The 4th instalment of the Dimensions of Radical Embodiment Conference series will take place at the University of Bristol on 26-27th July 2027. \;
\nThe conference focuses on Radical Embodied Cognition\, Ecological Psychology\, and Enactivist approaches to the mind\, and related philosophical issues.
\nAs well as addressing broad issues relating to these approaches\, this instalment of the conference will have two specific areas of focus:
\n1.Radical Embodiment in Healthcare and Psychopathology
\n2.Radical Embodiment in AI and Robotics
\n\nInvited Speakers
\nDr Steve Battle (UWE)
\nDr Joel Krueger (University of Exeter)
\nProf. Ute Leonards (University of Bristol)
\nThe conference will also include talks based on submitted abstracts (see Call for Contributions page)\, with some spaces reserved for early career researchers and PhD students. The deadline for submitted abstracts is Monday 11th January 2027.
\nIf you are interested in presenting your work at the conference\, please submit an anonymised abstract (maximum 500 words) for a talk of roughly 30 minutes by email to dre4bristol@gmail.com by the deadline of midnight on Monday 11th January 2027. \;
\nPlease also submit a separate document including the following information:
\nName
\nAffiliation
\nPosition or Student Status
\nIf a PhD graduate\, the year of your PhD award
\nWhether you are interested in also attending the Embodiment and Intelligence in Philosophy and Robotics conference on 28-29th July
\nWhether your proposed talk is:
\nA general talk on Radical Embodiment
\nA talk on Radical Embodiment in healthcare and psychopathology
\nA talk on Radical Embodiment in AI and Robotics
\nSuggested topics
\n\nNovel explanations of mental phenomena in terms of radical embodied / ecological psychology / enactivist frameworks
\nResponses to challenges posed to radical embodied / ecological psychology / enactivist frameworks
\nProposals for integration or separation of radical embodied vs. enactivist frameworks
\nForging links between radical embodied / ecological psychology / enactivist frameworks and established issues in other areas of philosophy
\nRadical embodiment and epistemic injustice
\nRadically embodied accounts of ineffability
\nRadical embodiment and bodily doubt
\nApplications of radical embodied / ecological psychology / enactivist frameworks in healthcare
\nAffordances in illness and old age
\nApplications of radical embodied / ecological psychology / enactivist frameworks in psychopathology
\nAffordances in psychopathology
\nApplications of radical embodied / ecological psychology / enactivist frameworks in robotics
\nAnti-representationalist approaches to understanding AI
\nCritiques of computational functionalism in AI narratives from radical embodied / ecological psychology / enactivist perspectives
\nRobotic affordances
\nRadical embodied / ecological psychology / enactivist approaches to artificial consciousness
\nThe conference will be immediately followed by a partner event at the same venue\, the British Academy conference on Embodiment and Intelligence in Philosophy and Robotics\, which will take place on 28-29th July 2027. Speakers at Dimensions of Radical Embodiment 4 will not need to pay a registration fee to attend this extra conference.
\n\nIf you have any questions about the conference\, please email the organizer\, Max Jones (max.jones@bristol.ac.uk).
ORGANIZER;CN=Max Jones: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T160459Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270726T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270727T170000 SUMMARY:Dimensions of Radical Embodiment IV UID:20260930T225704Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:d4d9:c3ff:fe86:f658%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Bristol\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:The 4th instalment of the Dimensions of Radical Embodiment conference series will take place at the University of Bristol on 26-27th July 2027. \;
\nThe conference focuses on Radical Embodied Cognition\, Ecological Psychology\, and Enactivist approaches to the mind\, and related philosophical issues.
\nAs well as addressing broad issues relating to these approaches\, this instalment of the conference will have two specific areas of focus:
\n1.Radical Embodiment in Healthcare and Psychopathology
\n2.Radical Embodiment in AI and Robotics
\nInvited Speakers
\nDr Steve Battle (UWE)
\nDr Joel Krueger (University of Exeter)
\nProf. Ute Leonards (University of Bristol)
\nThe conference will also include talks based on submitted abstracts (see CFP page)\, with some spaces reserved for early career researchers and PhD students. The deadline for submitted abstracts is Monday 11th January 2027.
\nThe conference will be immediately followed by a partner event at the same venue\, the British Academy conference on Embodiment and Intelligence in Philosophy and Robotics\, which will take place on 28-29th July 2027. Speakers at Dimensions of Radical Embodiment 4 will not need to pay a registration fee to attend this extra conference.
\nIf you have any questions about the conference\, please email the organizer\, Max Jones (max.jones@bristol.ac.uk).
\nThe conference is funded by the University of Bristol Faculty of Arts and the Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare Project (Wellcome Trust Discovery Award)
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