PhD defense - Francesco Pierini "Putting pragmatics on the map. Context-sensitivity in cartographic representation"

Date : Monday, November 20, 2023 - 3pm
Location : ENS / Département d’études cognitives (salle Berthier), 29 rue d’Ulm 75005 Paris
Jury
M. Roberto Casati (Directeur de thèse), EHESS Mme Mariela Aguilera, CONICET Mme Anouk Barberousse, Sorbonne Université M. John Kulvicki, Dartmouth College M. François Recanati, College de France
Abstract
This thesis is an investigation of the context-sensitivity of maps. In particular, I defend a contextualist model of the semantics-pragmatics (...)

PhD defense - Maryam Ebrahimi Dinani "The Social World: An Inquiry into the Foundations of Social Institutions"

Date : Friday, October 13, 2023, from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location : Room 2 of the Collège de France, 11, Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris.
Jury :
François Recanati, Chair of Philosophy of Language and Mind, Collège de France (thesis supervisor) Manuel García-Carpintero, Full professor, University of Barcelona (reviewer) Margaret Gilbert, Abraham I. Melden Chair in Moral Philosophy, University of California, Irvine (examiner) Kathrin Koslicki, Full professor of theoretical (...)

PhD defense - Dawei Bai "Intuitive physics in visual perception"

Date : 10 October 3pm
Location : Meeting room IJN and zoom
Jury :
Brian, SCHOLL Professor, Yale University Zsuzsa, KALDY Professor, UMass Boston Liuba, PAPEO DR, CNRS & Université Lyon Pascal, MAMASSIAN DR, CNRS-ENS-PSL Brent, STRICKLAND CR, CNRS-ENS-PSL Directeur de thèse
Abstract
My research investigated intuitive physics in adult visual perception through behavioral measures. I focused on the physical constraint of solidity (i.e., solid objects cannot pass through each (...)

PhD defense - Léo Migotti "Investigating musical meaning: Empirical evidence for a music semantics"

Date : Thursday 31 August at 4.30pm
Lieu : Salle des Actes, on the first floor of the main building at 45 rue d’Ulm (staircase A). If you would like to attend in person or by videoconference, please fill in the following form for organisational purposes : https://forms.gle/JbKpiQpj5MSS36g39
Jury :
Isabelle CHARNAVEL, University of Geneva, Reviewer Jonah KATZ, University of West Virginia, Reviewer Emmanuel CHEMLA, CNRS (LSCP), President of the jury Claire PELOFI, New York University, (...)

PhD Defense - Céline Boisserie-Lacroix "Emotions, valeurs, justification. Les perspectives d’une approche fiabiliste"

Date : Monday 6 February 2023 - 14:30
Place : Those interested in attending remotely can write to me (celine.boisserie@gmail.com) to obtain the connection link
Jury :
Fabrice Teroni (Université de Genève) Christine Tappolet (Université de Montréal) Anne Meylan (Université de Zurich) Stéphane Lemaire (Université de Rennes I) Frédérique de Vignemont (Institut Jean-Nicod) Jérôme Dokic (Institut Jean-Nicod, directeur de thèse)
Abstract
Le sujet de l’articulation entre les émotions et les (...)

PhD defense - Serena Ciranna "L’autre numérique : les objectivations des usagers en ligne et l’émergence d’une identité personnelle épisodique"

Date : 9 December at 16:30
Location : EHESS (salle AS1-24), 54 bd Raspail. In hybrid mode : those interested in attending remotely can write directly to Serena Ciranna to receive the link and the code.
Jury :
Stefana Broadbent (Politecnico di Milano, Italie) Rapporteur Barbara Carnevali (EHESS) Alexandre Gefen (Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, InSHS) Rapporteur Anne Le Goff (ISG, UCLA, Los Angeles) Gloria Origgi (IJN) Directrice
Abstract :
La thèse ici défendue est que les objectivations (...)