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The Metaphysics of Sensory Experience
Workshop - Ruhr-Universität Bochum - 01.-02. September 2022 Program09:00 arrival and coffee09:30 David Papineau (King’s College/CUNY): Problems for representationalism10:45 coffee11:00 Alex...

Avian Cognitive Neuroscience Conference
The bird‘s eye view on the evolution of cognition 11th and 12th of August 2022 - Ruhr University Bochum - Veranstaltungszentrum We have a great lineup of confirmed speakers including, but not limited to, Dmitry Aronov, Herman Wagner, and Thomas Bugnyar.Join us for two...

Bayesian Learning & Reasoning
JULY 11-12th 2022 Ruhr-Universität Bochum Keynote Speakers: Ulrike Hahn (Birkbeck College) Nico Orlandi (University of California, Santa Cruz) Julia Staffel (University of Colorado, Boulder) Josh Tenenbaum (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) For the full program...

The Rudolf-Carnap-Lectures with Cecilia Heyes- 07.-08.06.2022 – Ruhr University Bochum
Prof. Heyes‘ work concerns the evolution of cognition. It explores the ways in which natural selection, learning, developmental and cultural processes combine to produce the mature cognitive abilities found in adult humans. She is especially interested in social...

Why do people believe weird things? Bayesian Brains, Conspiracy Theories, and Intellectual Vice
Talk Series on Conspiracy Theories & Rationality Please register to acquire zoom link for participation. Send Email to: firuze.mullaoglu@rub.de Further info: www.tobiasschlicht.com Organized by Dr. Nina Poth, Dr. Krzysztof Dolega, Prof. Dr. Tobias Schlicht...

Interdisciplinary Reading Club:
Recent Debates on Situated Cognition Summer Semester 2022 Prof. Albert NewenDr. Sabrina Coninx 12.04.202216:00-17:30Hal Hershfield (UCLA Anderson School)The Future SelfZoom-Link19.04.2022Evan Westra (York University, Toronto) A New Framework for the Psychology of...

LAST SESSION POSTPONED TO FALL! BOCHUM RUTGERS LECTURE SERIES
Time slot for October session:Session: 17:00 - 19:40 (CET) / 11:00am - 13:40pm (EST)(1st talk: 17:00 / 11am, 2nd talk: 18:20 / 12:20pm) Login details for all talks:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81557439258?pwd=S3lrNXlMQksxRWFwcmVpMkhxSmZaQT09Meeting-ID: 815 5743...

Online Lecture Series on Situated Cognition
In the Context of the Situated Cognition Spring School Keynotes of the Situated Cognition Spring School (SCSS–2022) will be streamed via Zoom.Join online and be inspired by state-of-the-art research in situated cognition research. For detailed information on this...

Research Opportunities for Ukrainian Researchers in Philosophy to come either to Bochum or to Osnabrück (Germany)
In order to express our solidarity with the people in Ukraine, who face the destruction of their universities by the Russian army and an attack on the values we believe in: peace, democracy and freedom, the Research Training Group (RTG; DFG-Graduiertenkolleg)...

4E Cognition and Memory
Online Workshop - May 23-25 2022 We invite submissions for oral presentations (40 min. + 20 min. for discussion)at 4ememory@gmail.com.Abstract length: 250-500 words.Deadline: March 15 2022.Notification: April 1 2022.We encourage early career researchers, especially...