University of Bucharest
Monday, June 20, 2011, morning (Senate Hall, Bd. Kogalniceanu 36-46)
9.30-11.00 AWARD CEREMONY. Doctor Honoris Causa Conferred to Professor Daniel Dennett (Tufts University, Boston, USA)
11.30-13.00 Lecture. Daniel Dennett, Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind
Monday, June 20, 2011, afternoon (Faculty of Philosophy, Splaiul Independentei 204)
17.00-18.30 Lecture. Daniel Dennett, Free Will
Inaugural Workshop / New Directions in Cognitive Science
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Philosophy, Splaiul Independentei 204
Tuesday June 21, 2011
8.30-9.00 Opening Remarks. Ioan Panzaru (Rector, University of Bucharest); Radu Bogdan (Tulane University, University of Bucharest), Director OPEN MIND
The Reasoning Session
9.00-10.15 Dan Sperber (Institut Jean Nicod, Paris; Central European University, Budapest). Reasons for Reasoning
10.15-11.30 Mircea Dumitru (University of Bucharest). The Experimental Philosophy of Reasoning
11.30-11.45 Coffee Break
The Mind Extension Session
11.45-13.00 Pierre Jacob (Institut Jean Nicod, Paris). Embodying the Mind by Extending It
13.00-14.00 Short lunch break
The Development Session
14.00-15.15 Gyorgy Gergely (Central European University, Budapest). Mind-reading and Understanding Communcative Agency in Preverbal Infants
15.15.-16.30 Radu Bogdan (Tulane University; University of Bucharest). Development as Evolutionary Assembler of Mental Abilities
16.30-16.45 Cofee break
The Consciousness Session
16.45-18.00 Nicholas Humphrey (London School of Economics). Soul Dust: The Magic of Consciousness
18.00-19.15 Daniel Dennett (Tufts University). Failures of Imagination and the "Mystery of Consciousness"
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Philosophy, Splaiul Independentei 204
Tuesday June 21, 2011
8.30-9.00 Opening Remarks. Ioan Panzaru (Rector, University of Bucharest); Radu Bogdan (Tulane University, University of Bucharest), Director OPEN MIND
The Reasoning Session
9.00-10.15 Dan Sperber (Institut Jean Nicod, Paris; Central European University, Budapest). Reasons for Reasoning
10.15-11.30 Mircea Dumitru (University of Bucharest). The Experimental Philosophy of Reasoning
11.30-11.45 Coffee Break
The Mind Extension Session
11.45-13.00 Pierre Jacob (Institut Jean Nicod, Paris). Embodying the Mind by Extending It
13.00-14.00 Short lunch break
The Development Session
14.00-15.15 Gyorgy Gergely (Central European University, Budapest). Mind-reading and Understanding Communcative Agency in Preverbal Infants
15.15.-16.30 Radu Bogdan (Tulane University; University of Bucharest). Development as Evolutionary Assembler of Mental Abilities
16.30-16.45 Cofee break
The Consciousness Session
16.45-18.00 Nicholas Humphrey (London School of Economics). Soul Dust: The Magic of Consciousness
18.00-19.15 Daniel Dennett (Tufts University). Failures of Imagination and the "Mystery of Consciousness"
For further information about these inaugural events:
Program Coordinator, OPEN MIND
Dr. Alina Tigau, Department of English, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature, University of Bucharest
Email: alina_mihaela_tigau@yahoo.com
Tel: [40][0]722 228 980
For further information about these inaugural events:
Program Coordinator, OPEN MIND
Dr. Alina Tigau, Department of English, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature, University of Bucharest
Email: alina_mihaela_tigau@yahoo.com
Tel: [40][0]722 228 980
Introductory seminars
Professor Radu Bogdan (Tulane University and University of Bucharest) has lectured on and discussed "New Directions in Cognitive Sciences" Tuesday, June 14; Thursday, June 16; Tuesday, June 28; Thursday, June 30, from 16.00-18.00, at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 204.
The introductory seminars are part of the Master Program and will count toward the degree. The Master students should also attend the guest lectures presented during the inaugural events of June 20 and 21. The guest lectures will be discussed in the final introductory seminars.
The Master students should register with the Program Coordinator.
Last updated at: November 28, 2011.