BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230532Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231010T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240528T170000 SUMMARY:PhenoLab AY 2023-2024 UID:20240328T230532Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:
The PhenoLab was set up in 2019 as a free of charge series of seminars and lectures organised and held by Prof. Dr. Francesca Brencio. Originally born with the support of Dr. Prisca Bauer of the Systemic Research and Psychotherapy Section at the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine at the Freiburg Medical Centre (Germany)\, from October 2021 the PhenoLab activities have procedeed autonomously under the sole responsibility of Prof. Brencio.
\nFrom the Academic Year 2023-2024 the PhenoLab activities will be divided in four types: two free of charge and two with registration fees:
\n1. Academic Lectures: for free\, once a month\, partially recorded and uploaded on the PhenoLab YouTube Channel
\n2. Encountering Health Professionals: for free\, once every two months\, partially recorded and uploaded on the PhenoLab YouTube Channel
\n3. Course in Applying Phenomenology: twice a month\, a team of scholars coming from a strong experience in the field of phenomenology and qualitative research will teach how to apply the phenomenological method. In order to participate to the course\, registration fees are required. They will include online lectures\, teaching materials\, reading and discussion groups. Recordings of the course will not be uploaded. \;
\n4. Course in Philosophical Counseling and Phenomenology: twice every two months\, certified practitioners in the field of Philosophical Counselling\, with a focus on phenomenology and hermeneutics\, will guide the participants in using the tools coming from these two distinct yet close fields of knowledge. In order to participate to the course\, registration fees are required. They will include online lectures\, teaching materials\, reading groups\, and pragmatical activities. Recordings of the course will not be uploaded.
\nIn June 2024 the PhenoLab will organise and host the 1st edition of the PhenoLab Summer School in Applying Phenomenology. \; More information about the call for papers\, keynote speakers\, dates and costs will be provided at the very beginning of 2024. \;
\nThe PhenoLab activities will start on October 10 2023. \;
\nThe new program will be published within the beginning of September. \;
\nLectures and discussions will be held in English.
\nFor any query or information please contact phenolab2019@gmail.com \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230532Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20240402T060000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20240402T060000 SUMMARY:Developing new skills in VR UID:20240328T230533Z-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:20240328T230532Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240406T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240406T170000 SUMMARY:Midwest Memory Mayhem 2024 UID:20240328T230534Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis LOCATION:West Lafayette\, United States DESCRIPTION:Midwest Memory Mayhem \;is a one-day in-person integrative workshop for philosophers and scientists\, which aims to promote discussion of topics and problems on all types of memory\, to generate new research questions and connections\, and to provide a venue for the exploration of interdisciplinary methods in memory research. \;
\nSessions and Invited speakers (Schedule TBD)
\nNeuropsychology of Memory
\nCarl Craver (Washington University in St. Louis)
\nDonna Rose Addis (Baycrest Rotman Research Institute)
\nSemantic Memory \;
\nGuy Dove (University of Louisville)
\nDavid Kemmerer (Purdue University)
\nMemory &\; Construct Validity \;
\nJavi Gomez-Lavin (Purdue University)
\nJen Coane (Colby College)
\nMemory &\; Aging \;
\nAlison Reiheld (Southern Illinois Edwardsville)
\nSydney Trask (Purdue University) \;
\nMemory &\; AI \;
\nMarya Schectman (University of Illinois Chicago)
\nDavid Menager (Parallax Research)
\nThe workshop is organized by Prof. Sarah Robins (robin741@purdue.edu) and Dr. Marta Caravà\; (mcarav@purdue.edu) with the support of the Department of Philosophy at Purdue University. Please\, feel free to contact us if you need further information.
\nPlease\, note that "Midwest Memory Mayhem" is an in-person workshop. Details about potential remote attendance through zoom will be shared soon.
ORGANIZER;CN=Sarah Robins;CN="Marta Caravà": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230532Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20240407T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20240407T234500 SUMMARY:Seventh European Advanced School in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences (EASPLS) “Explanation and Evidence in Biology and Medicine” UID:20240328T230535Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION: Martinstraße 12\, Klosterneuburg\, Austria\, 3400 DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
\nThe seventh edition of the biennial European Advanced School in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences (EASPLS) will take place at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (KLI)\, in Klosterneuburg (Austria). The school is primarily aimed \; at \; young scholars (PhD students and early post-doctoral researchers) working in the history\, philosophy and social studies of the biological\, biomedical\, and environmental sciences. The topic of this edition is &ldquo\;Explanation and Evidence in Biology and Medicine&rdquo\;.
\nhttps://www.kli.ac.at/en/events/event_calendar/view/679 \;
\nApplication
\nApplications should be sent to easpls2024@kli.ac.at
\nThe application includes:
\nA letter of motivation (max 500 words)
\nA short Curriculum Vitae (max 3 pages)
\nThe deadline for applications is April 7th. Applicants will be notified of decisions by April 30th.
ORGANIZER;CN=Leonardo Bich;CN=Matteo Mossio;CN=Lucie Laplane: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230532Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240410T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240410T103000 SUMMARY:Enactivism: Utopian and Scientific - a debate UID:20240328T230536Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Where is enactivism headed? What are some of the main problems and key issues researchers will need to take into account in order to maintain (or expand) its status as a revolutionary view of mind and cognition?
\nIn order to tackle these questions\, the Brazilian research group CLEA (Cognition\, Language\, Enactivism and Affectivity) is holding a series of online debates called &ldquo\;The Future of Enactivism&rdquo\;\, bringing fresh and critical perspectives to this research program. Each session will consist in a main presenter and a critical commentator. Members of the audience will also be able to ask questions and participate in the debate.
\nThe first event of the series is called &ldquo\;Enactivism: Utopian and Scientific&rdquo\; and will feature Russell Meyer (Chinese Academy of Sciences\, Institute of Philosophy) as the main presenter and Guilherme Sanches de Oliveira (TU Berlin) as critical commentator. It will be held online on Thursday\, April 10th\, at 8:30 AM Brasilia time (GMT-3). We invite everyone to participate by registering beforehand at cleafilosofia[at]gmail.com in order to receive the link.
ORGANIZER;CN=Felipe Nogueira de Carvalho;CN=Carlos Barth: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230532Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240410T173000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240412T170000 SUMMARY:SIUCC XXXI: The Argumentative Theory of Reason – From the Social to the Cognitive UID:20240328T230537Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Facultad de Psicología\, Sevilla\, Spain\, 41018 DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 10th April
\n\n17.30 Pre-conference Coffee &\; Pastries
\n\n17.45 Welcome Address
Marga Vá\;zquez (SEFA) + Inmaculada Murcia (Dean Faculty of Philosophy)
18.00-19.15 Hugo Mercier (CNRS-IJN-ENS): &ldquo\;The Weirdness of Science&rdquo\;
\n\nThursday 11th April
\n\n9.30-10.45 Dan Williams (University of Sussex): &ldquo\;The Marketplace of Misleading Ideas&rdquo\; - Discussant Jesú\;s Zamora Bonilla (UNED &\; Institute Vienna Circle\, Uni Wien)
\n\n10.45-12.00 Matteo Michelini (Technical University of Eindhoven and Ruhr University of Bochum): &ldquo\;The Effect of Myside Bias in deliberative settings: a perspective from computational models&rdquo\; - Discussant Nino Guallart (U. Sevilla)
\n\n12.00-12.30 Coffee &\; Pastries Break
\n\n12.30-13.45 Thomas Castelain (University of Girona): &ldquo\;Dissociation Between What Convinces Children\, and the Reasons They Use to Convince Others&rdquo\; - Discussant Neftalí\; Villanueva (UGR\, Filolab)
\n\n13.45-16.00 Lunch + Coffee
\n\n16.00-17.15 Nick Byrd (Stevens Institute of Technology): &ldquo\;Socratic Reflection Online 2.0&rdquo\; - Discussant Aida Roige (U. Barcelona)
\n\n17.15-18.30 Hugo Mercier (CNRS-IJN-ENS): &ldquo\;Making Science Work&rdquo\;
\n
Friday 12th April
\n\n9.30 &ndash\; 10.45 Maarten Van Dorn (Radboud Universiteit/Central European University): &ldquo\;Is Confirmation Bias a Double-Edged Sword? Reevaluating its Role in the Argumentative Theory of Reason&rdquo\; - Discussant: Manuel Padilla Cruz (U. Sevilla)
\n\n10.45-11.15 Coffee &\; Pastries Break
\n\n11.15. 12.30. Marí\;a Jimé\;nez-Buedo (UNED) &\; Saú\;l Pé\;rez-Gonzalé\;z (University of Valencia): &ldquo\;Evidence for Policy and the Scaffolding of Epistemic Vigilance&rdquo\; - Discussant Julia Sá\;nchez-Dorado (U. Sevilla)
\n\n12-30-13.45 Javier Anta (University of Seville): &ldquo\;An Informational Semantics for the Argumentative Theory of Reasoning&rdquo\; - Discussant Lilian Bermejo Luque (UGR\, Filolab)
\n\n13.45-16.00 Lunch + Coffee
\n\n16.00-17.15 Constant Bonard (U. of Bern)\, Filippo Contesi (U. of Milan) &\; Teresa Marques (U. of Barcelona): &ldquo\;The Effectiveness of Propaganda&rdquo\; - Discussant Gonzalo Velasco (UC3M)
\n17.15-18.30 Eric Funkhouser (University of Arkansas): &ldquo\;Belief Signaling\, Persuasion\, and Manipulation&rdquo\; - Discussant Gloria Andrada (U. NOVA Lisboa)
\n\n
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About the Inter-University Workshop in Philosophy and Cognitive Science (SIUCC)
\nThe SIUCC annual conference has been organized under the auspices of the SEFA (www.sefaweb.es) since the creation of the society in 1994. Invited speakers are asked to present their papers\, which can be new material or a revision of former work. The conference intends to trigger exchange of ideas and scholarly debate through the presentation of about 8 contributions related to any of the philosophical topics of the invited speakers&rsquo\; work.
\nThis year the workshop will be focused on the work of \;Hugo Mercier (CNRS-Institut Jean Nicod\, Paris).
\nABOUT THE CONFERENCE:
\nRecent workshops and keynote speakers have been: XXX\, Valencia: José\; Luis Bermudez\; XXIX\; Barcelona: Susanna Siegel XXVIII\, Granada: Amie Thomasson\; XXVII\, Vitoria: Elisabeth Camp\; XXVI\, Madrid: David Velleman\; XXV\, Valencia: Tim Williamson\; XXIV\, Valladolid: Jason Stanley\; XXIII\, Sevilla: Jennifer Hornsby\; XXII\, San Sebastiá\;n: Jesse Prinz\; XXI\, Granada: Jaakko Hintikka\; XX\, Barcelona: Crispin Wright\; XIX\, Zaragoza: Ernest Sosa\; XVIII\, Madrid: John Perry.
\nThis XXXI edition will take place at the Universidad de Sevilla\, hosted by the Faculty of Philosophy (Faculty of Philosophy/Faculty of Psychology building)\, in April 10th-12th\, 2024.
ORGANIZER;CN="Antonio Gaitán Torres";CN=Hugo Viciana;CN=Jesus Navarro: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230532Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240411T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240411T163000 SUMMARY:Talk Hélène Lœvenbruck: Condensation\, Dialogality\, Intentionality and Agency in Various Endophasia Situations: Aphantasia\, Voice Hearing\, Rumination\, Aphasia\, Augmentative and Alternative Communication UID:20240328T230538Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce that starting in April\, the online Inner Speech Colloquium will once again be taking place on a monthly basis\, hosting speakers working on inner speech from a range of disciplinary perspectives. \;
\nOur first speaker is Hé\;lè\;ne L&oelig\;venbruck (Université\; Grenoble Alpes)\, a leading expert on the neural underpinnings of (inner) speech production. She will be giving a talk titled: &ldquo\;Condensation\, Dialogality\, Intentionality and Agency in various endophasia situations: aphantasia\, voice hearing\, rumination\, aphasia\, Augmentative and Alternative Communication''. We hope to see many of you there. \; \;
\nIf you would like to receive reminders and information about future speakers or short term changes to the programme\, please write us a short email (daniemueller@uos.de) so that we can put you on the mailing list. \;
\nPractical Information
\nTime and date: 11-04-24\, 15:00-16:30 CET
\nLocation: online
\nMicrosoft Teams link:https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZWRmMjcwNDMtYjk0MS00ZGVkLWJhYjQtMTVmMmJmNjgxZjNl%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22158a941a-576e-4e87-993d-b2eab8526e50%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22aa77cb0b-0347-4477-9882-645ea9ad8190%22%7d
\nMeeting ID: 393 134 916 704 \;
\nPasscode: HuuSfi \;
\nIf questions arise\, please contact daniemueller@uos.de
\nBest regards\,
\nMathijs Geurts\, Francesco Fanti Rovetta\, Jonida Kodra &\; Daniel Mü\;ller
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Mathijs Geurts;CN=Francesco Fanti Rovetta;CN=Jonida Kodra: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230532Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240412T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240413T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop on Human Cognitive Evolution UID:20240328T230539Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:UC Irvine\, Irvine\, United States\, 92617 DESCRIPTION:Registration Deadline: \;April 5\, 2024
\nPré\;cis:
\nLately\, a number of questions about how human cognition evolved have garnered renewed interest from philosophers. The influence of Darwinian evolution on philosophy has a long and complicated history\, but new methodological developments and empirical findings are beginning to shed significant light on the phylogenetic origins of some of the most fundamental features of distinctively human cognition. Our understandings of moral psychology\, decision making\, linguistic capacity\, and other departments of human thought have been articulated and enriched by recent evolutionarily-oriented work. This workshop will bring together scholars approaching this grand project from numerous angles in the hopes of improving our standing in our collective attempt to understand how we evolved to be creatures constituted as we are.
\nSchedule:
\nFRIDAY April 12th
\n8:30am: Breakfast
\n9:00am: Opening Remarks by Kyle Stanford (UCI)
\n9:15am: Saira Khan (Pitt)
\n10:15am: Armin Schulz (Kansas)
\n11:15am: Coffee Break
\n11:30am: True Gibson (UCI)
\n12:30pm: Catered Lunch
\n1:30pm: Michael Tomasello [Virtual] (Duke)
\n2:30pm: Edouard Machery (Pitt)
\n3:30pm: Coffee Break
\n3:45pm: Shaun Nichols (Cornell)
\n6:30pm: Conference Dinner (by invitation only)
\n\nSATURDAY April 13th
\n8:30am: Breakfast
\n9:15am: Margaret Farrell (UCI)
\n10:15am: Jessica Gonzalez (OCC)
\n11:15am: Coffee Break
\n11:30am: Daniel Kelly (Purdue)
\n12:30pm: Catered Lunch
\n1:30pm: Colin Allen (UCSB)
\n2:30pm: Coffee Break
\n2:45pm: Steve Downes (Utah)
\n3:45pm: Closing Remarks by Kyle Stanford (UCI)
ORGANIZER;CN=True Gibson;CN=James Owen Weatherall;CN=Kyle Stanford: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230532Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240416T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240417T170000 SUMMARY:LSE Workshop on Animal Minds for Early Career Researchers UID:20240328T230540Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:28-30 Portugal Street\, London\, United Kingdom\, WC2A 2HJ DESCRIPTION:The workshop will provide a venue for early career scholars both to receive extensive feedback on work in progress and to engage in informal discussion leading to potential future collaborative projects. We will make room for extensive discussion on each talk\, plus ample unstructured time for informal discussion and activities in central London. \; \;
\nThe workshop involves a mix of presentations and read ahead sessions. As such\, registration in advance is required\, in order to receive the papers to read ahead. \; Attendance is possible both via zoom and in person\, and is open to all. \; \;
\nSee the workshop website for more information including schedule\, abstracts\, registration\, accessibility information\, information about transportation\, and the workshop dinner:
\nhttps://sites.google.com/view/ecrwanimalmindslse/
\nThanks to funding generously provided by PAMBA (https://www.the-pamba.com/) and York University (Toronto)\, we will be able to provide funds to help with the costs of attendance for some of the attendees.
\nOrganizers: Simon Brown\, Jonathan Birch\, Andrew Crump\, Katariina Hynninen\, eva read\, Daria Zakharova
ORGANIZER;CN=Simon Brown;CN=Jonathan Birch;CN=Katariina Hynninen;CN=Eva Read: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230532Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240423T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240423T230000 SUMMARY:Gösation: 2nd meeting of Society for Philosophy of Causation UID:20240328T230541Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Georg-August-Universität Göttingen\, Göttingen\, Germany\, 37073 DESCRIPTION:This will be the second meeting of the Society for Philosophy of Causation. It will take place in Gö\;ttingen\, Germany\, on July 19&ndash\;21\, 2024. The first one took place in Kyoto\, Japan\, on June 24&ndash\;26\, 2023 and was a blast. It was widely considered a blast\, and the next one is expected to be too.
Encouraged are submissions on philosophy\, psychology\, and computer science of causation\, and effort will be made to balance these topics. That is\, you shouldn&rsquo\;t be discouraged if your submission is more on the cognitive science or computer science side of causation\, the name of the society notwithstanding.
Please submit an abstract of 300&ndash\;1000 words to gosation@causation.science. Specifically\, please send an email with your name\, the title of your talk\, and the abstract in the body of the email and submission as its title. If you have a (drafty or polished) paper\, or your abstract can't be easily pasted as text (e.g.\, it contains figures or symbols)\, please in addition attach a PDF of the paper or the abstract. Please mind that the more of the argument your abstract contains\, the more likely it will be accepted.  \; The deadline for submitting abstracts: April 23. You&rsquo\;ll be notified at the end of April.
ORGANIZER;CN=Tom Wysocki: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230532Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20240427T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20240428T170000 SUMMARY:Developing new skills in VR UID:20240328T230542Z-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:
\nLinking \;Artificial Intelligence\, Philosophy and Religion \;leads to fascinating outcomes.
\nAI is opening new paths for philosophical exploration\, bringing up key questions about ethics\, philosophy of language\, philosophy of mind\, and even philosophy of religion itself as it evolves. Next\, LLM-powered chatbots and visual models create a challenge for religious awareness and religious life\, offering new ways to access religious knowledge and possibly enhancing religious experiences. The chatbots also open new analytical perspectives for the analysis of religious discourse\, as they can automatically and systematically examine it on different levels\, including in such analyses philosophical theories. Finally\, philosophy and religion is a source of non-standard theories and concepts which can be a challenge for chatbots\, and as such they can be a good material for testing chatbots capacities and performance. At the same time\, it is good material to learn how to play with the chatbots\, and learn proper prompt engineering skills.
\nVarious topics\, new possibilities\, astonishing ideas and applications\, which should be shared among the scholars who join AI with philosophy or studies on religion. For this reason\, we decided to organise a conference &ldquo\;AI\, Philosophy and Religion&rdquo\;.
ORGANIZER;CN="Marcin Trepczyński";CN=Furkan Ozcelik: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230532Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240520T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240520T230000 SUMMARY:Special Issue 2024: Human intelligence and artificial intelligence\, where are the limits? - Colombian Journal of Philosophy of Science UID:20240328T230544Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Special Issue: Human intelligence and artificial intelligence\, where are the limits?
\nThe Colombian Jounal of Philosophy of Science (Revista Colombiana de Filosofí\;a de la Ciencia) will dedicate the 2024 special issue to the philosophy of technology and science to discuss\, in particular\, "artificial intelligence". We are sure that many researchers wish to express their thoughts about it and we invite them to do so. \;
\nThe advances in the so-called "artificial intelligence"\, i.e.\, devices programmed to perform a wide range of tasks automatically\, are known to all those interested in technology. At the same time\, they are ignored by a huge proportion of the population\, although their effects and consequences affect everyone. In industrial societies\, we are all subject to the influence of machines and systems\, linked mainly to industrial\, commercial\, political and military interests\, which condition our behavior\, our thinking and even our feelings and desires. The basis of the operation of these machines and systems lies in information processing\, which already includes their augmentation: machines have learned to learn and to make decisions.
\nAs devices that mimic intelligent human behavior (especially in terms of deduction\, calculation\, planning and control)\, they are considered as forms of unnatural intelligence\, created by humans to achieve results that escape the human brain\, wonderful machinery that does not\, however\, achieve all the projects that human need or ambition can conceive. Thus\, artificial intelligence (already popularized by the acronym AI) helps the brain to make its mark on the world.
\nIt is a commonly known fact that AI mimics the performance of the human brain\, either by investigating how the latter works\, or by considering it as an artifact that can be reproduced and perfected. In any case\, "intelligent machines" are already present in the most diverse activities\, from medicine to administration\, from sports to education and from communication to art: there are machines that paint\, write new texts\, or compose music. Some machines have famously beaten chess and Go champions\, while others are already translating texts more and more correctly
\nAI can be seen as the elevation of homo sapiens\, of the "rational animal"\, as AI systems operate by reproducing logical circuits. In this light\, intelligence is confused with the ability to deduce\, calculate and predict. But it is good to remember that "intelligence" is an ambiguous word\, and not only when it is understood as a mental capacity\, in which some would like to include even intuition. Researchers of human behavior describe an emotional intelligence and a bodily intelligence\, which should not be separated from the intellectual intelligence\, although they operate with a certain autonomy. On the other hand\, human intelligence does not seem to constitute an entity purely internal to the human organism. Some argue that intelligence is externalized in the artifacts we use to think and explore (from a ruler to a telescope)\; others claim the existence of a collective intelligence\, as effective as the individual one.
\nIf the above considerations make the term artificial intelligence problematic\, it is not possible\, however\, to deny its existence and its kinship or resemblance to human intelligence. Above all\, its capacity to create a sui generis world cannot be underestimated\, just as natural intelligence has been producing it since human beings became strongly distinguished from other animals\, although it is not fair to deny to all of them less developed forms of intelligence. We live\, more and more\, in a world shaped by technology and\, in particular\, by AI. This world is such that many human difficulties and miseries have been alleviated: our information and communication resources\, for example\, are infinitely greater and better compared to all of human history prior to the 20th century. Systems governed by AIs help us to avoid or cure diseases\; they make possible the traffic of an immense number of vehicles\, on a daily basis\, on the planet\; they make it possible to manage gigantic companies and drive space exploration. The world of AI is certainly rich and promising.
\nNevertheless\, we cannot overlook its worrisome consequences: psychological\, moral and political\, to mention the most obvious ones. Psychologically\, man co-opted by the AIgoverned world tends to turn all his problems into technical issues. Human problems are admittedly very varied\, and conflating a social or existential problem\, for example\, to the solution of a puzzle would be a mistake. But the AI world induces us to translate every difficulty into something that can be solved accurately and quickly\, provided we have enough data. From a moral point of view\, the ability of AI systems to penetrate the consciousness and intentions of individuals\, as well as their relationships with their fellow human beings\, makes AI a source of moral problems. Or is it morally indifferent if personal privacy and responsibility are violated and manipulated? And in politics we find great concern: the programmed dissemination of fake news\, the ignored interference in electoral processes\, the massive promotion of hate speech in exchange for increased traffic and advertising revenue on various platforms\, and the monstrous increase in the power of those who own technological systems are growing threats to the quality of human life\, both individual and collective.
\nOne last clarification: the question included in the call for papers refers both to the limits between natural and artificial intelligence\, and to the indefinite development of the latter\, as the supporters of "Transhumanism" believe. \; \;
\nGuest editors: Alberto Cupani (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina\, Brazil). E. Joaquí\;n Suá\;rez-Ruí\;z (Universidad Nacional de La Plata\, Argentina) Rodrigo Ló\;pez-Orellana (Universidad de Valparaí\;so\, Chile)
\nAssociate Editor: José\; Á\;lvarez Sá\;nchez (Universidad el Bosque).
\nDeadline: May the 20th\, 2024
\nEstimated publication date: September 2024
\nLanguages: English\, Spanish and portuguese
\nPeer review: all articles submitted will be subject to double blind peer review.
\nPublication standards: https://revistas.unbosque.edu.co/index.php/rcfc/about/submissions
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230532Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20240521T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20240522T170000 SUMMARY:Playing in VR: Imagination\, Affordances and Aesthetic Experience UID:20240328T230545Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Prinsstraat 13\, Antwerpen\, Belgium\, 2000 DESCRIPTION:Virtual reality (VR) has been discussed in depth within current philosophical fields\, including metaphysics\, epistemology\, philosophy of mind\, ethics or aesthetics. In metaphysics\, for example\, the debate focuses on the ontological status of VR objects\, and imagination is discussed in the context of whether objects we encounter in VR games are real or fictional (imagined). Not much research has focused on simply playing in virtual spaces\, leaving out the question of aesthetic and ludic experiences.
\nThe conference "Playing in VR: Imagination\, Affordances and Aesthetic Experience" aims at filling precisely this \; gap. We are interested in the role that imagination and affordances may have in experiences of playing in virtual reality. Playing encompasses a larger field of interest than only playing VR games\, with strict rules and constraints. It opens up questions about the possibility of treating virtual reality spaces as environments that afford free play\, creativity\, imagining\, education or performance.
\nObjectives:
\nThe main objective of the conference is the critical assessment of the concept of play in VR contexts. The conference aims to extend the scope of philosophical interest in virtual reality\, from questions about metaphysics\, to the domain of aesthetics and ludic experiences. It aims to explore the role that imagination can play in virtual reality beyond the role of allowing to represent fictional entities in VR\, and to explore whether VR can be meaningfully thought of as an environment that\, when designed appropriately\, can afford playful engagements. We aim to focus on the relational aspect of playing in VR\, and not on the representational aspect\, by looking into whether and how one can be imaginative\, creative and interactive when playfully exploring VR spaces.
\nExample questions that we wish to examine during the conference include\, but are not limited to:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; In what way is imagination involved in virtual play? Do you perceive play spaces in VR\, or do you imagine them? Can VR enhance one&rsquo\;s imaginative capacities?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Do you see virtual spaces as affording play? Are there affordances in VR that invite playing? Are affordances in VR and affordances in non-digital pretend play different?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Are virtual objects &lsquo\;toys&rsquo\;? What is the difference between playing a game in VR\, and simply playing in VR (and is it still play)? Can virtual objects shape our play\, just like material objects shape our play?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Can you make-believe or pretend in VR? What is the social aspect of virtual play? Can you cheat\, hurt another\, or be more vulnerable in VR? How do players connect with each other in VR?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; How does virtuality transform our aesthetic experiences? Is there aesthetic judgement involved when playing in VR?
\nCall for Abstracts:
\nWe welcome abstracts of 500 words \;(excluding references) to be submitted by \;March 18\, 2024\, 23:59. All submissions must be sent to: \;playinginVR@gmail.com \;
\nNotification \;of acceptance: April 10. \;
\nPlease indicate on the abstract one of the section themes your talk belongs to:
\nTheme 1: Beyond Representing Fiction: The Roles Imagination Can Play in VR
\nTheme 2: Virtual Environments and Affordances for Virtual Play
\nTheme 3: Virtual vs. Non-Virtual Play: Free Play\, Games and Virtual Toys
\nTheme 4: Make-Believe\, Pretense\, and Social Play in VR
\nTheme 5: Ludic Experiences and Aesthetic Judgments in VR
\nPlease email your *blind* abstract as an attachment. In the body of the email\, please include the title of the talk\, author details\, and the section theme.
\nRegistration:
\nIs registration required? \;Yes
\nRegistration deadline: \;April 30\, 2024\, 23:59
\nHow to register: playinginVR@gmail.com
\nRegistration fee: 50 EUR - PhD students\, 70 EUR - other. Includes conference participation with coffee breaks\, lunches and visit to Immersive VR Lab at Hogeschool Antwerpen (https://www.ap.be/expertise/immersive-lab#video-target)
\nOptional conference dinner (barbeque) on May 21st: 40 EUR
\nOrganisers
\nZuzanna Rucińska: zuzannaaleksandra.rucinska@uantwerpen.be
\nArthur Cools: arthur.cools@uantwerpen.be
\n\nWebsite link: \;https://zrucinska.wixsite.com/playinginvr
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Zuzanna Rucinska;CN=Arthur Cools: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230532Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240521T094500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240522T170000 SUMMARY:Episodic Memory: Uniquely Human? UID:20240328T230546Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:London School of Economics and Political Science\, London\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Workshop: Episodic Memory: Uniquely Human?
\nWe are excited to announce the upcoming workshop\, Episodic Memory: Uniquely Human?\, to be held on May 21-22\, 2024\, at LSE&rsquo\;s Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science\, and over Zoom.
\nBackground: Episodic memory is memory for personally experienced past events&mdash\;events we experienced or witnessed first-hand. Episodic memory appears to be central to humans' mental lives\, but its precise nature and contributions to cognition are a matter of ongoing debate. A further debate concerns the distribution of episodic memory in the natural world: Is episodic memory possessed by any (non-human) animals\, or is it uniquely human? These questions seem importantly connected. We can't detect episodic memory in animals without knowing what it does. At the same time\, an account of episodic memory's operations ought to be informed by our understanding of both human and animal memory. Meanwhile\, AI researchers are increasingly making use of 'episodic memory inspired' algorithms. Might these AI systems shed light on the nature of episodic memory and its distribution in the animal kingdom?
\nThis workshop brings together researchers from philosophy\, cognitive science and computer science to address such questions about episodic memory from an interdisciplinary perspective. \;The schedule for the workshop is as follows.
\n\nDay 1: 21st May
\n\n9.45: Welcome
\n\n10-11: Ali Boyle (LSE): The &lsquo\;null hypothesis&rsquo\; about animal memory
\n\n11.30-12.30 Lucy Cheke (University of Cambridge): What is developing in episodic memory development?
\n\n2.00-3.00 Arieh Schwartz (LSE): Respects and degrees of episodic memory likeness.
\n\n3.00-4.00 Nicola Clayton (University of Cambridge): How can we test if episodic-like memory is like episodic memory?
\n\n4.30-5.30 Ida Momennejad (Microsoft Research): Episodic and predictive: Memory representations in humans and machines
\n\n\nDay 2: 22nd May
\n\n10-11: Andrea Blomkvist (University of Glasgow): Mental imagery: A marker of episodic memory?
\n\n11.30-12.30 Zafeirios Fountas (UCL/Huawei): Sense \;of time\, events and episodic memory in humans and AI
\n\n2.00-3.00 Johannes Mahr (York University): What can the structure of episodic representations tell us about their human uniqueness?
\n\n3.00-4.00 Gema Martin-Ordas (University of Stirling): \;The evolution of episodic memory: the sense of time
\n\n4.30-5.30 Felipe De Brigard (Duke University): Episodic memory without autonoetic consciousness?
\n\n \;Attendance at the workshop is free\, but we ask that attendees register so that we can ensure we have sufficient capacity. Please register by May 13th\, using this form: https://forms.gle/tmXeZq2PZmiZhY1w9 . A programme along with details of the workshop will be emailed to registrants on May 17th.
\nThis workshop is being organised as part of Ali Boyle's 'Episodic Memory: Uniquely Human?' project\, funded by UKRI.
\nPlease contact Ali Boyle (a.boyle2@lse.ac.uk) with any questions about this event.
ORGANIZER;CN=Ali Boyle;CN=Arieh Schwartz;CN=Andrea Blomkvist: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230532Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20240523T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20240524T170000 SUMMARY:The “Other Side” of Scaffolding and Niche Construction UID:20240328T230547Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Helsinki LOCATION:Seminaarinmäki\, Lyhty\, Jyväskylä\, Finland DESCRIPTION:The &ldquo\;Other Side&rdquo\; of Scaffolding and Niche Construction
\n \;Inn current philosophy of mind\, scaffolding and niche construction theories explain how we engineer and interact with our environments to influence our thinking\, feeling\, and behavior. This discussion has typically focused on the ways in which external resources are intentionally used for individual or collective benefit &ndash\; for example\, when one navigates with the help of Google Maps or when urban design provides city inhabitants with equal access to public goods. To counterbalance this positive view\, researchers have recently begun to investigate how environmental resources can likewise be engineered and employed to undermine\, subvert\, or take advantage of people (see\, e.g.\, Slaby\, 2016\; Coninx &\; Stephan\, 2021\; Carvalho &\; Krueger\, 2023\; Timms &\; Spurrett\, 2023). Such \;hostile \;or \;negative \;scaffolding may be found\, for instance\, in social media use that ostensibly promotes feelings of belonging but is simultaneously utilized by its owners to exploit the platform&rsquo\;s users. Another promising strand of research in this area examines the significance of the \;unconscious \;mind (see\, e.g.\, Saarinen\, 2024\; Taipale &\; Saarinen\, forthcoming). Indeed\, if we grant that both unconscious contents (like fantasies\, wishes\, and amorphous experiential elements) and unconscious operations \;(like repression\, splitting\, and other defenses) can play a crucial role in our scaffolding and niche construction activities\, the overall picture becomes much more complicated than previously assumed.  \;
\nThe workshop focuses on these and other underexamined aspects of scaffolding and niche construction phenomena: \;on their &ldquo\;other side&rdquo\;\, as it were. The aim is to diversify and enrich our understanding of the various factors that shape how we &ndash\; as embodied and environmentally situated beings &ndash\; come to think\, feel\, and behave as we do. The event is open to everyone but is in-person only\; no registration is required. For more information\, please contact Jussi Saarinen: \;jussi.a.saarinen@jyu.fi.  \;
\n \;Program
\nThursday\, May 23  \;
\n10.15&ndash\;10.30 \; \;Opening words (Jussi Saarinen &\; Joona Taipale)  \;
\n10.30&ndash\;11.30 \; \;Achim Stephan (Osnabrü\;ck University): \;Complexities of Mind Invasion
\n11.30&ndash\;12.30 \; \;Sabrina Coninx (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam): \;Narrative Niches and the Construction of Suffering  \;
\n12.30&ndash\;14 \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Lunch  \;
\n14&ndash\;15 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Joel Krueger (University of Exeter): \;Affective Scaffolding and Affective Injustice  \;
\n15&ndash\;16 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Giulia Piredda (&\; Jacopo Pallagrosi) (IUSS Pavia):Affectivity on Four Legs: Dogs as Affective Scaffolds  \;
\n16&ndash\;16.30 \; \; \; \; \; \; Tea and coffee  \;
\n16.30&ndash\;17.30 \; \;Ida Rinne (University of Jyvä\;skylä\;): \;Affective \;Niche Construction and Children&rsquo\;s Agency in Childhood Communities  \;  \;
\nFriday\, May 24  \;
\n10.30&ndash\;11.30 \; \;Michael Wheeler (University of Stirling): \;Designing for Disruption: Smart Scaffolding\, Intrusive Spaces and Art that makes you Think  \;
\n11.30&ndash\;12.30 \; \;John Sutton (University of Stirling): \;Place and Memory: Disruptions and Constructions  \;
\n12.30&ndash\;14 \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Lunch  \;
\n14&ndash\;15 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Tom Roberts (University of Exeter): \;Negative Aesthetic Niche Construction  \;
\n15&ndash\;15.30 \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Tea and coffee  \;
\n15.30&ndash\;16.30 \; \;Jussi Saarinen &\; Joona Taipale (University of Jyvä\;skylä\;): \;Scaffolding in the Dark: On the Unconscious Dimensions of Affect Regulation  \;
\n16.30&ndash\;16.45 \; \;Closing words  \;  \;
\nThe workshop is co-organized by Jussi Saarinen and Joona Taipale\, and funded by \;the \;Academy of Finland \;projects &ldquo\;Asymmetric Encounters: Intersubjectivity and the Sense of Boundaries&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Situated Mind and Artistic Creativity&rdquo\;\, \;and the \;Kone \;Foundation \;project \;&rdquo\;Experiential Demarcation: Multidisciplinary Inquiries into the Affective Foundations of Interaction)&rdquo\;:https://www.jyu.fi/en/projects/asymmetric-encounters-intersubjectivity-and-the-sense-of-boundarieshttps://www.jyu.fi/en/projects/situated-mind-and-artistic-creativity
ORGANIZER;CN=Jussi A. Saarinen;CN=Joona Taipale: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230532Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240531T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240531T090000 SUMMARY:Synthese Topical Collection - Beyond inferentialism UID:20240328T230548Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Beyond inferentialism
While inferentialist theories of meaning never achieved the same popularity as truth-conditional semantic theories\, it is safe to say that inferentialism has attained the status of an alternative yet well-established approach to meaning. With its roots traced back to the early ideas of Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz\, Ludwig Wittgenstein\, and Wilfrid Sellars\, inferential theories have gained prominence in modern approaches proposed by Robert Brandom\, Ned Block\, Jaroslav Peregrin\, or &ndash\; recently &ndash\; Paweł Grabarczyk. This significance is particularly evident when employing a broader perspective of "functional role semantics" that allows for more than just inferential relations between meaning-constitutive rules.
\nInferentialism has also made substantial contributions to the analysis of conditionals\, exploring how conditional statements are understood in terms of the inferences they license. The question of how to characterize the details of this inference is by no means easy to answer. Despite being overshadowed by possible worlds semantics analysis\, the last few decades have witnessed a renaissance of the idea that the truth of a conditional is grounded in the inference relation between the antecedent and consequent\, with empirical studies playing an important role in this endeavor.
\nThis topical collection aims to explore current trends and challenges arising from contemporary functional role semantics\, including the role of inferential relationships in meaning\, normativity in functional-role semantics\, context-dependence\, content-establishing mechanisms\, and the applicability of inferential theories beyond traditional contexts. By investigating these key aspects\, the collection aims to enrich our understanding of language and meaning\, fostering interdisciplinary discussions and advancing inferentialist theories in the study of semantics\, cognition\, and communication.
\nAppropriate Topics for Submission include\, among others:
\n1) \; \; \; The role of inferential roles in functional-role theories of meaning. While traditional functional-role semantics prioritized inferential roles\, it is essential to note that even in the seminal theories of Ajdukiewicz and Sellars\, inferential roles were not the sole types of rules constitutive of meaning. Some modern approaches suggest reversing the roles and investigating different kinds of rules as primary. Should other rule types be taken into account? Is it possible to create functional-role semantics without relying solely on meaning-constitutive inferences?
\n2) \; \; \; Addressing the normativity of meaning in functional-role semantics. Does normativity naturally emerge within these theories\, or should a separate account of normativity be developed?
\n3) \; \; \; Incorporating context-dependence into inferentialism and other functional-role semantic theories. Certain traditional accounts appear incompatible with context-dependence. Is this an intrinsic issue of functionalism\, or is it a consequence of specific details within these theories?
\n4) \; \; \; Exploring the role of content-establishing mechanisms\, such as indexical references\, in inferential theories. Can indexicals be effectively integrated into these theories?
\n5) \; \; \; Applying inferential theories to non-inferential or non-functional contexts. For instance\, how might inferential theories supplement explanations for certain discourses\, such as discourses on fictional objects or sets of terms\, where inferential relationships may not be evident?
\n6) \; \; \; Investigating the inferential analysis of conditionals and its implications for understanding the meaning of conditional statements.
\nFor further information\, please contact the guest editor(s):
\ntaci@uw.edu.pl\; pagrab@gmail.com\; m.sendlak@uw.edu.pl
\nSubmissions to this Topical Collection will be reviewed in the same process as applied to regular Synthese submissions.
\nThe deadline for submissions is the 31st of May 2024
\nSubmissions via: https://www.editorialmanager.com/synt/default.aspx
\nTadeusz Ciecierski taci@uw.edu.pl
\nPaweł Grabarczyk pagrab@gmail.com
\nMaciej Sendłak m.sendlak@uw.edu.pl
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230532Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240603T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240607T170000 SUMMARY:CVR-VISTA Vision Science Summer School UID:20240328T230549Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:4700 Keele St.\, Toronto\, Canada\, M3J 1P3 DESCRIPTION:This summer school is an excellent program for undergraduate students who are interested in vision science to learn about the field from world renowned researchers. The program includes lectures in psychology\, computer science\, art\, philosophy\, neuroscience\, kinesiology\, and more as well as lab tours and social events. This is an all expenses paid opportunity like no other. Please share this information and attached flyer with anyone you think might be interested in attending. More information can be found on our website at \;https://www.yorku.ca/cvr/summer-school/
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230532Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240615T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240615T230000 SUMMARY:RUDN Journal of Philosophy invites submissions for a special issue in 2024 devoted to Experimental Philosophy. Guest editors Natalia Zaitseva and Dmitry Zaitsev (Lomonosov Moscow State University\, Russia). UID:20240328T230550Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:With a plethora of interpretations thereof\, the term &ldquo\;experimental philosophy sometimes \;implies very different philosophical projects. Some experimental philosophers believe that they advance traditions of analytical philosophy\, while others emphasize methodological proximity of empirical natural science and phenomenology. They are all united by the conviction that further progress in studying consciousness\, language\, mind\, reasoning\, morality\, and many other philosophical problems is associated with blending philosophy with experimental science. Not only does it just  \;presuppose the employment of traditional philosophical thought experiments or previously acquired empirical data\, but the possibility of a direct contribution to the design of a genuine scientific experiment. Such an approach bears a number of methodological advantages and ultimately leads to the mutual enrichment of philosophy and cognitive sciences.
\nWe tend towards an ultimately broad interpretation of experimental philosophy as an interdisciplinary field of research that combines traditional philosophical problems with empirical methods of solving them. The special issue&rsquo\;s remit includes (but is not limited to) the following subjects:
\n&bull\; Experimental philosophy of
\nØ\;Consciousness and Language\;
\nØ\;Epistemology and Metaphysics\;
\nØ\;Action\;
\nØ\;Ethics and Aesthetics\;
\nØ\;Religion and Law.
\n&bull\; Experimental philosophy \;and Neuromorphic AI.
\nWhen deciding on publication\, priority will be given to articles prepared on the basis of original research and/or suggesting a program of perspective research.
\nPapers should be written in English (up to 40\,000 characters) and prepared for a blind review. \;We are looking forward to your submissions by 15 \;June 2024. \; The publication timeline is November 2024.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230532Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240619T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240621T170000 SUMMARY:Dimensions of Radical Embodiment UID:20240328T230551Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Campus de La Merced\, Universidad de Murcia\, Murcia\, Spain DESCRIPTION:DIMENSIONS OF RADICAL EMBODIMENT\n19-21 June\, 2024 - Universidad de Murcia (Spain)\nThe topic of the meeting is radical embodiment writ large. We use the term &ldquo\;radical embodiment&rdquo\; to refer to various flavours of embodied cognition\, enactivism\, ecological psychology\, etc. The main idea is to touch upon different dimensions in which these theories are expanding or can expand (e.g.\, neuroscience\, social psychology\, language\, developmental psychology\, artificial intelligence\, and so on).
\nINVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: \;Michael Anderson\, \;Ed Baggs\, \;Marta Benenti\, \;Tony Chemero\, \;Anna Ciaunica\, \;Luis Favela\, \;Melina Gasté\;lum\, \;Harry Heft\, \;Joanna Rączaszek-Leonardi \;
\nSubmit your contribution!\nDEADLINE: March 1st\, 2024\n\nIf you have any questions\, feel free to contact the organizers: \;Vicente Raja(vicente.raja@um.es)\, \;Guilherme Sanches de Oliveira \;(gui.cogsci@gmail.com)\, and \;Miguel Segundo-Ortin \;(miguel.segundo@um.es)
\nDIMENSIONS OF RADICAL EMBODIMENT \;is supported by the grant PID2021-127294NA-I00 (PI: Vicente Raja) funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by the European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230532Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240619T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240622T170000 SUMMARY:Society for Philosophy and Psychology: 50th Annual Meeting UID:20240328T230552Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis LOCATION:West Lafayette\, United States DESCRIPTION:CALL \;FOR \;PAPERS: SPP 2024
\nThe Society \;for \;Philosophy and Psychology (SPP) invites submissions of \;papers \;to be presented at its 50th Annual Meeting to be held \;June 19-June 22\, 2024 \;at Purdue University \;(local organizer: Corey Maley).
\nPlease submit an abstract of 750 words or less\, uploaded as a .pdf on the submission page\, by \;February 14\, 2024\, 11:59pm EST \;in any area relevant to philosophy\, psychology\, linguistics\, neuroscience\, or cognitive science. Submissions will be refereed and selected on the basis of quality and relevance to SPP. Submissions are open format\, but must be no more than 750 words + 1 figure and must be prepared for blind review. \; Please also include a brief 75-word description of the paper in the "Abstract" field. Authors will have the chance to indicate whether they would like to be considered for a poster\, talk\, or both. All submitters may be first author on only 1 submission (but may co-present any number of submissions). Upload a .pdf and other required information at the submission site (
We have a stellar program lined up: a 50th \;Anniversary special session with Susan Carey (Harvard)\, David Chalmers (NYU)\, Alison Gopnik (Berkeley) and Peter Railton (Michigan)\; keynotes by Nathaniel Daw (Princeton) and Laurie Paul (Yale)\; and outstanding invited symposia on Current Issues in Artificial Intelligence chaired by Corey Maley (Purdue)\, and the Psychology of Misinformation chaired by Gordon Pennycook (Cornell).
\nSerife Tekin (Center for Bioethics and Humanities at SUNY Upstate Medical University) is organizing the pre-conference workshop: Persons\, Algorithms\, and Mental Disorders on June 19\, 2024.
\nDan Burnston and Laura Niemi
\nCo-Chairs\, SPP 2024
\nEmail inquiries are to be sent to SPP.2024.meeting@gmail.com
ORGANIZER;CN=Daniel Burnston;CN=Edouard Machery: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230533Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20240703T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20240705T170000 SUMMARY:AEDE - Affective and Emotional Dimensions of Experience UID:20240328T230553Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Praça da Faculdade de Filosofia 1\, Braga\, Portugal\, 4710-297 DESCRIPTION:.
ORGANIZER;CN=Augusto Soares da Silva;CN=Filippo Batisti: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230533Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240719T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240721T170000 SUMMARY:Gösation: 2nd meeting of the Society for Philosophy of Causation UID:20240328T230554Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Georg-August-Universität Göttingen\, Göttingen\, Germany\, 37073 DESCRIPTION:This will be the second meeting of the Society for Philosophy of Causation. It will take place in Gö\;ttingen\, Germany\, on July 19&ndash\;21\, 2024. The first one took place in Kyoto\, Japan\, on June 24&ndash\;26\, 2023 and was a blast. It was widely considered a blast\, and the next one is expected to be too.
ORGANIZER;CN=Tom Wysocki: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230533Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240811T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240817T170000 SUMMARY:SAPoLSN 2024 Evolution and Development UID:20240328T230555Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Asia/Shanghai LOCATION:Peking University\, Beijing\, China DESCRIPTION:This summer school is a yearly event jointly sponsored and organized by the Sino-Australian Philosophy of Life Sciences Network (SAPoLSN)\, which was initiated by Department of Philosophy at Peking University\, the School of Philosophy at Fudan University\, the Institute of Philosophy at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASIP)\, and the Department of Philosophy at Macquarie University in Australia. Its purpose is to introduce the most important recent developments in the philosophy of life sciences to graduate students and young scholars\, and to promote research and educational cooperation between Chinese and international philosophers of science.
\nThe inaugural summer school will be held from August 11-17\, 2024\, and will be hosted by the Department of Philosophy at Peking University in Beijing. The theme is: Evolution and Development: From Life to Mind. Research at the intersection of evolution and development on features of living systems (e.g.\, anatomy\, behavior\, cognition) prompts a variety of philosophy of science questions: Why do scientists conceptualize phenomena similarly or differently? What types of methods are most suited to their investigation? How are different types of explanations evaluated? What counts as a scientific theory in this domain? The juncture of evolution and development has been particularly fruitful in fostering interdisciplinary investigations that involve philosophers and different kinds of scientists (e.g.\, population biologists\, developmental biologists\, paleontologists\, systematists). These studies have advanced scientific understanding by shedding light on macroevolutionary transitions in animal morphology\, the advent of evolutionary novelties\, and the generation of organismal diversity\, as well as suggested the need to rethink different aspects of scientific epistemology. Research on cognition has likewise used evolutionary and developmental considerations to understand major transitions in cognitive evolution\, the origin of moral cognition\, and human cognitive diversity. The summer school will engage with philosophical questions emerging around these and other contemporary issues at the nexus of evolution and development\, including where biology and cognitive science contribute to each other.
\nIn addition to traditional lectures\, this summer school will involve diverse activity formats\, including but not limited to interviews with invited scholars\, academic development panels\, brainstorming sessions (e.g.\, for identifying PhD thesis topics)\, group presentations\, organized dinners\, and (fun!) excursions. Students will have the opportunity to interact with and learn from world-famous philosophers in person\, as well as to communicate and cooperate with their peers in depth.
ORGANIZER;CN=Qiaoying Lu;CN=Mingjun Zhang;CN=Pierrick Bourrat;CN=Tung-Ying Wu;CN=Russell Meyer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230533Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20240909T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20240912T170000 SUMMARY:Seventh European Advanced School in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences (EASPLS) “Explanation and Evidence in Biology and Medicine” UID:20240328T230556Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION: Martinstraße 12\, Klosterneuburg\, Austria\, 3400 DESCRIPTION:The seventh edition of the biennial European Advanced School in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences (EASPLS) will take place at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (KLI)\, in Klosterneuburg (Austria). The school is primarily aimed \; at \; young scholars (PhD students and early post-doctoral researchers) working in the history\, philosophy and social studies of the biological\, biomedical\, and environmental sciences. The topic of this edition is &ldquo\;Explanation and Evidence in Biology and Medicine&rdquo\;.
\n \;What is the EASPLS?
\nThe European Advanced School for the Philosophy of the Life Sciences is a biennial event that aims at fostering research\, facilitating collaborations\, and providing professional training to students in the field of the philosophy\, history\, and social studies of the life sciences\, broadly construed. EASPLS is organized by a consortium of the following European top-level institutions in the area of philosophy\, history and social studies of the life sciences:
\nDepartment of Philosophy\, Faculty of Humanities\; University of Geneva\, Switzerland
\nEgenis\, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences\; University of Exeter\, UK
\nKonrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (KLI)\, Klosterneuburg\, Austria
\nIAS Research Centre for Life\, Mind and Society\; University of the Basque Country\, San Sebastian\, Spain
\nInstitute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST)\; University of Paris 1 Panthé\;on-Sorbonne &\; CNRS\, France
\nInstitute for Philosophy in Biology &\; Medicine (PhilInBioMed) &\; ImmunoConcEpT lab\, University of Bordeaux &\; CNRS\, France
\nInstitute of Philosophy &\; Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences (CELLS)\; Leibniz University Hannover\, Germany
\nSection for History and Philosophy of Science\, Department of Science Education\; University of Copenhagen\, Denmark
\nFormat
\nThe 7th EASPLS is structured around different forms of participation and aims at fostering interactions among participants and between participants and senior researchers (instructors). The schedule mixes:
\nTwo lectures by guest specialists:
\nMarie Kaiser (Bielefeld University)
\nLaura Nuñ\;o de la Rosa (Complutense University of Madrid)
\nMorning lectures given by instructors senior researchers from each consortium institution (instructors) on a variety of topics related to &ldquo\;Explanation and evidence in Biology and Medicine&rdquo\; (readings may be circulated in advance).
\nIn the afternoon (first part)\, group work addressing questions and issues raised by the morning lectures.
\nIn the afternoon (second part)\, general discussion introduced by commentaries on the morning lectures provided by each group.
\nDuring the week\, special sessions will be dedicated to career development to help students navigate the difficult academic environment and to help create a healthier one for the future.
\nTopic of EASPLS 2024: &ldquo\;Explanation and Evidence in Biology and Medicine&rdquo\;
\nMany scientific activities are focused on the elaboration of explanation and evidence for knowledge claims. Philosophy of biology deals with \; the distinctive ways explanation is carried out in biological sciences\, and has emerged to respond to the inadequacies of the deductive nomological model\, when applied to the life sciences. Philosophy of medicine has discussed the role of statistical evidence and mechanistic explanations in our understanding of disease and evaluation of medical interventions.
\nIn both biology and medicine\, debates about explanation have then been framed around general issues such as reductionism vs. anti-reductionism or hypothesis-driven vs. data-driven approaches\, generality vs specificity\, the importance of the context of explanation\, the epistemic status of models and idealizations\, the role of practice\, etc. Various and sometimes overlapping explanatory strategies have been identified as deployed by scientists and philosophers to specifically deal with living phenomena including evolutionary\, mechanistic\, teleological and functional\, structural\, topological and organizational. Such strategies are often influenced by evidential practices - i.e. what researchers view as actionable or plausible evidence for their claims\, and whether they think such evidence is or could be made available\, or not.
\nThe goal of the \; EASPLS 2024 is to train participants in the philosophical debates on explanation and evidence in the life sciences\, the existing strategies\, their strengths and weaknesses\, as well as their mutual relations. Using examples from past and current sciences\, EASPLS 2024 will analyze and reflect on explanation in different fields of the life and medical sciences and its relation to evidential practices. Instructors and invited speakers will address the topic from a wide variety of perspectives\, so as to represent the diversity of positions advocated in the literature and to foster debate.
\nApplication
\nApplications should be sent to easpls2024@kli.ac.at
\nThe application includes:
\nA letter of motivation (max 500 words)
\nA short Curriculum Vitae (max 3 pages)
\nThe deadline for applications is March 30th. Applicants will be notified of decisions by April 30th.
\nFees
\nRegistration fees are 300 &euro\;. The summer school will cover lunches and two dinners. Participants will take care of their own accommodation and travel expenses. The school may provide financial support for students&rsquo\; participation. Please write to \; easpls2024@kli.ac.at.
ORGANIZER;CN=Leonardo Bich;CN=Matteo Mossio;CN=Lucie Laplane: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230533Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20240909T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20240912T170000 SUMMARY:Seventh European Advanced School in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences (EASPLS) “Explanation and Evidence in Biology and Medicine” UID:20240328T230557Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION: Martinstraße 12\, Klosterneuburg\, Austria\, 3400 DESCRIPTION:The seventh edition of the biennial European Advanced School in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences (EASPLS) will take place at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (KLI)\, in Klosterneuburg (Austria). The school is primarily aimed \; at \; young scholars (PhD students and early post-doctoral researchers) working in the history\, philosophy and social studies of the biological\, biomedical\, and environmental sciences. The topic of this edition is &ldquo\;Explanation and Evidence in Biology and Medicine&rdquo\;.
\n \;What is the EASPLS?
\nThe European Advanced School for the Philosophy of the Life Sciences is a biennial event that aims at fostering research\, facilitating collaborations\, and providing professional training to students in the field of the philosophy\, history\, and social studies of the life sciences\, broadly construed. EASPLS is organized by a consortium of the following European top-level institutions in the area of philosophy\, history and social studies of the life sciences:
\nDepartment of Philosophy\, Faculty of Humanities\; University of Geneva\, Switzerland
\nEgenis\, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences\; University of Exeter\, UK
\nKonrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (KLI)\, Klosterneuburg\, Austria
\nIAS Research Centre for Life\, Mind and Society\; University of the Basque Country\, San Sebastian\, Spain
\nInstitute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST)\; University of Paris 1 Panthé\;on-Sorbonne &\; CNRS\, France
\nInstitute for Philosophy in Biology &\; Medicine (PhilInBioMed) &\; ImmunoConcEpT lab\, University of Bordeaux &\; CNRS\, France
\nInstitute of Philosophy &\; Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences (CELLS)\; Leibniz University Hannover\, Germany
\nSection for History and Philosophy of Science\, Department of Science Education\; University of Copenhagen\, Denmark
\nFormat
\nThe 7th EASPLS is structured around different forms of participation and aims at fostering interactions among participants and between participants and senior researchers (instructors). The schedule mixes:
\nTwo lectures by guest specialists:
\nMarie Kaiser (Bielefeld University)
\nLaura Nuñ\;o de la Rosa (Complutense University of Madrid)
\nMorning lectures given by instructors senior researchers from each consortium institution (instructors) on a variety of topics related to &ldquo\;Explanation and evidence in Biology and Medicine&rdquo\; (readings may be circulated in advance).
\nIn the afternoon (first part)\, group work addressing questions and issues raised by the morning lectures.
\nIn the afternoon (second part)\, general discussion introduced by commentaries on the morning lectures provided by each group.
\nDuring the week\, special sessions will be dedicated to career development to help students navigate the difficult academic environment and to help create a healthier one for the future.
\nTopic of EASPLS 2024: &ldquo\;Explanation and Evidence in Biology and Medicine&rdquo\;
\nMany scientific activities are focused on the elaboration of explanation and evidence for knowledge claims. Philosophy of biology deals with \; the distinctive ways explanation is carried out in biological sciences\, and has emerged to respond to the inadequacies of the deductive nomological model\, when applied to the life sciences. Philosophy of medicine has discussed the role of statistical evidence and mechanistic explanations in our understanding of disease and evaluation of medical interventions.
\nIn both biology and medicine\, debates about explanation have then been framed around general issues such as reductionism vs. anti-reductionism or hypothesis-driven vs. data-driven approaches\, generality vs specificity\, the importance of the context of explanation\, the epistemic status of models and idealizations\, the role of practice\, etc. Various and sometimes overlapping explanatory strategies have been identified as deployed by scientists and philosophers to specifically deal with living phenomena including evolutionary\, mechanistic\, teleological and functional\, structural\, topological and organizational. Such strategies are often influenced by evidential practices - i.e. what researchers view as actionable or plausible evidence for their claims\, and whether they think such evidence is or could be made available\, or not.
\nThe goal of the \; EASPLS 2024 is to train participants in the philosophical debates on explanation and evidence in the life sciences\, the existing strategies\, their strengths and weaknesses\, as well as their mutual relations. Using examples from past and current sciences\, EASPLS 2024 will analyze and reflect on explanation in different fields of the life and medical sciences and its relation to evidential practices. Instructors and invited speakers will address the topic from a wide variety of perspectives\, so as to represent the diversity of positions advocated in the literature and to foster debate.
\nApplication
\nApplications should be sent to easpls2024@kli.ac.at
\nThe application includes:
\nA letter of motivation (max 500 words)
\nA short Curriculum Vitae (max 3 pages)
\nThe deadline for applications is March 30th. Applicants will be notified of decisions by April 30th.
\nFees
\nRegistration fees are 300 &euro\;. The summer school will cover lunches and two dinners. Participants will take care of their own accommodation and travel expenses. The school may provide financial support for students&rsquo\; participation. Please write to \; easpls2024@kli.ac.at.
ORGANIZER;CN=Leonardo Bich;CN=Matteo Mossio;CN=Lucie Laplane: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T230533Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20300531T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20300531T090000 SUMMARY:Phenomenologies of Religious Experience UID:20240328T230558Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:This series invites proposals in classical phenomenology\, French phenomenology\, pre- and post-phenomenologies\, and in methodologies that bridge phenomenology and analytic philosophy. The relation between phenomenology and religious experience can be considered in a variety of modes: epistemic (phenomenology as a "rigorous science" of religious experience in Husserl's sense)\; ontic (phenomenology as a way to access the core motive\, or regulative ideal\, of religion)\; analogical (phenomenological experience as a secular version of religious experience)\; generalizing (religious experience turning into phenomenological experience when stripped from its dogmatic frame)\, etc. Proposals can take critical\, descriptive\, theoretical\, comparative\, historical\, or other approaches\, and they can focus on the interplay between religious or spiritual experience and assorted theoretical approaches\, or proceed from such experience towards building a new theory. In accord with Husserl&rsquo\;s original intent\, the series welcomes attempts to locate spiritual or religious experience within a broader theory of the sciences (Wissenschaftslehre) and to expand phenomenology towards transcendental philosophy and metaphysics.
The series covers five areas:
1) Clarifications of religious and spiritual experience\, its formal phenomenological research\, and its relationships to art\, textuality\, culture\, anthropology\, politics\, and comparative religion\;
2) Metaphysical extensions of the phenomenology of religious and spiritual experience\;
3) Existential and psychological analyses\, in different traditions\, of religious and spiritual experience\;
4) Theologies of religious experience\, with or beyond a specific focus on ritual and liturgy\, including liberation theologies\, feminist theologies\, theologies at the intersection of religious experience and race\, social status\, etc.\;
5) The phenomenology of religious and spiritual experience as applied to and/ or examined within medicine\, nursing\, and the health sciences and the natural and social sciences.
The series is published in cooperation with the Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience\, \;www.sophere.org.
Editors: \;Michael Barber (michael.barber@slu.edu)\, Peter Costello (PCOSTELL@providence.edu)\, Olga Louchakova-Schwartz (founding editor\, \;olouch@ucdavis.edu)\, and Martin Nitsche (nitsche@flu.cas.cz)
Advisory Board: \;Jason Alvis (University of Vienna)\, Angela Ales Bello (Pontifical Lateran University)\, Michel Bitbol (The French National Center for Scientific Research)\, Carla Canullo (University of Macerata)\, David Ciavatta (Ryerson University)\, Crina Gschwandtner (Fordham University)\, Neal DeRoo (The King&rsquo\;s University)\, Thomas Fuchs (University of Heidelberg)\, James G. Hart (University of Indiana)\, Richard Kearney (Boston College)\, Jeff McCurry (Duquesne University)\, Felix O&rsquo\;Murchadha (National University of Ireland\, Galway)\, Dermot Moran (Boston College)\, Tom Nenon (The University of Memphis)\, Ryōsuke Ōhashi (Universities of Kyoto and Osaka)\, Vincent Pastro (Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University and Aquinas Institute of Theology\, St Louis)\, Hans Rainer Sepp (Charles University)\, Michel Staudigl (University of Vienna)\, Claudia Welz (Aarhus University)
Staff editorial contact: \;Jana Hodges-Kluck (jhodges-kluck@rowman.com) \;
*Please note that this event has officially been postponed. More information will be made available asap in the near future*
\nMany human cognitive capacities and processes may be deployed creatively\, from unique choices made for oneself up through novel cultural shifts. Similarly\, large swaths of our daily lives are taken up with performing spontaneous\, on-the-fly\, and unplanned activities that are\, in a word\, improvised. \; Charting out the nature of both creativity and improvisation\, taken individually or together\, remains an open and pressing issue. In this conference\, we will delve into various philosophical\, theoretical\, empirical\, and interdisciplinary issues that are related to creativity and improvisation. A non-exhaustive list of related questions and themes for this topic include:
\n- What is the relationship between improvisation and creativity?
\n- What is the relationship between creative activity and well-being?
\n- What is the best way to model individual and collective creativity?
\n- Is creativity in the arts the same thing as in other domains\, such as in science or business?
\n- What are the pros and cons of different scientific operationalizations of creativity and improvisation?
\n- Provide a conceptual analysis of creativity and/or improvisation.
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