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SUMMARY:Analogical Abduction as a Method for Extrapolating Inferences to Consciousness: The Hemispherotomy case
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DESCRIPTION:<p>We are pleased to invite you to the next session of the<strong> Empirically Informed Philosophy of Mind online Seminar&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong><br></strong></p>\n<p><strong>Who:</strong> Charlotte Gauvry (King&rsquo\;s College London)<br><strong>When:</strong> Friday\, November 6th\, 2026 &mdash\; <strong>5&ndash\;6:30</strong> pm (CET)<br><strong>Where:</strong> Online via Zoom:<br><a target="_blank">https://pantheonsorbonne.zoom.us/j/92782580594?pwd=a5p3WfunQQxJICrjJaUenFJFzmllbx.1</a><br><strong>What:</strong> Analogical Abduction as a Method for Extrapolating Inferences to Consciousness: The Hemispherotomy case</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Advances in ethology\, biotechnology\, and artificial intelligence have revived philosophical debates about whether consciousness can be attributed to entities that differ from humans\, both physiologically and functionally. Beyond its conceptual difficulties\, this extrapolation problem raises a logical one: which forms of reasoning are warranted when the target system diverges radically from the source case? I address it in two steps. First\, following Negro and Mudrick (2025)\, I adopt analogical abduction as a method for inferring consciousness beyond typical cases. Second\, I apply it to the case of hemispherotomy\, a neurosurgical treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy in which one hemisphere is left in place but disconnected from the rest of the brain.<strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong><br></strong></p>\n<p><strong>For any questions\, please contact:</strong><br>Sacha Behrend &mdash\; sachabehrend1991@gmail.com<br>Elodie Boissard &mdash\; elodie.boissard@umpv.fr</p>\n<p><strong><br></strong></p>\n<p><strong>Program</strong></p>\n<p><strong>September 30</strong> &mdash\; Christophe Heintz (Central European University)<br><em>When Do People Trust What They Are Told? </em><em>Studies on Epistemic Vigilance</em></p>\n<p><strong>October 7</strong> &mdash\; St&eacute\;phane Lemaire (Universit&eacute\; de Rennes)<br><em>How Do Moods Represent Future Prospects?</em></p>\n<p><strong>November 6</strong> &mdash\; Charlotte Gauvry (King&rsquo\;s College London)<br><em>Analogical Abduction as a Method for Extrapolating Inferences to Consciousness. </em><em>The Hemispherotomy case</em></p>\n<p><strong>December 17</strong> &mdash\; Fr&eacute\;d&eacute\;rique de Vignemont (Institut Jean Nicod)<br><em>TBA</em></p>\n<p><strong>Organizers:</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Sacha Behrend</strong><br>Postdoctoral Researcher\, University of Hradec Kr&aacute\;lov&eacute\;\, Czech Republic<br>Affiliated Researcher\, Institut d&rsquo\;histoire et de philosophie des sciences et des techniques (IHPST)\, Universit&eacute\; Paris 1 Panth&eacute\;on-Sorbonne</p>\n<p><strong>Elodie Boissard</strong><br>Ma&icirc\;tresse de conf&eacute\;rences en philosophie de la m&eacute\;decine<br>Universit&eacute\; de Montpellier Paul Val&eacute\;ry</p>
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