CFP: Philosophical Understanding of Visual Intelligence

Submission deadline: November 9, 2016

Conference date(s):
November 19, 2016

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Conference Venue:

Department of Philosophy, Institute for Visual Intelligence
New York, United States

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The Inaugural Symposium: Philosophical Understanding of Visual Intelligence

The mission of the Institute for Visual Intelligence is to seek a philosophical understanding of visual intelligence. The Institute offers a wealth of intellectual opportunities from research to innovation.

Topic:  What is a philosophical understanding of visual intelligence?

Keynote Speakers:

Artificial Intelligence - Elgammal Ahmed, Director of the Art and AI at Rutgers University - New Brunswick Philosophy of psychology - Hatfield Gary, Director of the Visual Studies at the University of Pennsylvania Analytic Philosophy/Logic - Shin Sun-Joo, Professor of Philosophy at Yale University 

Keywords: analytic philosophy, fine art, intelligence, logic, artificial intelligence, data science & mining, philosophy of mind, epistemology, philosophy of language, grammar, philosophy of games, visual studies, aesthetics, art history & criticism, psychology, philosophy of science.

Problem Solving:
– Are most well-known aestheticians and philosophers of art visually intelligent?
– Problems with using logic to analyze artwork
– Why is the difference between philosophy of art and aesthetics significant?
– How are subjectively universal judgments of taste possible?
– Why is visual intelligence significant in measuring human capacities?
– Can a machine achieve unsupervised visual intelligence?
– In what ways is art making mathematical?
– What is the difference between visual intelligence and spatial intelligence?

We would consider papers with parameters of the following:
Philosophy of language,logic, artificial intelligence, aesthetics, analytic philosophy, philosophy of psychology, visual studies, philosophy of science, data science, philosophy of mind, art history & criticism

Submission deadline: Tue, November 1, 2016. Accepted submissions will be announced before Nov 12. 

Length: 250 - 500 words

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or upload your files at http://insvi.org/submission/

Contact:  insvi [at] insvi.org 
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