Symposium: The Impact of philosophical thinking on today’s neuroscience

Monday 24 November and Tuesday 25 November

Venue: IBGC – Campus Carreire

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Speakers

• Serge Ahmed (CNRS Research Director in neuroscience, Incia, Bordeaux, FR)
• Héloïse Athea (Postdoctoral researcher in philosophy, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, FR),
• John Bickle (Professor, Philosophy and History of Neuroscience, Mississippi State University, USA)
• Elodie Boissard (Postdoctoral researcher in philosophy, Incia, Bordeaux & IHPST, Paris, FR)
• Thomas Boraud (CNRS Research Director in neuroscience & Director of Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bordeaux, FR), with Cédric Brun
• Thomas Pradeu (CNRS Research Director in Philosophy of Science, ImmunoConcept, Bordeaux, FR)
• Christopher Stevens (Postdoctoral researcher in philosophy and neuroscience, ImmunoConcept, Bordeaux, FR)
• Paul Thagard (Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo, CA)
• Marco Viola (Assistant Professor, University of Roma 3, Italy)

Abstracts

See https://philinbiomed.cnrs.fr/event/philosophy-impact-neuroscience/

Scientific program

Day 1 – Monday 24 November

10.00-10.30 Welcome coffee

10.30 – Marco Viola
From dotted to continuous line: Scientometric evidence for a strengthened (though not flat) relationship between philosophy and neuroscience

11.30 – Thomas Pradeu
From philosophy in science to philosophy in neuroscience

12.30 Lunch (buffet open to all participants)

14.00 – Héloise Athéa
What is cellular memory? From bench to philosophical side and back again

15.00 – Lisa Roux
TBA

16.00 Coffee break

16.30 – John Bickle
Exploratory research in neurobiology: a case study

17.30-18.30 – Panel discussion.
Chair: Aline Desmedt.

Day 2 – Tuesday 25 November

10.00-10.30 Welcome coffee

10.30 – Christopher Stevens
Philosophical Thinking in Neuroscience: Zones of Impact

11.30 – Serge Ahmed
Philosophers and the neurosciences of addiction

12.30 Lunch (buffet open to all participants)

14.00 – Elodie Boissard
Brentano’s thesis of intentionality as the mark of the mental and the birth of experimental and clinical psychology

15.00 – Thomas Boraud & Cédric Brun
One Decision, Two concepts: A call for Philosophical Clarification

16.00 Coffee break

16.30 – Paul Thagard
Philosophical Contributions to Theoretical Neuroscience

17.30-18.30 – Panel discussion.
Chair: Cédric Brun

Registration

Free but mandatory.

Please register here:
https://framadate.org/PoEN4TkULIrJCoe8