Pr David Freedberg : "Empathy, Inhibition and Self-awarness"

Le jeudi 4 juin de 9h à 11h, le professeur David Freedberg (Colombia) donnera une conférence intitulée "Empathy, Inhibition and Self-awarness".
Le professeur David Freedberg est l’une des figures de référence dans le champ interdisciplinaire de l’art et de la cognition. Ses travaux fondateurs sur "le pouvoir des images" ont donné lieu à une série de collaborations avec des neuroscientifiques et des spécialistes des sciences cognitives, parmi lesquels Vittorio Gallese, avec qui il a coécrit des (...)

Pr Atsushi Iriki "Many Plausible Paths : Rethinking Causality and Sensemaking in Cognitive and Cultural Evolution"

Le Jeudi 4 Juin 2026, de 15h à 17h, le Professeur Atsushi Iriki (Université de Teikyo, Tokyo, Japon) donnera une conférence intitulée : "Many Plausible Paths : Rethinking Causality and Sensemaking in Cognitive and Cultural Evolution".
Lieu : Salle de réunion, de l’Institut Jean Nicod, RDC, Pavillon Jardin, 29 rue d’Ulm 75005 Paris
Résumé :
Modern science excels at identifying optimal solutions, that is, the single best path through a problem space. Yet minds, brains, and cultures routinely (...)

Pr Nick Hughes "How Does ‘Ought’ Imply ‘Can’ In Epistemology ?"

Le mardi 5 mai, à 11 h, le Professeur Nick Hughes (Université d’Oslo) donnera une conférence intitulée "How Does ‘Ought’ Imply ‘Can’ In Epistemology ?"
Abstract
The ’ought implies can’ principle in epistemology holds that if one cannot be in doxastic state D, then one is not epistemically required to be in D. This generates a puzzle. On the one hand, something like this principle must be true, since we’re not rationally required to think like supercomputers. But on the other hand, it also seems to (...)

Pr Rowan Hall Maudslay "Decoding Tupaia’s Map"

Le jeudi 23 avril, de 9 h à 11 h, le professeur Rowan HALL MAUDSLAY (chaire d’Excellence CultureLab du PSL) présentera ses travaux consacrés à la carte de Tupaia lors du séminaire « Navigations ».
One of the most curious artefacts to emerge from early European contact with Polynesian islanders is “Tupaia’s map”. Dubbed “the Rosetta Stone of Polynesian navigation”, it is a map produced by a Polynesian master navigator using a non-standard representational scheme. In this talk, I will describe ongoing (...)

Pr Armand Leroi “The evolution of culture : ancient pots to pop music.”

On Thursday March 19th, 2026, we welcome Professor Armand Leroi (Imperial College, London), who will deliver a talk on “The evolution of culture : ancient pots to pop music.”
Dtae : March 19th, 2026 | From 9 am to 11 am
Venue : Meeting room of Institut Jean Nicod, Pavillon Jardin

Johannes Kleiner "Towards Artificial Phenomenology"

Date : Friday, 31st May, 12:00 PM
Location : Amphi Jaurès, Département d’études cognitives, ENS, 29 rue d’Ulm, 75005 Paris
Local Committee : Aïda Elamrani (organiser), Quentin Coudray (facilitator)
Lunch Provided, please register in advance https://forms.gle/hxX86xWYr4i5Qcy37
About the Talk :
This talk is concerned with the possibility of artificial phenomenology—the application of phenomenology to artificial systems, most notably artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Can we, as human beings, (...)