INSTITUT JEAN NICOD

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

Frederique GODFROID — 2026-04-24T09:48:17Z

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 (...)

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Pr Rowan Hall Maudslay "Decoding Tupaia's Map"

Frederique GODFROID — 2026-04-13T15:52:13Z

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 (...)

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

Frederique GODFROID — 2026-03-16T17:36:03Z

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

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Johannes Kleiner "Towards Artificial Phenomenology"

Marie Lods — 2024-05-29T13:36:07Z

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, (...)

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

Marie Lods — 2024-01-25T12:28:44Z

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 (...)

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

Marie Lods — 2023-12-06T15:22:44Z

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

Marie Lods — 2023-05-15T15:23:57Z

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), (...)

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Gerardo Viera (Sheffield) "Binding events in time" Vendredi 12 Mai

Marie Lods — 2023-05-09T13:31:54Z

Gerardo Viera (Sheffield)
"Binding events in time"
Vendredi 12 Mai, 14h-16h, Salle Langevin
Perceptual processes rely on iconic representations in which objects and properties are represented in an intertwined manner. In recent years, there has been a debate as to whether or not perceptual processes must also rely on discursive representations. That debate has largely focused on the visual system's capacities to construct bound representations of objects and to track multiple objects over (...)

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Kevin Lande (York University, Toronto) - "Compositionality in Perception" 19 Avril à 15h

Marie Lods — 2023-04-05T09:13:00Z

Kevin Lande (York University, Toronto)
"Compositionality in Perception"
19 April, from 3pm to 5pm
Salle de séminaire de l'Institut Jean Nicod
Perception is a fundamental source of information about the empirical world. But in what form is “the testimony of the senses” delivered ? In this talk, I show how we can answer this question in a systematic, empirically constrained, and philosophically illuminating way. As a case study, I draw on vision science research on how the bounding contours (...)

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EHESS Spring Talks 2023 | Jérôme Dokic « Le sublime comme objet interdisciplinaire » 21 Avril, 15h

Marie Lods — 2023-03-02T07:58:30Z

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