Extended cognition workshop – Amsterdam, June 27th-28th 2011

To mark the end of Catarina Dutilh Novaes’ VENI-project on formal languages and the new appointment of Julian Kiverstein at the philosophy department of the University of Amsterdam, a workshop on extended cognition will take place in Amsterdam on June 27th--28th (afternoon on the 27th, whole day on the 28th), in the Oudemanhuispoort building of the university (Room A 0.08). The focus will be on conceptions of extended cognition in the spirit of ‘second-wave EM’ (Sutton) or ‘cognitive integration’ (Menary). 

Invited speakers:

• Richard Menary (Wollongong), "Cognitive Transformations"
• Julian Kiverstein (Edinburgh/Amsterdam), "A social externalist account of cognitive agency, or why cognition isn't organism centred"
• Helen de Cruz (Leuven), "Extended cognition in mathematical practice: The case of Chinese algebra"
• John Protevi (LSU), "Extended Cognition, extended responsibility: cyborgs in modern warfare"
• Catarina Dutilh Novaes (Amsterdam/Groningen), "Formal languages in logic, and extended cognition"

Contributed papers:

• Bryce Huebner (Georgetown), "Responsibility for socially scaffolded minds"
• Joel Krueger (Copenhagen), "Extended cognition and shared emotions"
• Erik Myin (Antwerp), "Bound by parity?"
• Jurgis Skilters et al. (Latvia), "Extended selves in distributed social networks"
• Mirko Farina (Edinburg), "Finding my Mind: a Case for Extended Cognition"
• Pierre Steiner (Louvain), "Unhappy coupling: extended cognition with representationalism"

REGISTRATION: Registration is now closed. For those who have registered, please don't forget to bring EUR 10 for the registration fee (will be charged on the spot).

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM (subject to change):

Monday June 27th    

13.00 R. Menary, "Cognitive Transformations"

14.00 E. Myin, "Bound by parity?"

14.45 break

15.15 M. Farina, "Finding my Mind: a Case for Extended Cognition"

16.00 C. Dutilh Novaes, "Formal languages in logic, and extended cognition"

17.30 Reception (Café de Sluyswacht, Jodenbreestraat 1)

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Tuesday June 28th

9.30 J. Protevi, "Extended Cognition, extended responsibility: cyborgs in modern warfare"

10.30 break

11.00 B. Huebner, "Responsibility for socially scaffolded minds"

11.45 J. Krueger, "Extended cognition and shared emotions"

12.30 lunch (own arrangements)

14.00 H. de Cruz, Extended cognition in mathematical practice: The case of Chinese algebra"

15.00 J. Skilters, "Extended selves in distributed social networks"

15.45 break

16.15 P. Steiner, "Unhappy coupling: extended cognition with representationalism"

17.00 J. Kiverstein, "A social externalist account of cognitive agency, or why cognition isn't organism centred"

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For further inquiries, contact Catarina Dutilh Novaes at cdutilhnovaes [youknowwhat] yahoo.com