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Forschungsförderung
Wie wir mit intelligenten Systemen kommunizieren und interagieren Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) boomt und wird unsere soziale Interaktion intensiv prägen. Was macht das mit uns? Messenger-Dienste, Chatbots, Roboter-Kolleg*innen: Wir interagieren in unserem Alltag schon...

Mini Symposium with our virtual fellow Tim C. Kietzmann.
Understanding cognitive representations via deep neural networks September 2nd 2021 2.15 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. Einwahldaten für zoom: Zoom-Meeting beitreten https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom.us/j/63379523780?pwd=aFpSd3BCMnU3WG82TXc3Sk9sWUZVZz09 Meeting-ID: 633 7952 3780...

Perception and Belief: Appearances, Belief Acquisition and the Perception / Cognition Divide
October 18th - 19th 202110.00 – 18.00CEST (UTC +2) ORGANIZATIONALBERT NEWEN RUBALFREDO VERNAZZANI RUBFRANCESCO MARCHI UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERPFOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACTsekretariat-newen@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

2nd Bochum – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (RUB-UFMG) Workshop in Philosophy of Mind and of Cognitive Science
20 September14:30 – 15:30 Albert Newen (RUB) - The ALARM theory of consciousness: a two-level theory of phenomenal consciousness.Commentator: Carlos Barth (UFMG)15:30 – 16:30 Daniel Debarry (UFMG) - Rational capacities in perceptionCommentator: Alfredo Vernazzani...

„Bridging grant”
for BA-, MA- and PhD students
The German Society for Cognitive Science (GK) would like to support students who find themselves in a difficult (emergency) situation caused by the Corona pandemic with a bridging grant.The grant consists a funding for maximum of three months á 500 € per month. The GK...

Albert Newen (Philosophy, RUB), Philosophie der Pandemie: Was ist eine Pandemie und wie können wir sie kognitiv adäquat verstehen?
Mittwoch, 16. Juni 2021, 18.15 - 19.45Online Vortrag via zoom: Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84819968872?pwd=L0s5dzZLSFIwQVhuWlFIcmZPdGxGUT09Meeting-ID: 848 1996 8872Passcode: edHkh6 Vortrag organisiert in Zusammenarbeitdes Instituts für Philosophie II mit...

Graduiertenkolleg verlängert
Die zentralen Eigenschaften unserer geistigen Fähigkeiten Das interdisziplinäre Graduiertenkolleg „Situierte Kognition“, bestehend aus Wissenschaftler*innen in Philosophie und Kognitionswissenschaften, geht in die zweite Förderphase. Die Deutsche...

How philosophy can change the understanding of pain
A German-Canadian research team is calling for a more comprehensive approach. Dr. Sabrina Coninx from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Dr. Peter Stilwell from McGill University, Canada, have investigated how philosophical approaches can be used to think in new ways about...

Fourth Bochum Early Career Researchers Workshop in Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science
Fourth Bochum Early Career Researcher Workshop has a call for papers open! The workshop is an annual event by and for graduate students and early career researchers. It is a platform where people entering the academic job market have the opportunity not only for...

Interdisciplinary Reading Club & Colloquium: Lecture Series on Animal Cognition & Child Development
Organization: Sabrina Coninx, Guillermo Hidalgo Gadea, Maja Griem, Felix Schreiber, & Julia Wolf 11.05.2021 14:00 – 15:30 CET (UTC+2) onlineMiiamaaria Kujala (University of Jyväskylä) Social perception across species in humans and dogs: Perspectives from behavior,...