Transcendental Turn in Contemporary Philosophy–7: epistemology, cognitive science and artificial intelligence

Faculty of Philosophy of the SAUH, Faculty of Philosophy of the RSUH, Faculty of Philosophy and Theology of the ROU, Faculty of philosophy of the RUDN university, School of philosophy of the HSE and Foundations for the Humanities invite you to participate in the 7-th Moscow’s International Transcendental Workshop (Conference).

The main problematic of the workshop. In his definition of transcendental philosophy (Critique of Pure Reason, [B25]), Kant postulates a transcendental shift from studying objects to studying our mode of cognition [B25] and, thus, sets “the altered method of our thinking [in metaphysics]” [BVXIII]. The purpose of the workshop is discussion this transcendental turn (or re–transcendentalising) contemporary philosophy and development of three main transcendental traditions: Kant’s transcendentalism, neo–kantianism, transcendental phenomenology. Transcendental workshop-2022, dedicated to the influence of transcendentalism on modern epistemology, cognitive sciences and artificial intelligence.

Main themes (sessions) of the workshop:

* Transcendentalism and cognitive science.

* Transcendentalism and AI problematics.

* Epistemology and cognitive sciences in neo-Kantianism and post–neo-Kantianism.

* Transcendental philosophy and mathematics.

* Phenomenology as a theory of knowledge and cognitive science.

* Reflection in the structure of cognitive activity.

Deadline of order taking (theses) for participation — January 17, 2022.

Venue: Moscow: SAUH, RSUH, RUDN, HSE, ROU.

Conditions for participants: organizing committee does not cover travelling and living expenses, but willing to give necessary informational support.

Organizing & Program Committee: Chairman – member of Russian Academy of Sciences V.A. Lektorsky, co-chairman PhD S.L. Katrechko, Prof. V.N. Belov, PhD А.А. Shiyan.

Background information: E-mail: [email protected] For additional information contact Katrechko Sergey ([email protected]; +7 (977)3824070) and Shiyan Anna ([email protected]; +7 (916)0511324). Information will be also placed on FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/832680423448942/.

To participate in the workshop it is necessary to send the entry (see ann.1) and theses of the report (up to 4000 symbols; Word) to email [email protected] before the 17 of January 2022. Theses must be provided with an abstract and background information about the author (full name, degree, place of employment, contacts; see the requirements in ann.2). Digest of theses is planned to be published before the workshop starts.

The Proceedings of the workshop is planned to be published, while papers of the contributors will be published in “Transcendental journal” (https://transcendental.ru/).

Yours respectfully, Conference Organizing Committee

Annex 1.

Application form for the participant of Transcendental Workshop-7

(April 21-23, 2022):

Full name

Title

Section / Topic

Form of Participation (full-time, part-time, talk/presentation via Skype/Zoom)

Additional participation in the round-table

Degree

Place of employment (studying), address

Е-mail, phone number

Contact (postal) address, postal code

Annex 2.

Rules for drafting of theses for the Transcendental Workshop – 7:

1.Theses and abstracts must be presented on А4 210х297 mm format with the margins: the left margin – 20 mm, the right one – 15 mm, the upper margin – 15 mm and the bottom one – 15 mm. Don’t number the pages. Drafting should be done in Microsoft Word, font – Times New Roman.

2.On the left, at the top, in italics and lower case – a name and a surname of an author, then with the standard font: a degree, a place of employment (studying), a city [country]. 

3.Then skip a line, and on the next one in a bold font in the centre write a name of the theses. 

4.Next through the line - the text of the papers: alignment in width, font Times New Roman, size 12, line spacing 1. Without footnotes; References should be minimized.

5.References to the literature should be made in the text, in square brackets (the source number from the list, page numbers separated by commas). After the text of the article - Literature (font size 10).

6.Abstract size – 400 words (up to 4000 characters with spaces, 1 page).