Interdisciplinary Reading Club & Colloquium:Online Lecture Series on Situated & Comparative Cognition

Venue: online (see zoom links) Time: 14:00 – 15:30 CET (UTC+1) Organization: Albert Newen & Sabrina Coninx 09.11.2021 Nicola Clayton Zoom-Link 14.12.2021 Michael Anderson Zoom-Link 25.01.2022 Anthony Chemero Zoom-Link In addition to the online lecture series, some lectures will again take place in person at the Ruhr University Bochum. Corresponding information can be found here.


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 lange nicht mehr nur mit Menschen. Welche Veränderungen bringt diese Entwicklung mit sich? Wie gestalten wir sie? Und welche Gefahren, aber auch Chancen sind damit verbunden? Mit dieser Thematik befasst sich der Forschungsverbund „INTERACT! Neue Formen der… » read more


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 Passwort: 650527


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 (RUB) 21 September14:30 – 15:30 Ernesto Perini (UFMG) – Thinking about (and beyond) ‘you’Commentator: Julia Wolf (RUB) 15:30 – 16:30 Sabrina Coninx (RUB) – A Multidimensional phenomenal space for pain: structure, primitiveness, and utilityCommentator: Marco… » read more


„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 is able to offer six to eight grants. The grant is meant as financial support allowing to finish the respective degree (Bachelor or Master) or… » read more