Dr. Anna Wehofsits (University of Munich) 09.06.2020 – 16.00 – 17.00 – (lecture, followed by an extended discussion) Online Lecture via zoomLogin information: ZOOM:https://tu-dortmund.zoom.us/j/98310437212?pwd=ZzlYRHlKSWhxUHRvYTJuSCtXU1hpQT09 Meeting-ID: 983 1043 7212 Passwort: 189451 Abstract: If one understands self-deception in analogy to other-deception, the phenomenon appears paradoxical. Today most authors therefore argue that we should conceptually separate self-deception from other-deception. I share this view. However, it is usually overlooked that the practice of self-deception… » read more

What can we learn about mineness from dépersonnalisation? Alexandre Billon (Department of Philosophy, University of Lille) 05.05.2020 – 16.00 – 17.00 – (lecture, followed by an extended discussion) Online Lecture via zoomLogin information: https://zoom.us/j/464004598?pwd=S2lWYytZTFNySWxPbjFKbGxHQlEwQT09 Meeting ID: 464 004 598 Password: 004051 Abstract: Patients suffering from depersonalization complain of feeling detached from their body, their mental states, and actions or even from themselves. In this paper, I argue that depersonalization consists… » read more

Import Theory: The Social Making of Consciousness Wolfgang Prinz (Department of Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences) 23.06.2020 – 16.00 – 17.00 – (lecture, followed by an extended discussion) Online Lecture via zoomLogin information: https://zoom.us/j/611472821?pwd=RFMvbjFWSFRpVG14OGE3T2JlOUlCdz09 Meeting ID: 611 472 821 Password: 000521 Abstract: This talk outlines what I call an import theory of selfhood and consciousness. Import theory raises three major claims: (i) conscious awareness builds… » read more

Bei dieser Studie brauchten die Testpersonen viel Mut, etwas ganz Neues auszuprobieren. Zu wissenschaftlichen Zwecken ließen sie sich hypnotisieren. Ausgangspunkt für die Untersuchungen war eine Frage von Prof. Dr. Albert Newen. Der Philosoph und Leiter des „Center for Mind and Cognition“ an der RUB wollte wissen, ob alle Menschen, soweit sie funktionierende Sinne und ein gesundes Hirn haben, stets dasselbe wahrnehmen. Schaut man beispielsweise auf ein geschlossenes Laptop, so ist… » read more

Arnaud D’Argembeau (Department of Psychology, University of Liège) 28.04.2020 – 16.00 – 17.00 – (lecture, followed by an extended discussion) Online Lecture via zoom Login information: ZOOM: https://zoom.us/j/388855144?pwd=a3RsblV4bjYwbXNEUlZacGVBQm9rdz09 Meeting ID: 388 855 144 Password: 012872 Abstract: The ability to decouple from the present to explore other times – mental time travel – is a central feature of the human mind. Research in cognitive psychology and neuroscience has shown that personal… » read more

Prof. Robert Goldstone (Indiana University Bloomington, USA)16.03.2020 – 14.00 – (lecture, followed by an extended discussion)RUB, GA 04/187 (Mercatorraum) Abstract: By one account, formal thought in mathematics and science requires developing deep construals that run counter to perception.  This approach draws an opposition between superficial perception and principled understanding.  In this talk, I advocate the converse strategy of grounding scientific and mathematical reasoning in perception and action.   Relatively sophisticated reasoning… » read more