BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240329T084730Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20231102T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20240613T170000 SUMMARY:DFT-CELFIS research seminar\, University of Bucharest UID:20240329T084730Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Bucharest LOCATION:Splaiul Independenței nr. 204\, Bucharest\, Romania\, 060024 DESCRIPTION:
We're delighted to invite you to the research seminar of the Department of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Bucharest. These are organized in partnership with CELFIS\, the Center for Logic\, Philosophy and History of Science at UB.
\nFall 2023:
\nNovember 9\, 6pm: Torrance Fung (College of Idaho\, online)\, "Should We Colonize Mars?"
\nDecember 21\, 6pm: Alexandru Dragomir (University of Bucharest\, f2f) &\; Mihai Rusu (Babeș-Bolyai University\, Cluj\, online)\, "On Modal Expertise" \;
\nJanuary 29\, 4pm: Sophie Keeling (UNED\, Madrid\, online)\, "Reasons control: The research programme and its applications"
\nJanury 31\, 4pm: Sorin Bangu (University of Bergen\, f2f)\, "Wittgenstein on Scientism and Mathematics"
\nSpring 2024:
\nFebruary 26\, 4pm: Sandra Brâ\;nzaru (University of Bucharest\, \;f2f)\, "Understanding what it's like (empathy &\; VR experiences)"
\nMarch 7\, 6pm: Cătălin Teoharie (University of Bucharest\, \;f2f)\, "A new view of the Dark room problem under the Free Energy Principle framework"
\nMarch 21\, 2pm: Corneliu Bălan (National University of Science and Technology Politehnica București\, f2f)\, "De ce este mecanica fluidelor importantă pentru istoria și filosofia științei?" (in Romanian: "Why is fluid mechanics important for the history and philosophy of science?")
\nMarch 29\, 4pm: Bogdan Dumitrescu (University of Bucharest\, \;f2f)\, "The B-theory of Time and Libertarian Free Will"
\nApril 4\, 2pm: \;Zuzanna Rucińska (University of Antwerp\, \;f2f)\, "Mindshaping Social Roles in Pretend Play"
\nApril 11: Radu Iordache (University of Bucharest\, \;f2f)\, "(Re)Theorizing the Measurement of Conspiracy Theories" \;
\nApril 18: Mircea Dumitru (Romanian Academy &\; University of Bucharest\, \;f2f)\, "Truth With and Without Satisfaction"
\nApril 22: Sophia Arbeiter (University of Pittsburgh\, \;online)\, "The Irrationality of Epistemic Akrasia"
\nMay: Bianca Savu (University of Bucharest\, \;f2f)\, "The Logic of Compliments" \;
\nMay: Marcus Arvan (University of Tampa\, online)\, TBA
\nMay: Nora Grigore (Romanian Academy\, \;f2f)\, "Kant and Kantians on Supererogation"
\nMay 20: Antonio Piccolomini d&rsquo\;Aragona (University of Siena\, f2f)\, TBA
\nJune: Nimra Asif (University of Connecticut\, \;online)\, TBA \;
\nJune: Paula Tomi (Polytechnic University Bucharest\, \;f2f)\, TBA
\nJune: Daniela Nica (University of Bucharest\, \;f2f)\, TBA
\nJune: Mircea Toboșaru (Polytechnic University Bucharest\, \;f2f)\, TBA
\nJuly: Manuela Ungureanu (University of British Columbia\, \;f2f)\, TBA
\nAugust: Ioan Muntean (UI Urbana &\; UT Rio Grande Valley\, \;f2f)\, TBA
\nPrevious events in the series are available at: \;
\n2021-22: \;https://philevents.org/event/show/93365 \;
\n2022-23: \;https://philevents.org/event/show/105249 \;
\nhttps://filosofie.unibuc.ro/category/seminar-cercetare-dft/ \;
\nhttps://icub.unibuc.ro/2022/06/14/workshop-semantic-cognition-and-truth/ \;
\nFor those of you who would like to join some of the meetings but have overlapping commitments\, we will do our best to record the meetings whenever everyone in attendance consents to it\, and to then upload the recordings on the Department's YouTube channel. Previous talks are available here:
\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOgUq3dN8CXI4L6DhZT1f_Q
\nStay tuned\, as there will be weekly announcements concerning the titles and abstracts of upcoming talks on the Facebook page titled "Seminarul Departamentului de Filosofie Teoretica UniBuc". \;
ORGANIZER;CN="Andrei Mărăşoiu";CN=Gheorghe Stefanov: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240329T084730Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20240402T060000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20240402T060000 SUMMARY:Developing new skills in VR UID:20240329T084731Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Bucharest LOCATION:Splaiul Independentei nr. 204\, Bucureşti (Sectorul 2)\, Romania\, 060024 DESCRIPTION:The "Developing new skills in VR" \;student conference \;aims to bring together students and researchers in philosophy of mind\, epistemology\, cognitive science\, philosophy of technology\, in order to advance our understanding of the kind of knowledge we can aquire in VR and whether we can develop new skills or improve skills in VR.
\nThe conference will take place \;27-28 April 2024\, between 9 AM- \; 9 PM\, local time for Bucharest\, Romania. Regular presentations will be 20 minutes long\, followed by 10 minutes long Q&\;A.
\nIt will have a \;mixed format\, in that speakers may choose whether they present online only or face to face at the event's location (if so\, their session will enjoy a live audience\, but it will also be streamed to remote participants).
\nTopic areas:
\nCall for abstracts
\nWe encourage BA\, MA and PhD students\, as well as early PhD's and postdocs\, to contribute research abstracts related to the event's topic areas. Abstracts should be written in English and should not exceed 300 words. \;
\nAbstracts will receive full consideration if sent before April 2nd\, 2024 at the following address: developingnewskillsinvr@gmail.com Word or PDF attachments preferred\, with the message titled "abstract submission".
\nAll submissions will go through a process of blind peer review. (Please write your identifying details in the body of the email\, and leave the attached abstract anonymized.) We intend notifications of acceptance to be sent out on or before April \; 5th\, 2024. The conference programme will be announced as soon as review is completed.
\nFor any questions\, please don't hesitate to email developingnewskillsinvr@gmail.com
\nYou may register at the same address (or by RSVP here on PhilEvents) on or before April 25th in order to receive the Zoom connection details.
\nThe conference is organized with the support of undergraduate students in the bachelor&rsquo\;s programme in cognitive science within the Department for Psychology at the University of Bucharest and with the support of graduate students in the doctoral school of theorethical philosophy within the Department for Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Bucharest.
ORGANIZER;CN=Sandra-Catalina Branzaru: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240329T084730Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20240405T060000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20240405T063000 SUMMARY:Pretense and Virtual Reality: Is pretend playing possible in virtual spaces? UID:20240329T084732Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Bucharest LOCATION:Splaiul Independentei nr. 204\, Bucharest\, Romania\, 021971 DESCRIPTION:The "Social cognition in VR" \;student conference \;aims to bring together students and researchers in philosophy of mind\, epistemology\, cognitive science\, philosophy of technology\, in order to advance our understanding of social cognition in VR - how do we use our TOM skills (if we do) when interacting with virtual agents\, what are the features of intersubjectivity in virtual reality\, can we use VR apps to develop or improve empathy\, theory of mind and social skills? \;
\nThe conference will take place \;5-7April 2024\, between 9 AM- \; 9 PM\, local time for Bucharest\, Romania. Regular presentations will be 20 minutes long\, followed by 10 minutes long Q&\;A.
\nIt will have a \;mixed format\, in that speakers may choose whether they present online only or face to face at the event's location (if so\, their session will enjoy a live audience\, but it will also be streamed to remote participants).
\nKeynote speakers:
\nZuzanna Rucinska (University of Antwerp) - \;Pretense and Virtual Reality: Is pretend playing possible in virtual spaces?
\nTopic areas:
\nThe "Social cognition in VR" \;student conference \;aims to bring together students and researchers in philosophy of mind\, epistemology\, cognitive science\, philosophy of technology\, in order to advance our understanding of social cognition in VR - how do we use our TOM skills (if we do) when interacting with virtual agents\, what are the features of intersubjectivity in virtual reality\, can we use VR apps to develop or improve empathy\, theory of mind and social skills? \;
\nThe conference will take place \;5-7April 2024\, between 9 AM- \; 9 PM\, local time for Bucharest\, Romania. Regular presentations will be 20 minutes long\, followed by 10 minutes long Q&\;A.
\nIt will have a \;mixed format\, in that speakers may choose whether they present online only or face to face at the event's location (if so\, their session will enjoy a live audience\, but it will also be streamed to remote participants).
\nKeynote speakers:
\nZuzanna Rucinska (University of Antwerp)
\nTopic areas:
\nThe "Developing new skills in VR" \;student conference \;aims to bring together students and researchers in philosophy of mind\, epistemology\, cognitive science\, philosophy of technology\, in order to advance our understanding of the kind of knowledge we can aquire in VR and whether we can develop new skills or improve skills in VR.
\nThe conference will take place \;27-28 April 2024\, between 9 AM- \; 9 PM\, local time for Bucharest\, Romania. Regular presentations will be 20 minutes long\, followed by 10 minutes long Q&\;A.
\nIt will have a \;mixed format\, in that speakers may choose whether they present online only or face to face at the event's location (if so\, their session will enjoy a live audience\, but it will also be streamed to remote participants).
\nTopic areas:
\nCFP: From Wealth to Alienation. Adam Smith in the 21th Century
\nMay 17\, 2024
\nBefore the invention of the economy\, Adam Smith was an economist. Before the birth of sociology\, Adam Smith employed philosophical and political concepts to investigate the logic and regularities of a newly discovered reality: society. Before historicism\, Smith examined the historicity of norms\, sentiments\, values\, and forms of reproduction of life. Before Marxism or historical materialism\, Smith fused history with economic explanations in order to make sense of the variety of arrangements in human societies.
\nDecades before any formal and epistemic division of the fields of knowledge into various academic disciplines mutually delineated &ndash\; sociology\, anthropology\, history\, linguistics\, and so forth &ndash\;\, Adam Smith was addressing questions and formulating hypotheses nurtured by philosophy of history\, moral philosophy\, ethnography\, social thought\, politics\, law\, fiscality\, international relations\, aesthetics\, rhetoric and literary theory. At the dawn of capitalism\, Smith celebrated the possibilities of commercial society while nonetheless warily scrutinizing its alienating potential.
\nOne of the most quoted and misquoted writers\, Smith is enduringly reevaluated and reappropriated by scholars and influencers\, contextually or creatively.
\nThe conference invites philosophers\, historians\, economists\, literary scholars\, sociologists\, political scientists\, and not only\, to revisit Smith&rsquo\;s writings and confront them with their posterity.
\nSome of the possible themes and problems to be addressed could include the following:
\n- Adam Smith the thinker in the philosophical and historical context of his time
\n- Adam Smith&rsquo\;s philosophical economics: influences\, configurations\, and reconfigurations
\n- &lsquo\;The Adam Smith Problem&rsquo\;
\n- Smith and the Scottish Enlightenment
\n- The relationship between 20th century liberalism and Adam Smith
\n- The relationship between Marxism and Adam Smith
\n- Commerce\, debt\, and international relations
\n- Colonialism in Adam Smith&rsquo\;s writings
\n- Development\, ecology and Adam Smith
\n- History and the stadial theory of development
\n- Adam Smith&rsquo\;s moral philosophy in the context of British moral philosophy
\n- Recent interpretations of Adam Smith&rsquo\;s moral philosophy
\n- Aesthetics\, rhetoric\, and literary criticism in Adam Smith&rsquo\;s work
\n- Adam Smith&rsquo\;s views on education and its role in modern society
\nConveners: Veronica Lazăr (Faculty of Philosophy\, University of Bucharest) Ștefan-Sebastian Maftei (Faculty of History and Philosophy\, Babeș-Bolyai University)\, Ionuț Văduva (Faculty of Philosophy\, University of Bucharest)
\nLanguages: English and Romanian
\nThe conference will be hosted by the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Bucharest (Splaiul Independenței 204) and will be held in a hybrid format\, both in person and online\, via Zoom.
\nPlease submit a one-page abstract by 15 April 2023 to adam.smith.filosbuc.2024@gmail.com The allotted time for each presentation is 25 to 30 minutes.
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