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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130109T090000
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SUMMARY:Cognitive Enhancement and Other Technologies of the Mind
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LOCATION:Bristol\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:<p>The conference will explore the fundamental philosophical and ethical issues that are at stake in the debates surrounding &lsquo\;cognitive enhancement and other technologies of the mind&rsquo\; The goal is to take a critical perspective towards both the concepts of enhancement and cognition\, asking questions such as:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is cognition too narrow a frame to think the technological alteration of the mind?</li>\n<li>How value loaded is the term enhancement?</li>\n<li>What are we talking about enhancing when we talk about &lsquo\;cognitive enhancement&rsquo\; and for what purposes?</li>\n<li>What methodology serves to best investigate technological intervention into the body that results in alteration of conscious experience?</li>\n<li>What are the relations between cognition\, emotion\, memory and will? And how do these relations impact on the debate over &lsquo\;cognitive enhancement&rsquo\;?</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The conference also aims to address questions concerning:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp\;Justice and fairness in the technological alteration of intellectual and affective capacities</li>\n<li>The importance of neurodiversity and whether it is threatened by &lsquo\;cognitive enhancement&rsquo\;</li>\n<li>The concept of neuro-ecology or ecology of the mind</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Draft Programme:<br><br><strong>Wednesday 9 January 2013 Watershed 3 Bristol\, 1 Canon&rsquo\;s Road\, Harbourside Bristol BS1 5TX</strong><br><br>10:00-10:15 &ndash\; Welcome / Coffee<br><br>10:15-10:30 &ndash\; Introduction\, Darian Meacham (UWE)<br><br>10:30-12:30 Chair: Ruud ter Meulen (Bristol)<br><br>- &nbsp\;Michael Hauskeller (Exeter)\, &ldquo\;Whose Enhancement? Which Purpose?&rdquo\;<br>- &nbsp\;J&eacute\;r&ocirc\;me Goffette (Lyon)\, &ldquo\;Stimulants and anthropotechnics: some reflections&rdquo\;<br><br>12:30-14:00 - Lunch<br><br>14:00-16:00 Chair: Heather Bradshaw<br><br>- David Roden (OpenU)\, &ldquo\;Beyond Enhancement: Accounting\, Discounting and Encountering&nbsp\;Posthumans&rdquo\;<br>- Jean-Michel Besnier (CNRS/Paris)\, &ldquo\;The Simplified Mind&rdquo\;<br><br>16:00-16-15: - Coffee<br><br>16:15-17:45 Chair: Darian Meacham (UWE)<br><br>- &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; Sylvie Allouche (Bristol)\, Heather Bradshaw (Bristol)\, Alex McKeown (Bristol)\, &ldquo\;Contributions of&nbsp\;the Anthropotech Seminar&rdquo\;<br><br>18:15-19:45 - Public debate &ldquo\;Should Students Take &lsquo\;Smart&rsquo\; Drugs?&rdquo\;<br><br>20:00 - Dinner<br><br><strong>Thursday 10 January 2013 Centre for Ethics in Medicine Bristol\, Canynge Hall\, 39 Whatley Road\,&nbsp\;Bristol\, BS8 2PS</strong><br><br>09:00 Welcome<br><br>09:15-11:15 Chair: Alex McKeown (Bristol)<br><br>- &nbsp\;William Stephenson (Chester)\, &ldquo\;Timothy Leary and the Technologies of the Mind&rdquo\;<br>- &nbsp\;Pierre Cassou-Nogu&egrave\;s (Paris)\, &ldquo\;From computer prosthesis to brain readers&rdquo\;<br><br>11:15-11:30 - Break<br><br>11:30-12:30 Chair: Sylvie Allouche<br><br>- &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; Robin Mackenzie (Kent)\, &ldquo\;Are sexbots neurodiverse?&rdquo\;<br><br>12:30-13:00 &ndash\; Concluding remarks and discussion<br><br>Register Now:&nbsp\;<a#1155cc\;"  href="http://store.uwe.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?catid=1113&amp\;modid=1&amp\;compid=1"  target="_blank">http://store.uwe.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?catid=1113&amp\;modid=1&amp\;compid=1</a>&nbsp\;(registration closes January 3)</p>\n<p>For further information please&nbsp\;contact Sylvie Allouche (allouche.sylvie@gmail.com) or consult our website:</p>
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