI University, since 1986: private sector). Main orientations: - electrophysiological study of the synaptic properties of the cerebellum during ontogenesis in the small mammal (group of neurobiology of the development) - pharmacological research on biological models having close relations with the human neurodegenerative diseases. More than 30 publications in international newspapers & associated congresses (list on request). Focus: Normal and pathological operation of brain, systems of perception and cognition, levels of consciousness, electrogenesis and plasticity of living systems. Member of the French Society of  Neurosciences (SN), the International Organization of Research on brain (IBRO) and the International Centre of Transdisciplinary Research & Studies (CIRET).

 

Transdisciplinary Activities

1984-1987: Writer in charge of the cultural affairs to France-Malta association: creation of a heading: "Fruits of the Archipelago".

1994-1998: President-founder of the Groupe des Plasticiens or G.D.P., association of experimental Transdisciplinary research aiming at understanding internal dynamics underlying the evolutionary processes. Board: M-W Debono, president, A. Dambricourt-Malassé, paleo-anthropologist, E. Bois, astrophysicist, G.E. Seralini, prof. of molecular biology. Members of honour: P. Bergé: physicist, R. Chauvin, zoologist, honorary professor at the Sorbonne, O. Costa de Beauregard, physicist, G. Durand, anthropologist, P. Karli, neurophysiologist, emeritus professor of ULP (Strasbourg), E. Morin, Anthropo-sociologist, B. Nicolescu, physicist, president of the CIRET, R. Thom, mathematician, medal Fields.

2000: Creation of the association Plasticities Sciences Arts (PSA) whose activities and projects are presented on this site. 

 

Selection of Books ©, Papers, Productions or Conferences

«The complex of Plasticity : progress achieved and immersion », in PLASTIR n°18, 03/2010.
«The plasticity of Memories. Convergences between archetypes and complex of plasticity », Acts of the International Conference « Jung and the Sciences », 
Free University of  Brussels, Szafran, Baum & Decharneux Eds, Editions EME, 2009.
«  L’Epissure des Mots »,  L’Harmattan Editions, 2008 ©. 
« Transdisciplinarity: A new approach to metadynamics and consciousness », in “Transdisciplinarity: Theory & Practice” edited by B. Nicolescu, 
Hampton Press Creskill NewJersey, 2008©. 
“ Pensée à deux mains ”, TEMPOREL n°5, 2008.
« The complex of Plasticity »,  Cosmopolis, Agora e- Review of Cosmopolitics, 2008/2. 
« Le concept de plasticité : un nouveau paradigme épistémologique », DOGMA, February 2007.
« Le concept de plasticité : une approche résolument transculturelle », COSMOPOLIS n°1, September 2007.
« Penser le temps », in Plastir n°9, December 2007.
“Et sous la voûte crânienne ? Spécificité anatomique de l’évolution du cerveau des hominidés, ITO, 03/2007.
« Vers un nouvel espace de pensée »  dans « Valéry et la Méditerranée» dirigé par P. Signorile, EdiSud, 2006 ©.
« La représentation cérébrale de l’action », Journées Internationales de Posturologie, Rome, March 2005. 
« Valeur pédagogique d'une expérience transdisciplinaire de terrain », Bulletin du CIRETn°18, March 2005
« From Perception to Consciousness: An epistemic vision of evolutionary processes », Leonardo Journal Vol. 37, Issue 3, MIT Press, USA, 2004 
« Motor Plasticity », CEOPS Symposium, May 2004; Cahiers du CEOPS, 05/2006.
Organisation with E. Insinna (PSA Research Group) of the international conference « The Nature of Science » Espace Cléry, Paris, 2003 (see News). 
« Consciousness and chaotic dynamics », Ceops Symposium, Montpellier, May 2002.
« Conscience de la réalité: Réalité de la conscience », Réseaux n° 94-95-96, Mons Hainault University, 2002
« SEP et atteintes auto-immunes du cerveau », TV show on  CANAL WEB with R. Dautigny and D. Pham-Dinh (CNRS), May 2000. 
« Griseries II », Multimédia creation by Isabelle Chemin sur « Griseries », 2000.
«  Le code plastique de la vie » in « Transdisciplinarity », Actes of the 1st international congress of transdisciplinarity, Arrabidà (Portugal), Hugin Ed., 1999 ©.
« Le Moyen-Age Occidental », Phréatique 88, Ed. Arcam, 1999. 
« Connaissances & Insularités », Revue Internationale d’exégèse Contemporaine ATALAIA, 4, 1999. 
«  Le processus de la pensée », Société de Médecine libre de Nice, February 1999. 
«  Le cerveau en action », Lycée Janson de Sailly, Paris, March 1999.
« Nouvelle éthique & épistémologie du chercheur  » with A. Dambricourt, Epectase, Aligre FM 93.1, Paris, May 1999. 
«  Science et poésie: la quête du plasticien », Cercle Aliénor, Brasserie Lipp, Paris, January 1998.
«  L’histoire fantastique du cerveau-monde », in Abstract Neuro & Psy 184, Valdemars Ed. , 1998.
« L’Ere des Plasticiens »,  Coll. Sciences et Spiritualité, Epistémologie, AUBIN Editor, 1996 ©.

Abstract: " This work take as starting point the attractive observation of the plasticity of the brain to approach the plasticity of the life, the time, the meaning,  the relation to the other, and  finally  the plasticity of the words. Slowly, a new attitude emerges in the surrounding world  linking knowledge to the human experience: the attitude of the plasticians".

Les grandes épreuves de l’esprit: la conscience imaginale », Phréatique 78/79, 1996 
« Transconscience et temps imaginal » : Institut International de psychanalyse et de psychothérapie C. Baudoin, Bruxelles, February 1996.
« Y-a-t-il une vérité ? », table ronde avec M-W Debono, D. Lecourt, et J.M. Philippe, Epectase, Aligre FM 93.1, Juin 1995.
« La mémoire autoconstruite », Management, Conjoncture et Société, 439, 1994                      
«  Le cerveau en tant que représentation du monde », ETHIQUE 14, Editions Universitaires, 1994.
« LeDéfi des Neurosciences », Interview de I-A Maréchal et E. Klein, Radio-Aligre FM, may 1994. 
«  La Joute », préfacé par Edouard Glissant, Editions du Soleil Natal, 1993 ©.
« Les poètes de Vents & Marées », Interview de Jeanne Monteil & J-Leopold Dumontier Béroulet, Radio-Anglet FM, 1993. 
«  De l’arbre à l’homme », Ethique n°2, Editions Universitaires 1991. 
« Introduction à l’Esprit-Temps », Phréatique, Arcam Ed., 1989.
«  Griseries », St. Germain des Près Ed., Le Cherche Midi, 1982 ©.
«  Le Songe Vestigial »,  St. Germain des Près Ed., Le cherche Midi, 1979 ©.

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Anne Dambricourt Malassé

 Anne Dambricourt is paleoanthropologist, in charge of Research at the CNRS, attached to the UMR 7174 of the CNRS, joining together the Laboratory of Anthropology of the Faculty of Medicine of Aix-Marseilles II, the Laboratory of Prehistory of National Natural history museum whose seat is in the Institute of  Human Palaeontology of Paris.

Bio-bibliography available on the CNRS website

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Ezio Insinna

 Research Activities

Ph. D. - Education in Electronic Engineering Technology in Switzerland in 1971. Graduated in Clinical Psychology in 1982 in Paris. Doctoral Thesis in History of Philosophy and Scientific Ideas: 'Jungian Synchronicity and Biological Morphogenesis' (Paris, 1989). Research work on mind-body interactions on the basis of C.G. Jung's theory of synchronicity. Several publications concerning the role of microtubules in connection with biological evolution and cognitive processes. Presently working as a part-time psychotherapist in Paris.

 Scientific Publications

 Insinna, E.M., 1989. Jungian Sychronicity and Biological Morphogenesis. An Application to the Study of Microtubules. Ph.D. Thesis, Paris X University, ISSN : 0294-1767.

 Insinna, E.M., 1992. Synchronicity and Coherent Excitations in Microtubules. Nanobiology, Vol. I, 191-208.

 Hameroff, SR., Dayhoff, JE., Lahoz-Beltra, R., Rasmussen, S., Insinna, EM., Koruga, D., 1993. Nanoneurology and the Cytoskeleton : Quantum Signalling and Protein Conformational Dynamics as Cognitive Substrate. In : Rethinking Neural Networks : Quantum Fields and Biological Data. Ed. Karl Pribram. Lawrence Erlbaum, Hillsdale NJ, pp 317-376.

 Insinna, E.M., 1996. Synchronicity and the Emergence of Non-local Information in Quantum Systems. In Toward a Science of Consciousness (Tucson I), S. R. Hameroff, A. Kaszniak and A. Scott eds. MIT Press/Bradford Books.

 Insinna, EM, 1996. Synchronicity, Information Processing and Mind-Body Interactions. In : Proceedings of the 14th International Congress on Cybernetics. IAC Ed., Namur, Belgium.

 Insinna, E.M., Zaborski, P. and Tuszynski, J. A., 1996. Electrodynamics of Microtubular Motors : The Building Blocks of a New Model. BioSystems, 39/3, 187:226.

 Insinna, E.M., 1997. Biocomputation and nonlinear dynamics in the primitive sensorimotor mechanism of Euglena gracilis. Proceedings of BCEC97. In Biocomputing and Emergent Computation, D. Lundh, B. Olsson and A. Narayanan eds., World Scientific, Singapore, New Jersey.

 Insinna, E.M., 1998. Nonlinear dynamics in the photoreceptor of the unicellular alga Euglena gracilis. An application to the evolutionary aspects of consciousness. In Toward a Science of Consciousness (Tucson II), S. R. Hameroff, A. Kaszniak and A. Scott eds. MIT Press/Bradford Books.

 Insinna E.M, 1998. Evolutionary aspects of ciliated cells electrodynamics : From cilia and flagella to sensory neurons. Advances in Structural Biology. Vol. 5, 9-42; JAI Press Inc.

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Frédéric A. Rossille 

Biography available on the web site of the author

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Michel Cazenave

 Michel Cazenave is a writer and producer at France-Culture. He is director of several collections within the domain of sciences, psychoanalyze and philosophy. Among other books, he is author of the “Dictionnaire de l'Ignorance” (Albin Michel,1998) and director and co-author of the “Encyclopédie des Symboles” (Hachette, 1999). He is now president of the Jungian Francophone Ring CEFRI.

Some Recent Books

- La Science et l'âme du monde: Poiésis, 1983, 4ème éd. Albin Michel, 1996.
- La science et les figures de l'âme, Ed. du Rocher, Collection Transdisciplinarité dirigée par B. Nicolescu, 1997.
- C.G. Jung - Le divin dans l'homme (lettres sur les religions), introduction et direction, Albin Michel, Paris, 1999.
- Aux frontières de la science, ouvrage collectif sous la direction de Michel Cazenave, Hachette / Littératures, 2000.
- L'homme dans ses univers, Albin Michel, sous la direction de Jean Audouze et Michel Cazenave, Paris, 2000.
- Introduction à Wolfgang Pauli et C.G. Jung, correspondance 1932-1958, Albin Michel, Coll. Sciences d'aujourd'hui, sous la direction de C.A. Meier, Paris 2000. 

- Le féminin et le spirituel, Desclée de Brower, 2001.

- Petits chants du néant et de la plénitude de Dieu, Arma Artis, 2002.

Bio-bibliography available on the author website 

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Edgar Morin

Biography available on this website among many other 

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Jean-Jacques Werner

Biography available on the web site of the author:  

Institut Edgar Morin 

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Solomon Marcus

Biography available on the web site of the author: 

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Rémy Chauvin †

Biography available on the web site of Wikipedia: 

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