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CONTACT:https://phildeeplearning.github.io/
DESCRIPTION:A two-day conference on the philosophy of deep learning\, organ
ized by Ned Block (New York University)\, David Chalmers (New York Univers
ity) and Raphaël Millière (Columbia University)\, and jointly sponsored by
the Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience program at Columbia
University and the Center for Mind\, Brain\, and Consciousness at New Yor
k University.\nAbout\nThe conference will explore current issues in AI res
earch from a philosophical perspective\, with particular attention to rece
nt work on deep artificial neural networks. The goal is to bring together
philosophers and scientists who are thinking about these systems in order
to gain a better understanding of their capacities\, their limitations\, a
nd their relationship to human cognition.\nThe conference will focus espec
ially on topics in the philosophy of cognitive science (rather than on top
ics in AI ethics and safety). It will explore questions such as:\n\nWhat c
ognitive capacities\, if any\, do current deep learning systems possess?\n
What cognitive capacities might future deep learning systems possess?\nWha
t kind of representations can we ascribe to artificial neural networks?\nC
ould a large language model genuinely understand language?\nWhat do deep l
earning systems tell us about human cognition\, and vice versa?\nHow can w
e develop a theoretical understanding of deep learning systems?\nHow do de
ep learning systems bear on philosophical debates such as rationalism vs e
mpiricism and classical vs. nonclassical views of cognition.\nWhat are the
key obstacles on the path from current deep learning systems to human-lev
el cognition?\n\nA pre-conference debate on Friday\, March 24th will tackl
e the question “Do large language models need sensory grounding for meanin
g and understanding ?”. Speakers include Jacob Browning (New York Universi
ty)\, David Chalmers (New York University)\, Yann LeCun (New York Universi
ty)\, and Ellie Pavlick (Brown University / Google AI).\nConference speake
rs\n\nCameron Buckner (University of Houston)\nRosa Cao (Stanford Universi
ty)\nIshita Dasgupta (DeepMind)\nNikolaus Kriegeskorte (Columbia Universit
y)\nBrenden Lake (New York University / Meta AI)\nGrace Lindsay (New York
University)\nTal Linzen (New York University / Google AI)\nRaphaël Millièr
e (Columbia University)\nNicholas Shea (Institute of Philosophy\, Universi
ty of London)\n\nCall for abstracts\nWe invite abstract submissions for a
few short talks and poster presentations related to the topic of the confe
rence. Submissions from graduate students and early career researchers are
particularly encouraged. Please send a title and abstract (500-750 words)
to phildeeplearning@gmail.com by January 22nd\, 2023 (11.59pm EST).\n \nh
ttps://philevents.org/event/show/106406\nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.c
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\\n\\n\\nA two-day con
ference on the philosophy of deep learning\, organized by Ned Block (New York
University)\,
David Chalmers (New York University) and Raphaël Millière (Columbia Uni
versity)\, and jointly sponsored by the Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscien
ce program at Columbia University and the Center for Mind\, Brain\, a
nd Consciousness at New York University.
\nAbout
\nThe conference will explore current issues in AI research from a phi
losophical perspective\, with particular attention to recent work on deep
artificial neural networks. The goal is to bring together philosophers and
scientists who are thinking about these systems in order to gain a better
understanding of their capacities\, their limitations\, and their relatio
nship to human cognition.
\nThe conference will focus especially on
topics in the philosophy of cognitive science (rather than on topics in AI
ethics and safety). It will explore questions such as:
\n\n- Wha
t cognitive capacities\, if any\, do current deep learning systems possess
?
\n- What cognitive capacities might future deep learning systems p
ossess?
\n- What kind of representations can we ascribe to artificia
l neural networks?
\n- Could a large language model genuinely unders
tand language?
\n- What do deep learning systems tell us about human
cognition\, and vice versa?
\n- How can we develop a theoretical un
derstanding of deep learning systems?
\n- How do deep learning syste
ms bear on philosophical debates such as rationalism vs empiricism and cla
ssical vs. nonclassical views of cognition.
\n- What are the key obs
tacles on the path from current deep learning systems to human-level cogni
tion?
\n
\nA pre-conference debate on Friday\, March 24th will
tackle the question “Do large language models need sensory grounding for m
eaning and understanding ?”. Speakers include Jacob Browni
ng (New York University)\, David Chalmers (New York University)\,
Yann LeCun (New York University)\, and Ellie Pavlick (Brown U
niversity / Google AI).
\nConference speak
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\n\nCall for abstracts
\nWe i
nvite abstract submissions for a few short talks and poster presentations
related to the topic of the conference. Submissions from graduate students
and early career researchers are particularly encouraged. Please
send a title and abstract (500-750 words) to phildeeplearning@gmail.com
a> by January 22nd\, 2023 (11.59pm EST).
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Rutgers
CONTACT:https://philevents.org/event/show/106913
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Philosophy of Religion at Rutgers University is
pleased to host an in-person\, working-papers conference on the Psychology
and Epistemology of Religious Experience. We are seeking abstracts (150-3
50 words) from those interested in participating. The tentative date is 15
-16 April 2023. And the deadline for submission is 28 February 2023. Parti
cipants with accepted submissions will be given hotel accommodations and a
modest honorarium to help defray travel costs.\nTheme\nThe overall theme
of the workshop is the Psychology and Epistemology of Religious Experience
s. Philosophers of religion frequently assign religious experiences import
ant epistemic roles\, such as justifying religious beliefs. But religious
experiences of the kind philosophers are interested in are also studied in
other fields as well\, such as psychology and religious studies. However\
, the psychology and epistemology of religious experiences are presumably
not independent\; studying them together is likely to be insightful in var
ious ways. To that end\, we are interested in bringing together scholars w
orking on the psychology and epistemology of religious experiences. Potent
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Taxonomies of religious experiences\n· Potential psychological mecha
nisms and accounts of religious experience\n· The relation between p
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experience\n· The interactions between the psychology and epistemol
ogy of religious experience\n· The relation of cognitive science of
religion to religious experience\nAny proposed papers on these topics\, or
similar ones\, are welcome. Papers exploring interdisciplinary approaches
are also welcome.\nInstructions\nPlease submit an abstract (150-350 words
)\, long abstract (350-650 words)\, or full paper to Timothy Perrine at tp
654@scarletmail.rutgers.edu. Submission should be prepared for blind revie
w. In a separate document please provide your name\, institutional affilia
tion (if applicable)\, and contact information. Submission deadline is 28
February\; acceptances will be decided by 5 March\; and the workshop will
be held 15-16 April.
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erested in participating. The tentative date is 15-16 April 2023. And the
deadline for submission is 28 February 2023. Participants with accepted su
bmissions will be given hotel accommodations and a modest honorarium to he
lp defray travel costs.
\nTheme
\nThe overall theme of
the workshop is the Psychology and Epistemology of Religious Experiences.
Philosophers of religion frequently assign religious experiences important
epistemic roles\, such as justifying religious beliefs. But religious exp
eriences of the kind philosophers are interested in are also studied in ot
her fields as well\, such as psychology and religious studies. However\, t
he psychology and epistemology of religious experiences are presumably not
independent\; studying them together is likely to be insightful in variou
s ways. To that end\, we are interested in bringing together scholars work
ing on the psychology and epistemology of religious experiences. Potential
topics include:
\n· The nature of religious experiences
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· Taxonomies of religious experiences
\n· Potential p
sychological mechanisms and accounts of religious experience
\n·
The relation between perception and religious experiences
\n·
The epistemology of religious experience
\n· The interactio
ns between the psychology and epistemology of religious experience
\n· The relation of cognitive science of religion to religious experi
ence
\nAny proposed papers on these topics\, or similar ones\, are w
elcome. Papers exploring interdisciplinary approaches are also welcome.
\nInstructions
\nPlease submit an abstract (150-350 words
)\, long abstract (350-650 words)\, or full paper to Timothy Perrine at tp654@scarletm
ail.rutgers.edu. Submission should be prepared for blind review. In a
separate document please provide your name\, institutional affiliation (if
applicable)\, and contact information. Submission deadline is 28 February
\; acceptances will be decided by 5 March\; and the workshop will be held
15-16 April.
\n
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Columbia U
CONTACT:https://scienceandsociety.columbia.edu/events/curiosity-creativity-
and-complexity
DESCRIPTION:How does the brain cope with Complexity? How do we make decisio
ns when confronted with practically infinite streams of information?\nThe
conference showcases cutting edge research on these questions in Neuroscie
nce and Psychology (neural mechanisms of cognitive control\, exploration\,
decision-making\, information demand\, memory and creativity)\, Computer
Science (artificial intelligence of curiosity and intrinsic motivation) an
d Economics (decision making and information demand). Alongside formal pre
sentations\, the conference will encourage ample interactions among facult
y\, students and postdocs through informal discussions and poster presenta
tions.\nSubmissions for poster presentations and travel awards are due Feb
ruary 15\, 2023. Please visit the call for submissions for complete requir
ements.\nEvent Information\nFree and open to the public. Registration is r
equired and will open shortly. All in-person attendees must follow Columbi
a’s COVID-19 policies. Visitors will be asked to provide proof of COVID-19
vaccination. Online attendees will receive a Zoom link. Please email even
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SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Curiosity\, Creativity and Complexity Conference
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brain cope with Complexity? How do we make decisions when confronted with
practically infinite streams of information?
\nThe conference showca
ses cutting edge research on these questions in Neuroscience and Psycholog
y (neural mechanisms of cognitive control\, exploration\, decision-making\
, information demand\, memory and creativity)\, Computer Science (artifici
al intelligence of curiosity and intrinsic motivation) and Economics (deci
sion making and information demand). Alongside formal presentations\, the
conference will encourage ample interactions among faculty\, students and
postdocs through informal discussions and poster presentations.
\nSu
bmissions for poster presentations and travel awards are due February 15\,
2023. Please visit the call fo
r submissions for complete requirements.
\nEvent Information\n
Free and open to the public. Registration is required and will open
shortly. All in-person attendees must follow Columbia’s COV
ID-19 policies. Visitors will be asked to provide proof of COVID-19 va
ccination. Online attendees will receive a Zoom link. Please email events@zi.columbia.edu with any quest
ions.
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:NYU
CONTACT:https://theassc.org/assc-26/
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce that the 26th annual meeting of the
Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness will be held at New
York University on June 22-25\, 2023.\nSubmissions for talks and posters a
re now open with a deadline of February 15\, 2023. Conference registration
will open in early 2023.\nKeynote speakers\, symposia\, tutorials\, and h
ousing have now been arranged\, as specified below.\nPlease direct any inq
uiries to ASSC26@nyu.edu.\nWe hope to see you soon in New York!\nNed Block
and David Chalmers\, Conference Directors\n\n\nTickets: https://theassc.o
rg/assc-26/#registration.
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ork\, NY 10012\, USA
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SUMMARY:Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness Conference
URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/association-for-the-scie
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We are p
leased to announce that the 26th annual meeting of the Association for the
Scientific Study of Consciousness will be held at New York University on
June 22-25\, 2023.
\n
Submissions for talks and posters are now open with a
deadline of February 15\, 2023. Conference registration will open in early 2023.
\n
Keynote speakers\, symposia\, tutorials\, and housing have now been arranged\, as specified
below.
\n
Please direct any inquiries to ASSC26@nyu.edu.
\n
We hope to
see you soon in New York!
\n
Ned Block and David Chalmers\, Conf
erence Directors
\n
\n
\nTickets: https:/
/theassc.org/assc-26/#registration.
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Independent
CONTACT:http://wi-consortium.org/conferences/bi2023/index.html
DESCRIPTION:The International Conference on Brain Informatics (BI) series h
as established itself as the world’s premier research conference on Brain
Informatics\, which is an emerging interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary
research field that combines the efforts of Cognitive Science\, Neuroscie
nce\, Machine Learning\, Data Science\, Artificial Intelligence (AI)\, and
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to explore the main proble
ms that lie in the interplay between human brain studies and informatics r
esearch.\nThe 16th International Conference on Brain Informatics (BI’23) p
rovides a premier international forum to bring together researchers and pr
actitioners from diverse fields for presentation of original research resu
lts\, as well as exchange and dissemination of innovative and practical de
velopment experiences on brain Informatics research\, brain-inspired techn
ologies and brain/mental health applications.\nThe key theme of the confer
ence is “Brain Science meets Artificial Intelligence“.\nThe BI’23 solicits
high-quality original research and application papers (both full paper an
d abstract submissions). Relevant topics include but are not limited to:\n
\nTrack 1: Cognitive and Computational Foundations of Brain Science\nTrack
2: Human Information Processing Systems\nTrack 3: Brain Big Data Analytic
s\, Curation and Management\nTrack 4: Informatics Paradigms for Brain and
Mental Health Research\nTrack 5: Brain-Machine Intelligence and Brain-Insp
ired Computing\n\nKeynote Speakers\nProfessor Emery N. Brown\nMIT\, Massac
husetts General Hospital\, USA\nProfile: Emery Neal Brown is the Warren M.
Zapol Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School and at Massachuse
tts General Hospital (MGH)\, and a practicing anesthesiologist at MGH. At
MIT he is the Edward Hood Taplin Professor of Medical Engineering and prof
essor of computational neuroscience\, the Associate Director of the Instit
ute for Medical Engineering and Science\, and the Director of the Harvard–
MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology. Brown is one of only 19 ind
ividuals who has been elected to all three branches of the National Academ
ies of Sciences\, Engineering\, and Medicine\, as well as the first Africa
n American and the first anesthesiologist to be elected to all three Natio
nal Academies.\nProfessor Bin He\nCarnegie Mellon University\, USA\nProfil
e: Bin He is the Trustee Professor of Biomedical Engineering\, Professor o
f the Neuroscience Institute\, and Professor by courtesy of Electrical and
Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. He has made signi
ficant research and education contributions to the field of neuroengineeri
ng and biomedical imaging\, including functional biomedical imaging\, noni
nvasive brain-computer interface (BCI)\, and noninvasive neuromodulation.
His pioneering research has helped transforming electroencephalography fro
m a 1-dimensional detection technique to 3-dimensional neuroimaging modali
ty. His lab demonstrated for the first time for humans to fly a drone and
control a robotic arm just by thinking about it using a noninvasive BCI. H
e is an elected Fellow of International Academy of Medical and Biological
Engineering (IAMBE)\, American Institute of Medical and Biological Enginee
ring (AIMBE)\, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)\, and IEEE. Dr. He se
rved as a Past President of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology S
ociety\, the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineerin
g from 2013-2018\, the Chair of the International Academy of Medical and B
iological Engineering from 2018-2021. Dr. He has been a Member of NIH BRAI
N Initiative Multi-Council Working Group from 2014-2019.\nProfessor John N
gai\nNIH BRAIN Initiative\, USA\nProfile: John J. Ngai\, Ph.D.\, is the Di
rector of the NIH’s Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechn
ologies (BRAIN) Initiative. Dr. Ngai earned his bachelor’s degree in chemi
stry and biology from Pomona College\, Claremont\, California\, and Ph.D.
in biology from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasade
na. He was a postdoctoral researcher at Caltech and at the Columbia Univer
sity College of Physicians and Surgeons before starting his faculty positi
on at the University of California at Berkeley. During more than 25 years
as a Berkeley faculty member\, Dr. Ngai has trained 20 undergraduate stude
nts\, 24 graduate students and 15 postdoctoral fellows in addition to teac
hing well over 1\,000 students in the classroom. His work has led to the p
ublication of more than 70 scientific articles in some of the field’s most
prestigious journals and 10 U.S. and international patents. Dr. Ngai has
received many awards including from the Sloan Foundation\, Pew Charitable
Trusts\, and McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience. As a faculty member
\, Dr. Ngai has served as the director of Berkeley’s Neuroscience Graduate
Program and Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute. He has also provided exte
nsive service on NIH study sections\, councils and steering groups\, inclu
ding as previous co-chair of the NIH BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Consorti
um Steering Group. Dr. Ngai oversees the long-term strategy and day-to-day
operations of the NIH BRAIN Initiative as it strives to revolutionize our
understanding of the brain in both health and disease.\nProfessor Helen M
ayberg\nIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai\, USA\nProfile: Helen Mayb
erg is a neurologist recognized for her neuroimaging studies of brain circ
uits in depression and their translation to the development of deep brain
stimulation as a novel therapeutic for treatment resistant patients. Born
and raised in Southern California\, she received a BA in Psychobiology fro
m UCLA and a MD from the University of Southern California\, then trained
in Neurology at Columbia’s Neurological Institute in New York and did a re
search fellowship in nuclear medicine at Johns Hopkins. She had early acad
emic appointments at Johns Hopkins and the University of Texas Health Scie
nces Center in San Antonio\, held the inaugural Sandra Rotman Chair in Neu
ropsychiatry at the University of Toronto\, the first Dorothy C. Fuqua Cha
ir in Psychiatric Imaging and Therapeutics at Emory University and is now
the Mount Sinai Professor of Neurotherapeutics at the Icahn School of Medi
cine where she is founding Director of the Nash Family Center for Advanced
Circuit Therapeutics. She is a member of the both the National Academy of
Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine as well as the National Aca
demy of Inventors and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.\nProfessor Vi
nod Goel\nYork University\, Canada\nProfile: Vinod Goel is a professor of
cognitive neuroscience at York University\, Toronto\, Canada. He completed
his PhD in cognitive science at UC-Berkeley\, and received postdoctoral t
raining in neuroscience at the NIH (NINDS) and the Wellcome Department of
Cognitive Neurology\, Institute of Neurology\, UCL\, UK. He has made signi
ficant empirical contributions to our understanding of the roles of prefro
ntal cortex in real-world problem solving and reasoning\, hemispheric asym
metry in prefrontal cortex\, and models of rationality\, using the methodo
logies of fMRI and lesion studies. He has most recently completed a book r
econstructing the role of rationality in human behavior entitled “Reason a
nd Less: Pursuing Food\, Sex\, and Politics” (The MIT Press\, 2022). His c
urrent project is to explore the implications of this work on our understa
nding of reason and legal responsibility.\nProfessor Amy Kuceyeski\nCornel
l University\, USA\nProfile: Amy Kuceyeski is an Associate Professor of Ma
thematics and Neuroscience in Radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine and the
Computational Biology Department at Cornell University. She is the directo
r of the Computational Connectomics (CoCo) Laboratory and the Machine Lear
ning in Medicine group at Cornell. Over the past 14 years\, she has been w
orking to understand the human brain using quantitative modeling approache
s\, including machine learning\, to map anatomical and physiological chara
cteristics to behavior. Specifically\, she is interested in understanding
how brains recover from injury so we can devise strategies\, possibly via
non-invasive neuromodulation\, to support natural recovery processes. She
also performs research at the intersection of biological and artificial ne
ural networks that aims to understand how human brains process incoming vi
sual information.\nProfessor Patrick Purdon\nHarvard Medical School\, USA
\nProfile: Patrick L. Purdon\, Ph.D.\, is an Associate Professor of Anaest
hesia at Harvard Medical School and the Nathaniel M. Sims Endowed Chair in
Anesthesia Innovation and Bioengineering at Massachusetts General Hospita
l. Dr. Purdon received his A.B. in Engineering Sciences from Harvard Coll
ege in 1996\, his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from MIT in 1998\, and hi
s Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from MIT in 2005. Dr. Purdon’s research
in neuroengineering encompasses the mechanisms of anesthesia\, Alzheimer’
s disease and brain health\, anesthesia and the developing brain\, neural
signal processing\, and the development of novel technologies for brain mo
nitoring. He has published over 90 peer-reviewed publications\, is an inve
ntor on 16 pending patents\, and is a Fellow of the American Institute for
Medical and Biological Engineering. Dr. Purdon has won numerous awards\,
including the prestigious National Institutes of Health Director’s New In
novator Award.\nImportant Dates\n\n15 April 2023: Full paper submission de
adline\n\n\n20 April 2023: Workshop proposal deadline\n\n\n10 May 2023: Ab
stract presentation submission deadline\n\n\n30 May 2023: Final paper and
abstract acceptance notification\n\n\n20 Jun 2023: Accepted paper and abst
ract registration deadline\n\n\n1-3 Aug 2023: The Brain Informatics Confer
ence\n\nPaper Submission and Publications\nFull Paper (Regular):\n1. 9-12
pages are strongly encouraged for the regular papers including figures and
references in Springer LNCS Proceedings format(https://www.springer.com/u
s/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines). Over length pa
pers will be charged for 100$ per page.\n2. All papers will be peer-review
ed and accepted based on originality\, significance of contribution\, tech
nical merit\, and presentation quality.\n3. All papers accepted (and all w
orkshop & special sessions’ full-length papers) will be published by Sprin
ger as a volume of the Springer-Nature LNAI Brain Informatics Book Series(
https://link.springer.com/conference/brain).\nAbstract (Only for Workshops
/Special Sessions):\nResearch abstracts are encouraged and will be accepte
d for presentations in an oral presentation format and/or poster presentat
ion format. Each abstract submission should include the title of the paper
and an abstract body within 500 words. The abstract will not be included
in the conference proceedings to be published by Springer.\nJournal Opport
unities:\nHigh-quality BI conference papers will be nominated for a fast-t
rack review and publication at the Brain Informatics Journal\, (https://br
aininformatics.springeropen.com/) an international\, peer-reviewed\, inter
disciplinary Open Access journal published by Springer Nature. Discount or
no open access article-processing fee will be charged for BI conference p
aper authors.\nSpecial Issues & Books Opportunities:\nWorkshop/special ses
sion organizers and BI conference session chairs may consider and can be i
nvited to prepare a book proposal of special topics for possible book publ
ication in the Springer-Nature Brain Informatics & Health Book Series (htt
ps://www.springer.com/series/15148)\, or a special issue at the Brain Info
rmatics Journal.\nPoster-Conference Publication\n1. Accepted full papers w
ill be selected to publish in the Brain Informatics Journal upon revision.
\n2. Discount or no article-processing fee will be charged for authors of
Brain Informatics conference (https://braininformatics.springeropen.com/).
\n3. The organizers of Workshops and Special-Sessions are invited to prepa
re a book proposal based on the topics of the workshop/special session for
possible book publication in the Springer-Nature Brain Informatics and He
alth book series (http://www.springer.com/series/15148).\n \nhttps://phile
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onal Conference on Brain Informatics (BI) series has established itself as
the world’s premier research conference on Brain Informatics\, which is a
n emerging interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research field that com
bines the efforts of Cognitive Science\, Neuroscience\, Machine Learning\,
Data Science\, Artificial Intelligence (AI)\, and Information and Communi
cation Technology (ICT) to explore the main problems that lie in the inter
play between human brain studies and informatics research.
\nThe 16t
h International Conference on Brain Informatics (BI’23) provides a premier
international forum to bring together researchers and practitioners from
diverse fields for presentation of original research results\, as well as
exchange and dissemination of innovative and practical development experie
nces on brain Informatics research\, brain-inspired technologies and brain
/mental health applications.
\nThe key theme of the conference is “<
strong>Brain Science meets Artificial Intelligence“.
\nThe
BI’23 solicits high-quality original research and application papers (both
full paper and abstract submissions). Relevant topics include but are not
limited to:
\n\n- Track 1: Cognitive and Computational Foundatio
ns of Brain Science
\n- Track 2: Human Information Processing System
s
\n- Track 3: Brain Big Data Analytics\, Curation and Management\n
- Track 4: Informatics Paradigms for Brain and Mental Health Researc
h
\n- Track 5: Brain-Machine Intelligence and Brain-Inspired Computi
ng
\n
\nKeynote Speakers
\nProfessor Emery N. Bro
wn
\nMIT\, Massachusetts General Hospital\, USA
\nPro
file: Emery Neal Brown is the Warren M. Zapol Professor o
f Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School and at Massachusetts General Hospit
al (MGH)\, and a practicing anesthesiologist at MGH. At MIT he is the Edwa
rd Hood Taplin Professor of Medical Engineering and professor of computati
onal neuroscience\, the Associate Director of the Institute for Medical En
gineering and Science\, and the Director of the Harvard–MIT Program in Hea
lth Sciences and Technology. Brown is one of only 19 individuals who has b
een elected to all three branches of the National Academies of Sciences\,
Engineering\, and Medicine\, as well as the first African American and the
first anesthesiologist to be elected to all three National Academies.
\nProfessor Bin He
\nCarnegie Mellon University\
, USA
\nProfile: Bin He is the Trustee Professor of
Biomedical Engineering\, Professor of the Neuroscience Institute\, and Pr
ofessor by courtesy of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mel
lon University. Dr. He has made significant research and education contrib
utions to the field of neuroengineering and biomedical imaging\, including
functional biomedical imaging\, noninvasive brain-computer interface (BCI
)\, and noninvasive neuromodulation. His pioneering research has helped tr
ansforming electroencephalography from a 1-dimensional detection technique
to 3-dimensional neuroimaging modality. His lab demonstrated for the firs
t time for humans to fly a drone and control a robotic arm just by thinkin
g about it using a noninvasive BCI. He is an elected Fellow of Internation
al Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE)\, American Instit
ute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)\, Biomedical Engineering
Society (BMES)\, and IEEE. Dr. He served as a Past President of the IEEE
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society\, the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE
Transactions on Biomedical Engineering from 2013-2018\, the Chair of the I
nternational Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering from 2018-2021.
Dr. He has been a Member of NIH BRAIN Initiative Multi-Council Working Gr
oup from 2014-2019.
\nProfessor John Ngai
\nN
IH BRAIN Initiative\, USA
\nProfile: John J. Ngai\,
Ph.D.\, is the Director of the NIH’s Brain Research Through Advancing Inn
ovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. Dr. Ngai earned his bachelor
’s degree in chemistry and biology from Pomona College\, Claremont\, Calif
ornia\, and Ph.D. in biology from the California Institute of Technology (
Caltech) in Pasadena. He was a postdoctoral researcher at Caltech and at t
he Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons before starting
his faculty position at the University of California at Berkeley. During m
ore than 25 years as a Berkeley faculty member\, Dr. Ngai has trained 20 u
ndergraduate students\, 24 graduate students and 15 postdoctoral fellows i
n addition to teaching well over 1\,000 students in the classroom. His wor
k has led to the publication of more than 70 scientific articles in some o
f the field’s most prestigious journals and 10 U.S. and international pate
nts. Dr. Ngai has received many awards including from the Sloan Foundation
\, Pew Charitable Trusts\, and McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience. A
s a faculty member\, Dr. Ngai has served as the director of Berkeley’s Neu
roscience Graduate Program and Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute. He has
also provided extensive service on NIH study sections\, councils and steer
ing groups\, including as previous co-chair of the NIH BRAIN Initiative Ce
ll Census Consortium Steering Group. Dr. Ngai oversees the long-term strat
egy and day-to-day operations of the NIH BRAIN Initiative as it strives to
revolutionize our understanding of the brain in both health and disease.<
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Professor Helen Mayberg
\nIcahn School of M
edicine at Mount Sinai\, USA
\nProfile: Helen Maybe
rg is a neurologist recognized for her neuroimaging studies of brain circu
its in depression and their translation to the development of deep brain s
timulation as a novel therapeutic for treatment resistant patients. Born a
nd raised in Southern California\, she received a BA in Psychobiology from
UCLA and a MD from the University of Southern California\, then trained i
n Neurology at Columbia’s Neurological Institute in New York and did a res
earch fellowship in nuclear medicine at Johns Hopkins. She had early acade
mic appointments at Johns Hopkins and the University of Texas Health Scien
ces Center in San Antonio\, held the inaugural Sandra Rotman Chair in Neur
opsychiatry at the University of Toronto\, the first Dorothy C. Fuqua Chai
r in Psychiatric Imaging and Therapeutics at Emory University and is now t
he Mount Sinai Professor of Neurotherapeutics at the Icahn School of Medic
ine where she is founding Director of the Nash Family Center for Advanced
Circuit Therapeutics. She is a member of the both the National Academy of
Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine as well as the National Acad
emy of Inventors and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
\nProfessor Vinod Goel
\nYork University\, Canada
\nP
rofile: Vinod Goel is a professor of cognitive neuroscien
ce at York University\, Toronto\, Canada. He completed his PhD in cognitiv
e science at UC-Berkeley\, and received postdoctoral training in neuroscie
nce at the NIH (NINDS) and the Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology\
, Institute of Neurology\, UCL\, UK. He has made significant empirical con
tributions to our understanding of the roles of prefrontal cortex in real-
world problem solving and reasoning\, hemispheric asymmetry in prefrontal
cortex\, and models of rationality\, using the methodologies of fMRI and l
esion studies. He has most recently completed a book reconstructing the ro
le of rationality in human behavior entitled “Reason and Less: Pursuing Fo
od\, Sex\, and Politics” (The MIT Press\, 2022). His current project is to
explore the implications of this work on our understanding of reason and
legal responsibility.
\nProfessor Amy Kuceyeski
\nCornell University\, USA
\nProfile: Amy Kuceye
ski is an Associate Professor of Mathematics and Neuroscience in Radiology
at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Computational Biology Department at Cor
nell University. She is the director of the Computational Connectomics (Co
Co) Laboratory and the Machine Learning in Medicine group at Cornell. Over
the past 14 years\, she has been working to understand the human brain us
ing quantitative modeling approaches\, including machine learning\, to map
anatomical and physiological characteristics to behavior. Specifically\,
she is interested in understanding how brains recover from injury so we ca
n devise strategies\, possibly via non-invasive neuromodulation\, to suppo
rt natural recovery processes. She also performs research at the intersect
ion of biological and artificial neural networks that aims to understand h
ow human brains process incoming visual information.
\nProfe
ssor Patrick Purdon
\nHarvard Medical School\, USA
\n
Profile: Patrick L. Purdon\, Ph.D.\, is an Associate Prof
essor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School and the Nathaniel M. Sims E
ndowed Chair in Anesthesia Innovation and Bioengineering at Massachusetts
General Hospital. Dr. Purdon received his A.B. in Engineering Sciences fr
om Harvard College in 1996\, his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from MIT i
n 1998\, and his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from MIT in 2005. Dr. Pu
rdon’s research in neuroengineering encompasses the mechanisms of anesthes
ia\, Alzheimer’s disease and brain health\, anesthesia and the developing
brain\, neural signal processing\, and the development of novel technologi
es for brain monitoring. He has published over 90 peer-reviewed publicatio
ns\, is an inventor on 16 pending patents\, and is a Fellow of the America
n Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. Dr. Purdon has won nu
merous awards\, including the prestigious National Institutes of Health Di
rector’s New Innovator Award.
\nImportant Dates
\n\n- 15 April 2023: Full paper submission deadline
\n
\n\n- 20 April 2023: Workshop proposal deadline
\n
\n\n- 10
May 2023: Abstract presentation submission deadline
\n
\n\n30 May 2023: Final paper and abstract acceptance notification\n
\n\n- 20 Jun 2023: Accepted paper and abstract registration deadlin
e
\n
\n\n- 1-3 Aug 2023: The Brain Informatics Conference\n
\nPaper Submission and Publications
\nF
ull Paper (Regular):
\n1. 9-12 pages are strongly encouraged for the
regular papers including figures and references in Springer LNCS Proceedi
ngs format(https://www.springer.com/us/computer-science/lncs/conference-pr
oceedings-guidelines). Over length papers will be charged for 100$ per pag
e.
\n2. All papers will be peer-reviewed and accepted based on origin
ality\, significance of contribution\, technical merit\, and presentation
quality.
\n3. All papers accepted (and all workshop & special session
s’ full-length papers) will be published by Springer as a volume of the Sp
ringer-Nature LNAI Brain Informatics Book Series(https://link.springer.com
/conference/brain).
\nAbstract (Only for Workshops/Special Sessions)
:
\nResearch abstracts are encouraged and will be accepted for prese
ntations in an oral presentation format and/or poster presentation format.
Each abstract submission should include the title of the paper and an abs
tract body within 500 words. The abstract will not be included in the conf
erence proceedings to be published by Springer.
\nJournal Opportunit
ies:
\nHigh-quality BI conference papers will be nominated for a fas
t-track review and publication at the Brain Informatics Journal\, (https:/
/braininformatics.springeropen.com/) an international\, peer-reviewed\, in
terdisciplinary Open Access journal published by Springer Nature. Discount
or no open access article-processing fee will be charged for BI conferenc
e paper authors.
\nSpecial Issues & Books Opportunities:
\nWor
kshop/special session organizers and BI conference session chairs may cons
ider and can be invited to prepare a book proposal of special topics for p
ossible book publication in the Springer-Nature Brain Informatics & Health
Book Series (https://www.springer.com/series/15148)\, or a special issue
at the Brain Informatics Journal.
\nPoster-Conference Public
ation
\n1. Accepted full papers will be selected to publish
in the Brain Informatics Journal upon revision.
\n2. Discount or no
article-processing fee will be charged for authors of Brain Informatics c
onference (https://braininformatics.springeropen.com/).
\n3. The org
anizers of Workshops and Special-Sessions are invited to prepare a book pr
oposal based on the topics of the workshop/special session for possible bo
ok publication in the Springer-Nature Brain Informatics and Health book se
ries (http://www.springer.com/series/15148).
\n
\nhttps://philevents.org/event/show/
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23 Institute for Philosophy and New Humanities: Mind-Dependent Artifacts:
Artifact-Dependent Minds.\nArtifacts are a primary object of study in the
humanities. They are products and\, thus\, manifestations of human thought
\, action\, and self-determination without which they cannot be understood
. At the same time\, human mindedness depends on artifacts\, and as well a
s other objects – a dependence that is manifest in the form of artifacts.
Human mindedness and the reality of artifacts are therefore intertwined in
complex ways.\nOur Fall institute meeting 2023 Institute will consider wa
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roduced artifacts\, and AI systems as artifacts that are neither inert cau
sal models of human thinking nor independently minded entities. The ontolo
gy of such products thus needs to be calibrated in light of their contribu
tion to the deep diversity of the mutual dependence of mindedness and arti
facts. Some questions our seminar will address include: How do AI-research
and AI-systems structure and restructure the historical\, diverse articul
ation of human mindedness? How does our understanding of these and other a
rtifacts shape our self-conception at the most fundamental level?\n \nWe w
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tudy of AI and other artifacts together with distinguished keynote speaker
s:\nMonday\, September 11\, 4pm\nHans Ulrich Gumbrecht: UNFOLDING A FUZZY
FUTURE? Dimensions for Thinking about “Singularity”\n\nTuesday\, September
12\, 10am\nCameron Buckner: Understanding Progress in AI Using Empiricist
Philosophy of Mind\n\nWednesday\, September 13\, 3pm\nKanta Dihal\nWednes
day\, September 13\, 5pm\nDavid Chalmers: Forum Humanum Lecture\n\nThursda
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.
\nArtifacts are a primary object of study in the humanities. They
are products and\, thus\, manifestations of human thought\, action\, and s
elf-determination without which they cannot be understood. At the same tim
e\, human mindedness depends on artifacts\, and as well as other objects –
a dependence that is manifest in the form of artifacts. Human mindedness
and the reality of artifacts are therefore intertwined in complex ways.
\nOur Fall institute meeting 2023 Institute will consider ways in whic
h human mindedness and the reality of artifacts are dialectically intertwi
ned. Of special interest will be automatically or mechanically produced ar
tifacts\, and AI systems as artifacts that are neither inert causal models
of human thinking nor independently minded entities. The ontology of such
products thus needs to be calibrated in light of their contribution to th
e deep diversity of the mutual dependence of mindedness and artifacts. Som
e questions our seminar will address include: How do AI-research and AI-sy
stems structure and restructure the historical\, diverse articulation of h
uman mindedness? How does our understanding of these and other artifacts s
hape our self-conception at the most fundamental level?
\n
\n
We will explore these issues in the ontology\, epistemology\, and humanist
ic study of AI and other artifacts together with distinguished keynote spe
akers:
\nMonday\, September 11\, 4pm
\nHans Ulrich Gumb
recht: UNFOLDING A FUZZY FUTURE? Dimensions for Thinking about “Singularit
y”
\n\nTuesday\, September 12\, 10am
\n
Cameron Buckner: Understanding Progress in AI Using Empiricist Philosophy
of Mind
\n
\nWednesday\, September 13\, 3pm
\nKanta Dihal
\nWednesday\, September 13\, 5pm
\nDavid Chalmers: Forum Humanum Lecture
\n
\nThursday\, September 14\, 4pm
\nNandi Theunissen:
Rethinking Regress Arguments for the Value of Humanity
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DESCRIPTION:What can science teach us about how we perceive and understand
art? How can art help us understand ourselves and each other? In this even
t\, the Zuckerman Institute explores the interactions between our brains a
nd the artistic world\, finding connections and parallels between art and
science.\nEvent Speakers\nPlease visit the event webpage to view the speak
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required by January 28\, 2022. This event will also be live-streamed. Ple
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s part of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture series hos
ted by Columbia’s Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute and
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artistic world\, finding connections and parallels between art and scienc
e.
\n
Event Speakers
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Please visit the event webpage to view the spe
aker list.
\n
Event Information
\n
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ion is required by January 28\, 2022. This event will also be live-str
eamed. Please email zuckermaninstitute@columbia.edu<
/a> with any questions.
\n
This talk is part of the Stavros Niarchos
Foundation Brain Insight Lecture series hosted by Columbia’s Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute and su
pported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
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DESCRIPTION:How can we know what it’s like to be someone else? Classical In
dian philosophers found the answer in theater\, arguing that it’s not just
a form of entertainment\, but a source of knowledge of other minds. In th
is talk\, I’ll explore how this theme is developed in Śrī Śaṅkuka (c. 850
CE) and examine the reasons his views were rejected in the later tradition
. I’ll argue that those reasons are unsound\, and that we can see why by t
urning to contemporary studies of the relationship between knowledge and l
uck.\nJonardon Ganeri is the Bimal. K. Matilal Distinguished Professor of
Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He is a philosopher whose work dr
aws on a variety of philosophical traditions to construct new positions in
the philosophy of mind\, metaphysics and epistemology. His books include
Attention\, Not Self (2017)\, a study of early Buddhist theories of attent
ion\; The Concealed Art of the Soul (2012)\, an analysis of the idea of a
search for one’s true self\; Virtual Subjects\, Fugitive Selves (2020)\, a
n analysis of Fernando Pessoa’s philosophy of self\; and Inwardness: An Ou
tsiders’ Guide (2021)\, a review of the concept of inwardness in literatur
e\, film\, poetry\, and philosophy across cultures. He joined the Fellowsh
ip of the British Academy in 2015\, and won the Infosys Prize in the Human
ities the same year\, the only philosopher to do so.\n\n\nThis series is c
urated and co-presented by Brooklyn Public Philosophers\, aka Ian Olasov.
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How ca
n we know what it’s like to be someone else? Classical Indian philosophers
found the answer in theater\, arguing that it’s not just a form of entert
ainment\, but a source of knowledge of other minds. In this talk\, I’ll ex
plore how this theme is developed in Śrī Śaṅkuka (c. 850 CE) and examine t
he reasons his views were rejected in the later tradition. I’ll argue that
those reasons are unsound\, and that we can see why by turning to contemp
orary studies of the relationship between knowledge and luck.
\n
Jonardon Ganeri is the Bimal. K. Matilal Distinguished Profes
sor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He is a philosopher whose
work draws on a variety of philosophical traditions to construct new posit
ions in the philosophy of mind\, metaphysics and epistemology. His books i
nclude Attention\, Not Self (2017)\, a study of early Buddhist th
eories of attention\; The Concealed Art of the Soul (2012)\, an a
nalysis of the idea of a search for one’s true self\; Virtual Subjects
\, Fugitive Selves (2020)\, an analysis of Fernando Pessoa’s philosop
hy of self\; and Inwardness: An Outsiders’ Guide (2021)\, a revie
w of the concept of inwardness in literature\, film\, poetry\, and philoso
phy across cultures. He joined the Fellowship of the British Academy in 20
15\, and won the Infosys Prize in the Humanities the same year\, the only
philosopher to do so.
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best work on philosophical questions of interest to Brooklynites\, and to
provide a civil space where Brooklynites can reason together about the phi
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mika Buddhist philosophers beginning with Śrīgupta (seventh-eighth century
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nscious experience is instead an ungrounded illusion. In this talk\, I wil
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is instead an ungrounded illusion. In this talk\, I will present an analys
is of Śrīgupta’s “neither-one-nor-many argument” against mental simples an
d show how his line of reasoning is driven by a set of implicit questions
concerning the nature of and relation between consciousness and its intent
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DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce a public talk featuring Elie During
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experience will help us see how this double action is in keeping with the
eruptive dynamics of imagination and reason\, as much as with Bachelard’s
ideal of “self-surveillance”.\nElie During is an Associate Professor of Ph
ilosophy at the University of Paris Ouest. His research focuses on the phi
losophical implications of relativity theory. His publications include an
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14)\, two critical editions of Bergson\, a coedited volume on contemporary
metaphysics of realism (Choses en soi\, 2018\, English translation forthc
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—if often unfair—criticism of the Bergsonian doctrine of time and creative
evolution. The constructive side of this Anti-Bergson has received less a
ttention: it implies a genuine poetics of time based on the intuition of t
he sporadic and oscillatory nature of becoming. Bachelard’s rhythmic theme
is consistent with the idea of “surrationalism” introduced that same year
as a formal counterpart to the surrealist experiments carried out on the
fringes of conscious experience. Inspired by the explosive potential of sc
ientific revolutions already celebrated in Le Nouvel Esprit Scientifiqu
e\, the surrationalist project can be interpreted as that of a poet
ics of reason. André Breton believed it would “act simultaneously as a
stimulant and restraining influence” (“Crisis of the Object”). Insights f
rom the scientific investigation of time as well as poetic and musical exp
erience will help us see how this double action is in keeping with the eru
ptive dynamics of imagination and reason\, as much as with Bachelard’s ide
al of “self-surveillance”.
\nElie During is an Associate Prof
essor of Philosophy at the University of Paris Ouest. His research focuses
on the philosophical implications of relativity theory. His publications
include an introduction to Poincaré’s philosophy of science (La Science
et l’Hypothèse\, 2001)\, an essay on the nature of time (The Futur
e does not Exist\, 2014)\, two critical editions of Bergson\, a coedit
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018\, English translation forthcoming from Edinburgh University Press)\, a
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\nJulie Beauté\, Aix-Marseille
Université\, ADES (France)
\nAlexander Campolo\, Durham University (
UK)
\nJeanne Etelain\, New York University (USA)
\nSam Kellogg
\, New York University (USA)
\nAlexander Miller\, Ghent University (
Belgium)
\nPierre Schwarzer\, New York University (USA)
\nMeg
Wiessner\, New York University (USA)
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DESCRIPTION:The NYU Mind\, Ethics\, and Policy Program is thrilled to be ho
sting a talk by David Chalmers on whether large language models can be sen
tient.\nAbout the talk\nArtificial intelligence systems—especially large l
anguage models\, giant neural networks trained to predict text from the in
ternet—have recently shown remarkable abilities. There has been widespread
discussion of whether some of these language models might be sentient. Sh
ould we take this idea seriously? David Chalmers will discuss the underlyi
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talk\, which is free and open to the public\, will take place on October
13 2022 from 5:00-6:30pm ET. The in-person location will be Jurow Lecture
Hall (inside the Silver Center at 32 Waverly Place)\, and the virtual loca
tion will be Zoom (you can sign up to receive a link by clicking “Register
here” below). There will also be a light reception from 6:30-7:30pm in th
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f you plan to attend in person\, please be prepared to show proof of full
vaccination.\n– If you plan to attend virtually\, please check your email
for a link in advance of the event.\nAbout the speaker\nDavid Chalmers is
University Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science and co-director of t
he Center for Mind\, Brain\, and Consciousness at NYU. He is the author of
The Conscious Mind (1996)\, Constructing the World (2010)\, and Reality+:
Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy (2022). He co-founded the A
ssociation for the Scientific Study of Consciousness and the PhilPapers Fo
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, which inspired Tom Stoppard’s play The Hard Problem\, and for the idea o
f the “extended mind\,” which says that the tools we use can become parts
of our minds.\nThank you to our co-sponsors for your generous support of t
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telligence systems—especially large language models\, giant neural network
s trained to predict text from the internet—have recently shown remarkable
abilities. There has been widespread discussion of whether some of these
language models might be sentient. Should we take this idea seriously? Dav
id Chalmers will discuss the underlying issue and try to break down the st
rongest reasons for and against.
\nTh
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13 2022 from 5:00-6:30pm ET. The in-person location will be Jurow Lecture
Hall (inside the Silver Center at 32 Waverly Place)\, and the virtual loc
ation will be Zoom (you can sign up to receive a link by clicking “Registe
r here” below). There will also be a light reception from 6:30-7:30pm in t
he Silverstein Lounge (immediately outside of the Jurow Lecture Hall).
\n– If you plan to attend in person\, pl
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\n– If you plan t
o attend virtually\, please check your email for a link in advance of the
event.
\nAbout the speaker
\nDavid Chalmers is
University Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science and co-director of
the Center for Mind\, Brain\, and Consciousness at NYU. He is the author o
f The Conscious Mind (1996)\, Constructing the World (2010)\, and Reality+
: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy (2022). He co-founded the
Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness and the PhilPapers F
oundation. He is known for formulating the “hard problem” of consciousness
\, which inspired Tom Stoppard’s play The Hard Problem\, and for the idea
of the “extended mind\,” which says that the tools we use can become parts
of our minds.
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co-sponsors for your generous support of this event:
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NYU Center for Bioethics
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NYU Center for Mind\, Brain\, and Consciousness
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product of neural activities within the brain\, or does it connect with de
eper and more fundamental features of physical reality that possibly span
across nature beyond the realm of living forms? Is there such a thing as t
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mind is precisely its capacity to ask and probe these very questions. But
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d extend? And what role does reflection and conscious thought play in its
operation?
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ca Newberger Goldstein dissect the connections between the human mind\, br
ain\, and consciousness.
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Reception to follow.
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DESCRIPTION:This talk explores the reflexive nature of consciousness\, whic
h consists primarily in the fact that a state of consciousness has a refle
xive relation to the subject who has that state\, so that the subject can
typically be aware of itself as having that state. Comparing Kant’s\, Fich
te’s\, and selected contemporary analytic theories of this reflexivity sho
ws that there is a crucial difference in the way the relation between form
(or mode) and content of a state of consciousness is conceived. The first
part examines Kant’s formal theory of consciousness: reflexivity is under
stood not in terms of a self-referential content resulting from a reflecti
on on the state of the subject\, but as the universal transcendental form
that any content must have in order to be representationally significant a
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rina Kraus (Johns Hopkins)
URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/the-reflexivity-of-consc
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the state of the subject\, but as the universal transcendental form that a
ny content must have in order to be representationally significant and pot
entially conscious to the subject. The second part examines Fichte’s depar
ture from Kant in his theory of a self-positing consciousness: in the orig
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self-referential content that determines the subject as an object from the
absolute standpoint of consciousness. The third part examines analytic th
eories that explain the reflexivity (or what is often called the subjectiv
e character) of consciousness on a model of mental indexicality. These the
ories tend to reduce reflexivity to an objective constituent of content th
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DESCRIPTION:When someone is in a conscious state\, must they be aware of th
at state? The Buddhist philosopher Dignāga offers a brilliant route to an
swering this question by leveraging the role awareness might play as a con
straint on memory. I begin by clarifying his strategy and what conclusion
s it might be used to establish. Here I examine different candidate direc
tions of explanation between consciousness and inner awareness. I interpr
et the metaphor of consciousness as a lamp that lights itself\, and use th
e metaphor to distinguish between his view and contemporary higher-order t
heories of consciousness. I then turn to explain why the memory argument
fails. The first main problem is that\, contrary to Dignāga’s contemporar
y defenders\, there is no good way to use the argument to reach a conclusi
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with ancient objections as well as current psychology.\nWith responses fro
m Lu Teng (NYU Shanghai)
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leveraging the role awareness might play as a constraint on memory. I be
gin by clarifying his strategy and what conclusions it might be used to es
tablish. Here I examine different candidate directions of explanation bet
ween consciousness and inner awareness. I interpret the metaphor of consc
iousness as a lamp that lights itself\, and use the metaphor to distinguis
h between his view and contemporary higher-order theories of consciousness
. I then turn to explain why the memory argument fails. The first main p
roblem is that\, contrary to Dignāga’s contemporary defenders\, there is n
o good way to use the argument to reach a conclusion about all conscious s
tates. The second main problem is that the proposed awareness constraint
on memory is highly problematic\, in tension both with ancient objections
as well as current psychology.
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DESCRIPTION:Yejin Choi is Wissner-Slivka Professor and a MacArthur Fellow a
t the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the Univer
sity of Washington. She is also a senior director at AI2 overseeing the pr
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cs in AI at the University of Oxford. Her research investigates if (and ho
w) AI systems can learn commonsense knowledge and reasoning\, if machines
can (and should) learn moral reasoning\, and various other problems in NLP
\, AI\, and Vision including neuro-symbolic integration\, language groundi
ng with vision and interactions\, and AI for social good. She is a co-reci
pient of 2 Test of Time Awards (at ACL 2021 and ICCV 2021)\, 7 Best/Outsta
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sity of Washington. She is also a senior director at AI2 overseeing the pr
oject Mosaic and a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institute for Ethi
cs in AI at the University of Oxford. Her research investigates if (and ho
w) AI systems can learn commonsense knowledge and reasoning\, if machines
can (and should) learn moral reasoning\, and various other problems in NLP
\, AI\, and Vision including neuro-symbolic integration\, language groundi
ng with vision and interactions\, and AI for social good. She is a co-reci
pient of 2 Test of Time Awards (at ACL 2021 and ICCV 2021)\, 7 Best/Outsta
nding Paper Awards (at ACL 2023\, NAACL 2022\, ICML 2022\, NeurIPS 2021\,
AAAI 2019\, and ICCV 2013)\, the Borg Early Career Award (BECA) in 2018\,
the inaugural Alexa Prize Challenge in 2017\, and IEEE AI’s 10 to Watch in
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DESCRIPTION:In this paper\, I explore the role that metaphor plays in the d
evelopment of new scientific models. My goal is to illustrate metaphor’s f
ecundity in this regard\, the way in which it extends our understanding in
surprisingly diverse ways. As Mary Hesse put this point\, “it is precisel
y in its extension that the fruitfulness of the model may lie” (1980\, 114
).\n \nThe particular focus of my paper is on the history of what John Hau
geland called mind design: the use of mechanical models to reverse-enginee
r how minds work (1997\, 1). My history focuses on two such models: the cl
ockwork model and the computer model. In each case\, I show how a metaphor
ical understanding of the model led to conceptual innovation in two distin
ct ways. First\, it provided an interpretive frame that guided new researc
h by offering an abstract\, hypothesized structure to be later filled in b
y empirical research (Camp 2020). Second\, it provided a concrete exemplar
to contrast with human minds (Daston 1994). For instance\, while on the o
ne hand Descartes invoked the clockwork model to explain how color vision
works (Adams 2015)\, he also invoked it as a vivid illustration of how hum
an reasoning does not work (Riskin 2016).\n \nIt is this second source of
conceptual innovation that is the real core of the paper\; it reveals what
I call the dialectic of mind design. This dialectic is especially evident
in our tendency to redefine what it is to be human in response to new tec
hnological developments. For instance\, it is evident when we take somethi
ng that was previously assumed to be paradigmatic of mental acuity\, such
as the ability to play chess\, and redefine it as something merely mechani
cal (Ensmenger 2012). But it is equally well evident when we take somethin
g that was previously taken to be mechanical—such as color vision—and rede
fine it as paradigmatically mental (Chalmers 1997\; cf. Adams and Browning
2020). The concept of mindedness is\, in this sense\, a constantly moving
goalpost that is perennially being redefined in response to new technolog
ical developments.\nTickets: https://event.newschool.edu/thedialecticofmin
ddesign#rsvp.
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the fruitfulness of the model may lie” (1980\, 114).
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led mind design: the use of mechanical models to reverse-engineer how mind
s work (1997\, 1). My history focuses on two such models: the clockwork mo
del and the computer model. In each case\, I show how a metaphorical under
standing of the model led to conceptual innovation in two distinct ways. F
irst\, it provided an interpretive frame that guided new research by offer
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l research (Camp 2020). Second\, it provided a concrete exemplar to contra
st with human minds (Daston 1994). For instance\, while on the one hand De
scartes invoked the clockwork model to explain how color vision works (Ada
ms 2015)\, he also invoked it as a vivid illustration of how human reasoni
ng does not work (Riskin 2016).
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what I call the dialectic of mind design. This dialectic is especially evi
dent in our tendency to redefine what it is to be human in response to new
technological developments. For instance\, it is evident when we take som
ething that was previously assumed to be paradigmatic of mental acuity\, s
uch as the ability to play chess\, and redefine it as something merely mec
hanical (Ensmenger 2012). But it is equally well evident when we take some
thing that was previously taken to be mechanical—such as color vision—and
redefine it as paradigmatically mental (Chalmers 1997\; cf. Adams and Brow
ning 2020). The concept of mindedness is\, in this sense\, a constantly mo
ving goalpost that is perennially being redefined in response to new techn
ological developments.
\nTickets: https:
//event.newschool.edu/thedialecticofminddesign#rsvp.
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CONTACT:https://scienceandsociety.columbia.edu/events/designing-space
DESCRIPTION:How do we experience space? And what does this mean for the spa
ces we design? We explore these questions by bringing together speakers fr
om Architecture\, Neuroscience\, and Virtual Reality\, with two specific a
ims: First\, we explore what Architecture and Virtual Reality can learn fr
om each other\, as two distinct approaches to “spatial design”. Whilst spa
tial experience has long been a central question of Architecture\, Virtual
Reality is only beginning to grapple with these questions\, as technology
transitions from 2D screens to 3D spatial interfaces. Second\, we explore
the nature of spatial experience itself\, with two approaches to understa
nding the human mind. Whilst contemporary Architecture is influenced by Ph
ilosophy (specifically the “Phenomenological” tradition)\, the tools of Ne
uroscience are increasingly being applied to questions of Architecture as
well. Through this multidisciplinary exchange we hope to deepen our unders
tanding of spatial experience\, and how it informs the physical and virtua
l spaces we design.\nEvent Speakers\n\nNitzan Bartov\, Designer at Meta Re
ality Labs Research\nAnjan Chatterjee\, Professor of Neurology\, Psycholog
y\, and Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania\nSteven Holl\, Prof
essor of Architecture\, Planning\, and Preservation at Columbia University
\nModerated by Paul Linton\, Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscie
nce and Fellow of the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at C
olumbia University\n\nEvent Information\nFree and open to the public. Regi
stration is required via Eventbrite. Online attendees will receive a Zoom
link from Eventbrite. Please email presidentialscholars@columbia.edu with
any questions.\nThis event is hosted by the Presidential Scholars in Socie
ty and Neuroscience as part of the Seminars in Society and Neuroscience se
ries. Co-sponsored by the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America
and the Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University.\nThe Center for Scienc
e and Society makes every reasonable effort to accommodate individuals wit
h disabilities. If you require disability accommodations to attend a Cente
r for Science and Society event\, please contact us at scienceandsociety@c
olumbia.edu or (212) 854-0666 at least 10 days in advance of the event. Fo
r more information\, please visit the campus accessibility webpage.\nTicke
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e these questions by bringing together speakers from Architecture\, Neuros
cience\, and Virtual Reality\, with two specific aims: First\, we explore
what Architecture and Virtual Reality can learn from each other\, as two d
istinct approaches to “spatial design”. Whilst spatial experience has long
been a central question of Architecture\, Virtual Reality is only beginni
ng to grapple with these questions\, as technology transitions from 2D scr
eens to 3D spatial interfaces. Second\, we explore the nature of spatial e
xperience itself\, with two approaches to understanding the human mind. Wh
ilst contemporary Architecture is influenced by Philosophy (specifically t
he “Phenomenological” tradition)\, the tools of Neuroscience are increasin
gly being applied to questions of Architecture as well. Through this multi
disciplinary exchange we hope to deepen our understanding of spatial exper
ience\, and how it informs the physical and virtual spaces we design.
\nEvent Speakers
\n\n- Nitzan Bartov\, Designer at
Meta Reality Labs Research
\n- An
jan Chatterjee\, Professor of Neurology\, Psychology\, and Architectur
e at the University of Pennsylvania
\n- Steven Holl\, Professor of Architecture\, Planning\, and Pre
servation at Columbia University
\n- Moderated by P
aul Linton\, Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience and Fell
ow of the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia Univ
ersity
\n
\nEvent Information
\nFree and open to the pu
blic. Registration i
s required via Eventbrite. Online attendees will receive a Zoom link from
Eventbrite. Please email presidentialscholars@columbia.edu with any questions.
\nThis e
vent is hosted by the Presidential Scholars in Society and N
euroscience as part of the Seminars in Society and Neuroscience series. Co-sponsored by the<
a class='external' href='https://italianacademy.columbia.edu/' target='_bl
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nd the Zuckerman Institute at Columbia Univer
sity.
\nThe Center for Science and Society makes every reasonable ef
fort to accommodate individuals with disabilities. If you require disabili
ty accommodations to attend a Center for Science and Society event\, pleas
e contact us at scienceand
society@columbia.edu or (212) 854-0666 at least 10 days in advance of
the event. For more information\, please visit the campus accessibility webpage.
\nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/designing-space-tickets
-681760884157.
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DESCRIPTION:Matthew Boyle works on topics in the philosophy of mind and on
some issues in the history of philosophy. In the former area\, he has been
especially concerned with the question of how we know our own minds and w
ith debates about the scope and limits of such knowledge. He is presently
at work on a book called The Significance of Self-Consciousness (under con
tract with Oxford University Press) on the distinction between rational an
d nonrational minds\, the connection between rationality and the capacity
for first-person awareness of one’s own cognitive activity\, and the conti
nuing relevance of these topics to contemporary debates in philosophy and
psychology.
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SUMMARY:Matthew Boyle (University of Chicago)
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works on topics in the philosophy of mind and on some issues in the histo
ry of philosophy. In the former area\, he has been especially concerned wi
th the question of how we know our own minds and with debates about the sc
ope and limits of such knowledge. He is presently at work on a book called
The Significance of Self-Consciousness (under contract with Oxfo
rd University Press) on the distinction between rational and nonrational m
inds\, the connection between rationality and the capacity for first-perso
n awareness of one’s own cognitive activity\, and the continuing relevance
of these topics to contemporary debates in philosophy and psychology.
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DESCRIPTION:ALL TALKS AVAILABLE ON ZOOM\nSOME ALSO IN PERSON (Graduate Cent
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inks: Email davidrosenthal1@gmail.com\n2/2: Edward Elliott\nPhilosophy\, U
niversity of Leeds\; soon to be at Notre Dame\n*** HYBRID: Graduate Center
Room 7102 ***\n2/9: Sami R. Yousif\nPsychology\, University of Pennsylvan
ia\n*** HYBRID: Graduate Center Room 7102 ***\n2/16: Susan E. Carey\nPsych
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3: Amy Kind\nPhilosophy\, Claremont McKenna College\n3/1: Johannes Fahrenf
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d Universiteit van Amsterdam\n3/8: Sam Coleman\nPhilosophy\, University of
Hertfordshire\n3/15: Christopher Hill\nPhilosophy\, Brown University\n3/2
2: Nicholas Humphrey\nNeuropsychology\, London School of Economics and Dar
win College Cambridge\n3/29: No talk—Easter weekend\n4/5: James R. O’Shea
\nPhilosophy\, University College Dublin\n4/12: Daniel Stoljar\nPhilosophy
\, Australian National University\n4/19 and 4/26: No talks—CUNY spring bre
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HYBRID: Graduate Center Room 7102 ***\n5/10: Kathleen Akins and Martin Hah
n\nPhilosophy\, Simon Fraser University\n*** HYBRID: Graduate Center Room
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\nTalks organized and hosted by Ryan McElhaney
\nTo get Zoom links:
Email davidrosenthal1@gmail.com
\n2/2: Edward Elliott
\nPhiloso
phy\, University of Leeds\; soon to be at Notre Dame
\n*** HYBRID: Gr
aduate Center Room 7102 ***
\n2/9: Sami R. Yousif
\nPsychology\,
University of Pennsylvania
\n*** HYBRID: Graduate Center Room 7102 *
**
\n2/16: Susan E. Carey
\nPsychology\, Harvard University
\n*** HYBRID: Graduate Center Room 7102 ***
\n2/23: Amy Kind
\n
Philosophy\, Claremont McKenna College
\n3/1: Johannes Fahrenfort
\nNeuroscience\, Conscious Brain Lab\, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
\nand Universiteit van Amsterdam
\n3/8: Sam Coleman
\nPhilosoph
y\, University of Hertfordshire
\n3/15: Christopher Hill
\nPhilo
sophy\, Brown University
\n3/22: Nicholas Humphrey
\nNeuropsycho
logy\, London School of Economics and Darwin College Cambridge
\n3/29
: No talk—Easter weekend
\n4/5: James R. O’Shea
\nPhilosophy\, U
niversity College Dublin
\n4/12: Daniel Stoljar
\nPhilosophy\, A
ustralian National University
\n4/19 and 4/26: No talks—CUNY spring b
reak
\n5/3: Willem A. deVries
\nPhilosophy\, University of New H
ampshire
\n*** HYBRID: Graduate Center Room 7102 ***
\n5/10: Kat
hleen Akins and Martin Hahn
\nPhilosophy\, Simon Fraser University
\n*** HYBRID: Graduate Center Room 7102 ***
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CONTACT:https://maisonfrancaise.columbia.edu/events/artificial-history-natu
ral-intelligence-thinking-machines-descartes-digital-age
DESCRIPTION:David Bates\, in conversation with Stefanos Geroulano and Joann
a Stalnaker\nWe imagine that we are both in control of and controlled by o
ur bodies—autonomous and yet automatic. This entanglement\, according to D
avid W. Bates\, emerged in the seventeenth century when humans first built
and compared themselves with machines. Reading varied thinkers from Desca
rtes to Kant to Turing\, Bates reveals how time and time again technologic
al developments offered new ways to imagine how the body’s automaticity wo
rked alongside the mind’s autonomy. Tracing these evolving lines of though
t\, David Bates discusses his new book\, An Artificial History of Natural
Intelligence\, which offers a new theorization of the human as a being tha
t is dependent on technology and produces itself as an artificial automato
n without a natural\, outside origin.\nDavid Bates is Professor of Rhetori
c at the University of California Berkeley. His research focuses on the hi
story of legal and political ideas\, and the relationship between technolo
gy\, science\, and the history of human cognition.\nStefanos Geroulanos is
the Director of the Remarque Institute and Professor of European Intellec
tual History at NYU. He usually writes about concepts that weave together
modern understandings of time\, the human\, and the body. His new book is
a history of the concepts\, images\, and sciences of human origins since 1
770\, forthcoming from Liveright Press as The Invention of Prehistory: Emp
ire\, Violence\, and Our Obsession with Human Origins in 2024.\nJoanna Sta
lnaker is Professor of French at Columbia. She works on Enlightenment phil
osophy and literature\, with a recent interest in how women shaped the Enl
ightenment. Her new book\, The Rest Is Silence: Enlightenment Philosophers
Facing Death\, will be published by Yale University Press in the Walpole
series.\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-artificial-his
tory-of-natural-intelligence-david-bates-tickets-794696587887?aff=oddtdtcr
eator.
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We imagine that we are both in control of a
nd controlled by our bodies—autonomous and yet automatic. This entanglemen
t\, according to David W. Bates\, emerged in the seventeenth century when
humans first built and compared themselves with machines. Reading varied t
hinkers from Descartes to Kant to Turing\, Bates reveals how time and time
again technological developments offered new ways to imagine how the body
’s automaticity worked alongside the mind’s autonomy. Tracing these evolvi
ng lines of thought\, David Bates discusses his new book\, An Artifici
al History of Natural Intelligence\, which offers a new theorization
of the human as a being that is dependent on technology and produces itsel
f as an artificial automaton without a natural\, outside origin.
\nDavid Bates is Professor of Rhetoric at the University of C
alifornia Berkeley. His research focuses on the history of legal and polit
ical ideas\, and the relationship between technology\, science\, and the h
istory of human cognition.
\n
Stefanos Geroulanos is
the Director of the Remarque Institute and Professor of European Intellec
tual History at NYU. He usually writes about concepts that weave together
modern understandings of time\, the human\, and the body. His new book is
a history of the concepts\, images\, and sciences of human origins since 1
770\, forthcoming from Liveright Press as The Invention of Prehistory:
Empire\, Violence\, and Our Obsession with Human Origins in 2024.
\n
Joanna Stalnaker is Professor of F
rench at Columbia. She works on Enlightenment philosophy and literature\,
with a recent interest in how women shaped the Enlightenment. Her new book
\, The Rest Is Silence: Enlightenment Philosophers Facing Death\,
will be published by Yale University Press in the Walpole series.
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