Angelica Kaufmann

Speaker: Susan Carey (Harvard) The human conceptual repertoire poses a formidable challenge to the cognitive sciences. Humans are the only species who can ponder orders of infinity, the causes and cure...

Speaker: John Krakauer (Johns Hopkins) Dr. John Krakauer is a Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, and Director of the Center for the Study of Motor Learning and Brain Repair at...

Speaker: Ian Phillips (Johns Hopkins) Ian Phillips is Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University. He is jointly appointed in the William H. Miller, III Department of Philosophy, and the Department of Psychological and...

Speaker: Tyler Burge (UCLA) Tyler Burge is Flint Professor of Philosophy at UCLA. He is best known for his defense of anti-individualism (externalism), the view that the contents of many...

Probing the Role of the Cerebellum in Sensorimotor Learning and Cognition AbstractAn impressive body of research over the past 35 years has implicated the human cerebellum in a broad range of...

Speaker: Natalie Sebanz (Central European University) Natalie Sebanz is a Professor in Cognitive Science at Central European University in Vienna. Her research interests revolve around the cognitive and neural basis of...

Speaker: Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (Duke) Walter Sinnott-Armstrong is Chauncey Stillman Professor of Practical Ethics in the Department of Philosophy and the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. He has secondary appointments in the Law...

Time, Sociality, Institutions: The Core Capacity Conjecture AbstractOur human agency involves multiple and inter-related forms of mind-shaped practical organization. We act over time in ways that exhibit striking forms of...

This half-day conference aims to explore new perspectives on joint action and commitment bringing together interdisciplinary insights from philosophy and psychology.   This is a Fundação BIAL-funded project (Research project “132/2022...