ORAR / TIMETABLE

The role of neuroscience in explaining cognition – round-table

de | iun. 13, 2013 | Conferinte

On 22.07.2013, at 13.30, Faculty of Philosophy (University of Bucharest) will be a round-table: „The role of neuroscience in explaining cognition”. Participants: William Bechtel (Philosophy, University of California, San Diego), Adele Abrahamsen (Project Scientist in the Center for Research in Language, University of California, San Diego), Maria-Luiza Flonta (Neuroscience, Biology, UB), Mircea Dumitru (Philosophy, UB), Leon Zagrean (Neuroscience, UMF), Bogdan Amuzescu (Neuroscience, Biology, UB), Gabriel Vacariu (Philosophy, UB).

William Bechtel – "The New Mechanistic Philosophy of Science"

de | iun. 5, 2013 | Conferinte

Pe 22 iulie 2013, orele 12.00-14.00, profesorul William Bechtel (University of San Diego, USA) va sustine conferinta „The New Mechanistic Philosophy of Science” (in English). Conferinta va avea loc la Facultatea de Filosofie, Universitatea din Bucuresti. Mentionam ca William Bechtel este unul dintre cei mai importanti filosofi care lucreaza in domeniul „filosofia stiintei (neuro)cognitiei”.

Bechtel’s webpage: http://mechanism.ucsd.edu/

Open Mind Workshop on Theory of Mind, 14-15 June 2013

de | mai 28, 2013 | Conferinte, seminarii

THEORY OF MIND AND THE SOCIAL DESIGN OF THE MIND
An OPEN MIND workshop
June 14-15, 2013
Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Bucharest
Soseaua Panduri 90, Bucharest

PARTICIPANTS

Radu Bogdan (Tulane University and University of Bucharest)
Patricia Ganea (University of Toronto)
Gyorgy Gergely (Central European University)
Jessica Hobson (University College London)
Peter Hobson (University College London)
Josef Perner (University of Salzburg)
Wolfgang Prinz (Max Planck Institute for Human Cognition and     Brain Sciences)
Hannes Rakoczy (University of Gottingen)

PROGRAM

Friday, June 14

9.00-9.30 Radu Bogdan (Tulane University and University of Bucharest) Introducing the Theme of the Workshop

9.30-10.30 Peter Hobson and Jessica Hobson (University College London) Interpersonal Engagement, Communication, and Understanding: What Leads to What?

10.30-11.00 Discussion

11.00-11.15 Coffee

11.15-12.15 Patricia Ganea (University of Toronto) Mapping Language to Mind: Toddlers’ Understanding of the Mentalistic and Representational Nature of Language

12.15-12.45 Discussion

12.45-15.00 Lunch

15.00-16.00 Josef Perner (University of Salzburg) Object of Thought Meets Object

16.00-16.30 Discussion

16.30-16.45 Coffee

16.45-17.45 Gyorgy Gergely (Central European University) Ostension, Epistemic Trust and Deferential Beliefs: the Social Origins and Cultural Transmission of Cognitively Opaque Knowledge about Kinds

17.45-18.15 Discussion

Saturday, June 15

9.30-10.30 Hannes Rakoczy (University of Gottingen) How Human Children and Non-human Primates Represent Regularities and Rules: the Difference Made by Social Norms and Theory of Mind

10.30-11.00 Discussion

11.00-11.15 Coffee

11.15-12.15 Wolfgang Prinz (Max Planck Institute for Human Cognition and Brain Sciences) How Mirrors Make Minds

12.15-12.45 Discussion

12.45-15.00 Lunch

15.00-16.00 Radu Bogdan (Tulane University and University of Bucharest) Intuitive Psychology as Mind Designer

16.00-16.30 Discussion

16.30-16.45 Coffee

16.45-18.30 General Discussion

OPEN MIND
An International School of Advanced Studies in Cognitive Science

http://www.unibuc.ro/e/n/cercetare/stii-cogn/index.php

For more information, please, contact dr. Alina Tigau, Open Mind program coordinator: alina_mihaela_tigau@yahoo.com

sursa: http://www.unibuc.ro/e/n/cercetare/stii-cogn/Open_Mind_Workshop_on_Theory_of_Mind_-_June_2013.php

ARTA. CONSUM. FINITUDINE

de | mai 23, 2013 | Conferinte

ARTA. CONSUM. FINITUDINE, proiect derulat de Universitatea Nationala de Arta in  parteneriat cu Universitatea de Arte “George Enescu” din Iasi, Muzeul National de Arta Contemporana si Asociatia Doctoranzilor si Cercetatorilor in Filosofie, Facultatea de Filosofie, Universitatea din Bucuresti, si finantat de Administratia Fondului Cultural National. Pe data de 25 mai 2013, incepand cu ora 11:30, la UNAgaleria, Str G-ral Budisteanu 10, va avea loc conferinta – masa rotunda de deschidere a proiectului:

PANEL 1 – FACING DEATH, moderator conf.univ.dr. Constantin Aslam

11:30 – 13:30

  • Oana Serban, Facultatea de Filosofie, Universitatea din Bucuresti (ADCF) – Civilizaţia spectacolului. Societatea abundenţei, între homo aestheticus şi homo consumericus. – Artă, consum, finitudine, pe urmele lui Gilles Lipovetsky şi ale lui Mario Vergas Llosa.
  • Mihaela Pop, Facultatea de Filosofie, Universitatea Bucuresti – Despre cele patru umori, Foucault si statutul bolnavului.
  • MASA ROTUNDA INTERDISCIPLINARA – participa medic primar Mircea Savu (oncologie-radioterapie – Institutul Oncologic Bucuresti, Fundeni), medic primar Catalin Costovici (oncologie – Centrul Medical de Diagnostic si Tratament Ambulator si Medicina Preventiva), medic primar Daniel Damian (chirurgie urologie – Spitalul Clinic “Prof. dr. Th. Burghele”) alaturi de specialisti din domeniile arte vizuale, sociologie, filosofie.

 PANEL 2 – MOARTEA SI ARTA CONTEMPORANA,

moderatori Iosif Kiraly, Raluca Oancea Nestor, Raluca Ionescu (Paraschiv)

14:00 – 17:00

  • Cristian Iftode, Facultatea de Filosofie, Universitatea Bucuresti – Moartea omului si naşterea biopoliticii.
  • Raluca Oancea Nestor, UNARTE – Salonul Funerar.
  • Raluca Ionescu, UNARTE – Moarte si arta contemporana.
  • Simona Vilau, artist vizual si curator – Rooms, Ribbons, Mirrors and Windows.
  • Adrian Popescu, artist vizual – 2:1.
  • Luminita Apostu, UAGE Iasi – Arta ca boala: fictiune si estetizare a finitudinii in arta contemporana

Mai multe informatii puteti gasi pe pagina web a proiectului: https://acofin.wordpress.com/