Organized by Prof. Dr. Albert Newen and Dr. Julia Wolf. Tuesday 14:00-15:30GA 04/187 (Hybrid) Zoom-link: Click the talk’s title. Heidi Maibom Instrumentalism and Human Morality: The Case of the Psychopath   17.10.2023 Zachary Irving Norms of Attention: The Trade off Between Spontaneity and Relevance   31.10.2023 Change of Location – Bochumer Fenster Katarzyna Lubiewska (University of Warsaw) Emic, etic, and combined approaches in studying effects of culture on parenting and… » read more

18. – 20.07.2023 Institut für Philosophie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum Mercator Raum GAFO 04/187 Description While understanding has recently become the object of intense debate among philosophers, it remains an open question how to make sense of different forms of understanding. These include scientific understanding (e.g. understanding scientific theories, phenomena, models, etc.), moral understanding (e.g. understanding other people, understanding political subjects, etc.), aesthetic understanding (e.g. understanding an artwork, like a novel or painting,… » read more

Tuesday, 27.6.2023:  14.30-16.00 Uhr, Location (hybrid): GA 04/187 Mercatorraum und online via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89147315543?pwd=aTNPMzdJdkhZbFluUXJKeHp5emVNQT09 Prof. Cameron Buckner, University of Houston (USA) Fellow-Lecture Theory of Attention and Artificial Intelligence: Ideational Preparation Is All You Need – Deep Learning Meets William James’ Theory of Attention Abstract:  Deep learning is a research area in computer science that has over the last ten years produced a series of transformative breakthroughs in artificial intelligence—creating systems… » read more

10:30: Barbara Tillmann (Laboratory for Research on Learning and Development, Université de BourgognePredictions in music, speech and beyond 11:30: Sam Wilkinson (Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology, University of ExeterBasic control in cognition and psychopathology 31st May 2023 in GA 2/41 and online https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom.us/j/63955014921?pwd=VWIzN0hBMzkybDBkQmNFRmZHQ01EQT09 Meeting-ID: 639 5501 4921Passwort: 313364