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JEAN-NICOD LECTURES 2004
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
(département des sciences de l'homme et de la société)Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
Ecole Normale Supérieure
ZENON W. PYLYSHYN
THINGS AND PLACES
How the mind connects with the world
Wednesday May, 19th, 5 - 7pm
The empirical case for a nonconceptual link between things and representations: Indexing and Tracking
CNRS, Salle Frédéric-Joliot (bâtiment H, "Château") 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75016 Paris
Zenon Pylyshyn will be awarded the Jean-Nicod Prize after the lecture.Thursday May, 27th, 2 - 4 pm
The basic ingredients of the mind-world relation: Individuation, selection, reference and predication.
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Salle des Actes, 45 rue d'Ulm, 75005 ParisTuesday June, 1st, 2 - 4 pm
Representing Space I: Nonconceptual content and the experience of space
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Salle des Actes, 45 rue d'Ulm, 75005 ParisThursday June, 3rd, 2 - 4 pm
Representing Space II: Shortcomings of "inner space" proposals and an alternative view
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Salle des Actes, 45 rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris
Further information:
Institut Jean-Nicod
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75007 Paris
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fax : 01 53 59 32 99
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