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, (...)

PRISME seminar - Ryan Doran (University of Barcelona/University of Cambridge) "True Beauty"

This Friday, January 26th, we welcome at the PRISME seminar (11h-12h30, salle de réunion) Ryan Doran (University of Barcelona/University of Cambridge) who will talk about True Beauty (abstract below). Everybody is welcome !
Ryan Doran (University of Barcelona/University of Cambridge)
"True Beauty"
Friday, January 26th, 11h-12h30, IJN meeting room
What is the nature of the concept BEAUTY ? Does it differ fundamentally from nearby concepts such as PRETTINESS ? It is argued that BEAUTY, but (...)

Rencontre-débat sur la régulation de l’Intelligence Artificielle - 14 décembre 2023

Ayana Samuels (York, Toronto) "Telling as Joint Action" May 24

Ayana Samuels (York, Toronto)
"Telling as Joint Action"
Salle séminaire Institut Nicod, 24/05, 15-17h
In a recent book, Richard Moran (2018) fruitfully highlights the ways in which telling someone something is a social and interpersonal act in which both the speaker and interlocutor must play a part. A conclusion which seems to naturally follow from Moran’s ideas—but one about which he is sceptical—is that telling is a form of joint action. This is the conclusion drawn by John Greco (2020), (...)