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 cognition.
Her current projects examine whether the neurocognitive mechanisms enabling cultural in-heritance – social learning, imitation, mirror neurons, mind reading, etc. – are themselves products of cultural evolution.
Her three lectures will cover material from these areas, based on her book “Cognitive Gadgets” (Harvard University Press), but also new work ensuing from this book.
MAY 19TH 2022 “Perception Revisited” 1.) Susanne Schellenberg (Rutgers), “Perspectival Variance and Perceptual Constancy” 2.) Peter Brössel (RUB), “Perception and Updating”
JUNE 2ND 2022 “The Hard Problem of Consciousness” 1.) Brian McLaughlin (Rutgers), “Subjectivity in an Objective World” 2.) Tobias Schlicht (RUB), “The Unbearable Uselessness of Zombies”
JUNE 23RD 2022 “Applied Formal Semantics” 1.) Michael Glanzberg (Rutgers), “The Cognitive Roots of Adjectival Meaning” 2.) Kristina Liefke (RUB), “What are Experiential Attitudes?”
October 20TH 2022 (New Date) “Theories of Meaning and Concepts” 1.) Albert Newen (RUB), “The Social foundation of Meaning: Lingustic Understanding is Person Understanding” 2.) Ernie Lepore (Rutgers), “Meaning”
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.
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