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PhD Defense - Éléonore Houdoyer, "Aligning Minds and Machines: Behavioral, Neural, and Deep Learning Markers of Agency in Human-AI Interaction"
Date : Wednesday 29th May, 2026 from 1pm to 5pm
Place : Salle des Actes | École normale supérieure | 45, rue d’Ulm 75005 Paris
Title : "Aligning Minds and Machines : Behavioral, Neural, and Deep Learning Markers of Agency in Human-AI Interaction"
Abstract :
As artificial intelligence (AI) systems increasingly mediate human action and decision-making, understanding their impact on the human sense of agency (SoA), the subjective experience of controlling one’s actions and their consequences, (...) -
PhD defense - Claudia Cano, "Capturing Interest: A Naturalized Account of Aesthetic (Dis)Interest as Epistemic Interest"
Date : Monday 13th april, 2026 from 2:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Place : Salle Marbo | Jaurès building, 2nd floor | École normale supérieure | 29, rue d’Ulm 75005 Paris
Title : "Capturing Interest : A Naturalized Account of Aesthetic (Dis)Interest as Epistemic Interest"
Abstract :
Interest, understood as an occurrent mental state, plays a role in both epistemic inquiry and aesthetic experience. This dissertation examines the relationship between epistemic interest and aesthetic interest and asks (...) -
PhD Defense - Jade Nijman, "Expériences de désorientations dans les espaces d’exposition contemporains"
Date/time : Wednesday, December the 17th at 2:00 PM
Place : Jaurès Room, at the École Normale Supérieure, 29 rue d’ULM (75005, Paris)
Title : "Experiences of disorientation in contemporary exhibition spaces"
Abstract :
This thesis proposes a transdisciplinary exploration of disorientation experiences in exhibition spaces, articulating museology, experience design, cognitive sciences and philosophy. In the museum context, disorientation, far from being a simple loss of reference points, is a (...) -
PhD Defense - Ying Zhong, "Évolution culturelle de la fiction ancienne et moderne en Chine: Une approche computationnelle et cognitive"
Date/time : Monday, December the 1rs at 10:00 am
Place : seminar room on the first floor of the Pavillon Jardon, at the Institute Jean Nicod
Title : "Cognitive and Computational Approaches to the Cultural Evolution of Ancient and Modern Chinese Fictions" -
PhD Defense - Eleni Palaiologou, "Morality and Experience in Architecture: an Inquiry into Applied Aesthetics and Ethics"
Date/time : Saturday, November the 29th at 2:30 PM
Place : ENS 45 rue d’Ulm salle F Archaeology
Title : "Morality and Experience in Architecture : an Inquiry into Applied Aesthetics and Ethics"
Abstract :
This thesis explores the articulation between experience and morality in architecture from an applied philosophical perspective. Against the idea, dominant in analytic philosophy, of architecture conceived as an autonomous, contemplative art, it proposes an integrated framework based on (...) -
PhD Defense - Evan Josselin, "Citizen science in practice and theory: Building on the case of Plankton Planet"
Date/time : Tuesday, December the 9th at 2:00 PM
Place : Meeting room, ground floor, Institut Jean Nicod
Title : "Citizen science in practice and theory : Building on the case of Plankton Planet"
Abstract : Citizen science is a rapidly expanding field that remains only partially integrated into the normative frameworks of traditional science. While sociology and philosophy of science have begun to examine citizen science—addressing its promises, typologies, and issues of data quality— (...)
