Workshop: the closure of constraints in practices

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Workshop: the closure of constraints in practices

16/12/2024 — 29 rue d’Ulm, Centre Cavaillès, École Normale Supérieure, Paris. Workshop organization: Maël Montévil, Anton Robert. Abstract What understanding does the closure of constraints bring about a biological system in practices? Without discussing particular cases, one cannot answer this question. The goal of this workshop is to bring together and synthesize individual modeling experiences […]

Recognizing Animal Agency in Environmental Conservation 

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Recognizing Animal Agency in Environmental Conservation 

with Marc Bekoff and Matthew Hayek About the even Current approaches in environmental conservation do not sufficiently recognize the agency of wild animals, meaningfully affecting the outcomes of conservation interventions. In this conversation, the authors of two recent articles on this topic will discuss how understanding individual differences in animal personalities and behaviors can transform […]

Workshop: Self-organization, Autonomy and the Bounds of the Self

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Workshop: Self-organization, Autonomy and the Bounds of the Self

Workshop on biological autonomy and the question of organismal agency at the Université Paris I. More information and the link to follow remotely available on the conference website. Program Lundi 18 mars 2024 9h00-9h15 : Ouverture du workshop/opening session : Florian Moullard (Bordeaux-Montaigne, SPH; Paris 1, IHPST) et Louis Virenque (CNRS, IHPST, Paris I),The Problem for Defining Agency. 9h15-10h45 : Anna Ciaunica (Université […]

CFA: MARXISM AND THE PITTSBURGH SCHOOL

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CFA: MARXISM AND THE PITTSBURGH SCHOOL

We are pleased to announce the call for abstract for this Conference, on the relation between the Marxian tradition and the left-Sellarsian Pittsburgh School, to be held at University College London. Thee conference aims to build a dialogical space between Marxism and the Pittsburgh School in this conference and thus extend this call for papers. […]

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Conference: The Elephant in the Room: Investigating Consciousness Beyond Reductionism

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Conference: The Elephant in the Room: Investigating Consciousness Beyond Reductionism

Conference focusing on non-reductive approaches to the problem of consciousness, to be held at the University of Padua on February 21st-23rd. Conference will be only in person, recordings will be available later on on the UBI youtube channel. Program below. Wednesday, February 21Sala delle Edicole, Palazzo del Capitanio 9:00 am – Opening RemarksEGIDIO ROBUSTO | […]

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CFA: ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY AND E-COGNITION

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CFA: ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY AND E-COGNITION

Call for abstract for a conference to be held at the University of Granada on June 25th-27th. Confirmed speakers include Alva Noë, Louise Barrett, Dan Hutto, Tony Chemero, Glenda Satne, Annemarie Kalis, Carls Sachs, Luis Favela, and Gloria Andrada. Deadline for abstract submission is February 28th. Here the description from the conference website: The embodied […]

Workshop: Agency & Life (Syros, July 4-5)

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Workshop: Agency & Life (Syros, July 4-5)

We are glad to announce this workshop on the notion of organismal agency, which will take place in hybrid form at the University of the Aegean, Syros, Greece. Those who wish to attend the workshop online please contact Argyris Arnellos at arar@aegean.gr before the 3rd of July. Please be aware that times indicated below correspond […]

CFA: Philosophy and Mathematics of Situated Agency

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CFA: Philosophy and Mathematics of Situated Agency

Keynote speakers: Daniel Hutto (University of Wollogong), Inês Hipólito (HU Berlin), Antonio Bicchi (Italian Institute of Technology), S​teven M. LaValle (University if Oulu), Julian Kiverstein (University of Amsterdam). Organizers invite extended abstract of approximately 250-500 words (excluding references) on the following topics: For more information visit the event page.

IAS Research seminar 2022/2023: Sergio Rubin

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IAS Research seminar 2022/2023: Sergio Rubin

The first session of the of the IAS research seminar 2022/2023 will take place next Thursday, October 20th, at 4pm. To connect remotely please register by writing to: andrea.gambarotto@ehu.eus Biological Autonomy and Gaian Systems Sergio Rubin Georges Lemaître Centre for Earth and Climate Research, Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium In this presentation it […]

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