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The Jean-Nicod
Lectures are delivered annually in Paris by a leading
philosopher of mind or philosophically oriented cognitive scientist.
The 1993 inaugural lectures marked the centenary of the birth of
the French philosopher and logician Jean Nicod (1893-1931). The
lectures are organized by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
(CNRS) as part of its effort to develop the interdisciplinary field
of cognitive science in France.
The Jean-Nicod
lecturer is expected to spend several weeks in Paris, to deliver
at least four lectures on a topic of his
or her choice, and subsequently to publish the set of lectures,
or a monograph based on them, in the Jean-Nicod Lectures series
(MIT Press/Bradford Books; F. Recanati editor).
Since 1996 the
annual lecturer is awarded the Jean-Nicod
Prize during a ceremony which follows the deliverance
of the first lecture. Besides CNRS, the sponsors include the French
Ministry of Research ("Cognitique" programme) and the
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS).
The Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme also participates in
the organization of the lectures.
The annual lecturer
is selected by the Jean-Nicod Committee, which includes the
following:
President
Jacques Bouveresse,
Professor at College de France (Paris)
Secretary:
François
Recanati, Research director, CNRS (Paris)
Other members:
Mario
Borillo, Research director, CNRS (Toulouse)
Jean-Pierre Changeux, Professor at College de France (Paris)
Jean-Gabriel Ganascia, Professor at the University of Paris-VI
André Holley, Director, Institut des sciences du goût
et de l'olfaction (Dijon)
Michel Imbert, Professor at the University of Toulouse
Pierre Jacob, Research director, CNRS (Paris)
Jacques Mehler, Research director, CNRS (Paris)
Elisabeth Pacherie, Research associate, CNRS (Paris)
Philippe de Rouilhan, Research director, CNRS (Paris)
Dan Sperber, Research director, CNRS (Paris)
In 2001 the
Jean-Nicod lecturer will be Dan Dennett (Tufts University).
The previous
Jean-Nicod lecturers
were, in chronological order (click to see the published
lectures references):
Jerry
Fodor (Rutgers University) - 1993
Fred
Dretske (Stanford University) - 1994
Donald Davidson (UC Berkeley)
- 1995
Hans Kamp (University of Stuttgart)
- 1996
Jon
Elster (Columbia University) - 1997
Susan Carey (New York University)
- 1998
John
Perry (Stanford University) - 1999
John Searle (UC Berkeley) -
2000
Correspondence
or inquiries regarding the Jean-Nicod lectures can be addressed
to:
Francois
Recanati
Institut Nicod
/ CNRS
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