"CANCELLATION - Markus Heinimaa: ""Psychosis recontextualised"" ";"Center for Subjectivity Research";"2010-01-12";"10:00";"";"12:00";"CFS, University of Copenhagen, lecture room 25-5-11, Njalsgade 140-142, 5th floor.";"Lecture by Markus Heinimaa, Turku University. ";"Markus Heinimaa, a psychiatrist and psychotherapist from Turku University will give a talk on ""Psychosis recontextualised"". "
"Workshop: ""Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences""";"CFS";"2010-01-14";"";"2010-01-15";"";"CFS";"January 14-15, 2010 Workshop aimed at PhD-Students and Post.Docs.";"Workshop: Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences Workshop aimed at PhD-students and post-doc researchers January 14-15, 2010, at the University of Copenhagen Confirmed speakers: Jeroen Smeets (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, NL) Sid Kouider (CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure LSCP, Paris, FR) Yves Rossetti (Lyon Medical School/Inserm U864, FR) Nadia Bianchi-Berthouze (University College London, UK) Jean-Philippe Lachaux (Inserm U821, Lyon, FR) Dorothée Legrand (CNRS, CREA, Paris, FR) Tim Bayne (University of Oxford, UK) Alva Noë (University of California, Berkeley, USA) Shaun Gallagher (University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA) Naomi Eilan (University of Warwick, Coventry, UK) Dan Zahavi (University of Copenhagen, DK) The workshop is open to a limited number of PhD-students and post-doc researchers. The cognitive science and philosophical communities experience a growing interest in a systematic and detailed study of phenomenal consciousness. This type of phenomenological research has shown itself to be a fruitful meeting point not only for philosophers coming from different theoretical backgrounds but equally for a mutually benefiting and constraining interaction among philosophers and cognitive scientists. Cognitive scientists need philosophers to draw necessary distinctions inside and outside the domain of consciousness and philosophers need science to explore the actual variants and limitations of phenomenal consciousness. The workshop will investigate these different relations between cognitive science and philosophy in the study of phenomenal consciousness. Papers will address the issue from a methodological perspective as well as from a more ""immersed"" perspective focusing on perception, action, emotion, etc. Participation is free, but travel costs and accommodation must be covered by the participants themselves. To foster stimulating and constructive interaction among the participants, the workshop has room for only a limited number of participants. We cannot guarantee a place for everyone interested. For further information, contact Thor Grünbaum (tgr@hum.ku.dk). Registration is closed. "
"Shihui Han: ""Neural Basis of Cultural Influence on Self Construals""";"";"2010-03-04";"13:15";"2010-03-04";"15:00";"CFS, University of Copenhagen, lecture room 25-5-11, Njalsgade 140-142, 5th floor. ";"Lecture by Shihui Han, Department of Psychology, Peking University, China.";"Abstract: I'll present some of our recent brain imaging studies that investigated cultural differences in self-construals. Basically, we imaged participants from Western and Chinese cultures or primed bicultural participants using Western and Chinese cultural symbols. We examined whether brain areas such as the medial prefrontal cortex involved in self trait judgment activate differently to the self and close others between participants from different cultures. Our brain imaging findings suggest that Chinese use the same neural structure (e.g., the medial prefrontal cortex) to represent the self and close others whereas English speaking Westerners use the same brain area to represent only the self. Our findings provide neural basis for understanding the cultural independent/interdependent differences in psychological structure of self-concept. Dr. Shihui Han is a professor at the Department of Psychology, Peking University. He is the director of the Cultural and Social Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory. He also serves as the Chair of the Department of Psychology at Peking University since December 2003. He is an associate editor of ""Social Neuroscience"" and ""Acta Psychologica Sinica"", and serves on the editorial board of ""Cognitive Neurodynamics"", ""International Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging"", and ""Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis"". He studies cognitive and neural mechanisms of visual perception and attention. He also studies neural substrates of social cognition such as self-referential processing, empathy, and theory-of-mind, and how cultures influence the underlying neural mechanisms. He has published over 90 research papers in journals such as Nature Review Neuroscience, Brain, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Psychological Science, Neuroimage, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Human Brain Mapping, Social Neuroscience, Neuropsychologia, Psychophysiology, Biological Psychology, Brain Research, Perception and Psychophysics, Brain Topography, Clinical Neurophysiology, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (Section A), PLoS ONE, etc "
"Workshop: Phenomenology and Philosophy of Religion";"Arne Grøn";"2010-03-10";"09:15";"2010-03-10";"15:45";"South Campus, room 25.5.11";"Workshop organized by Arne Grøn.";"The idea of the workshop is to discuss questions such as: How should we (re)formulate a phenomenological approach to religion? What should we understand by ""phenomenology""? What is the strength of a phenomenological approach? Can it be argued that the philosophy of religion must in some sense be phenomenological? Programme 9:15 - 10:30: Merold Westphal: ""The Decentered Self - and the Phenomenology of Religion""10:30 - 10:45: Break10:45 - 12:00: Claudia Welz: ""Quaestio mihi factus sum: Phenomenology of Religious Life as Hermeneutics of Human Existence""12:00 - 13:00: Lunch break13:00 - 14:15: Anthony Steinbock: ""Evidence and Experience in a Phenomenology of Religion""14:15 - 14:30: Break14:30 - 15:45: Arne Grøn: ""Philosophy of Religion as Phenomenology"" Registration required. Deadline for registration: 1 March 2010 Registration is now closed."
"PhD Course: ""Phenomenology and religious life""";"Center for Subjectivity Research & Research Education Program Religion & Society";"2010-03-18";"";"2010-03-19";"";"History of Religions Section, Artillerivej 86, ground floor Copenhagen 2300 S";"PhD course organized by Center for Subjectivity Research & Research Education Program Religion & Society. ";"Phenomenology of religion has for some time been associated with an outdated approach in religious studies. At the same time there has been a renewed interest for a phenomenological approach to religion within philosophy of religion. The aim of the course is to re-open the question of a phenomenological approach to the study of religion, by going back to Heidegger's early lecture course on Phenomenology of Religious Life, rather than current philosophical phenomenologies of religion (e.g., Marion). The course will consist of, first, a survey of the status of phenomenology of religion within religious studies, second, a discussion of Heidegger's lecture course, and third, reflections on the perspectives in reformulating a phenomenological approach to the study of religion. Ph.D.-students are encouraged to submit short papers related to the issue of the course. Preliminary program: March 18 13.00-13.15 Introduction: Arne Grøn & Erik R. Sand 13.15-14.30 Ass. Professor Erik R. Sand, Department of Cross-cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen: Phenomenology of religion in religious studies (Survey) 14.30-15.00 Coffee break 15.00 -16.15 Professor Arne Grøn, Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen: Phenomenology of religious life 16.15-17.30 Ass. Professor Lars Bruun, Department of Cross-cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen: Heidegger's phenomenological interpretation of primordial Christian religiosity - Challenges and perspectives 18.00 Dinner at local restaurant March 19 10.00-11.15 Professor George Pattison, Christ Church, University of Oxford: Heidegger, St John, and Heidegger (again) 11.15-12.45 PhD presentations 13.00 - 14.30: Lunch 14.30-15.45 Professor Gavin Flood, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, University of Oxford: Reapproaching religion through phenomenology 15.45-16.00 Ass. Professor Henrik Vase Frandsen, Danish University of Education: What phenomenology gives theology: Perspectives in Løgstrup and Marion 16.00 - 16.15: Coffee Break 16.15 - 17.00: Open discussion Information & registration (not later than March 9, 2010): oluf@hum.ku.dk "
"Anthony Steinbock: ""Shame as Self-Revelation""";"CFS";"2010-03-22";"13.15";"";"15.00";"CFS, University of Copenhagen, lecture room 25-5-11, Njalsgade 140-142, 5th floor. ";"Lecture by Anthony Steinbock, Department of Philosophy, University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale, USA. ";" ""I treat shame as a fundamental personal emotion. Specifically, I describe shame as a self-revelatory, disjunctive experience as being exposed to another. I further characterize the temporality of shame as ""presenting,"" and examine the negative valence peculiar to this experience. After developing its religious, moral, and philosophical implications, I delineate various modalities of shame."" Anthony Steinbock is a Professor of Philosophy at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA. His research interests are primarily contemporary German and French philosophy, especially, phenomenology and its development in thinkers like Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Scheler, Heidegger, Levinas, Derrida, Marion, Waldenfels, and Lefort. Thematically, he is interested in the intersection of phenomenology and social ontology, critical theory, and the philosophy of religion. Anthony Steinbock's website "
"Visit from The Research Council of Norway";"University of Copenhagen and Center for Subjectivity Research";"2010-03-25";"9:00";"";"10:00";"Center for Subjectivity Research";"";""
"Tobias Schlicht: ""Phenomenal Consciousness, Attention, and Accessibility""";"CFS";"2010-04-13";"10.15";"";"12.00";"CFS, University of Copenhagen, lecture room 25-5-11, Njalsgade 140-142, 5th floor. ";"Lecture by Tobias Schlicht, Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Universität Tübingen, Germany ";"Abstract: Phenomenology, Attention, and Accessibility In this talk, the popular conceptual distinction between phenomenal and access consciousness as introduced and defended by Block (1995, 2008) is criticized. In particular, I take issue with Block's claims that phenomenology and accessibility can come apart and that, consequently, there can be (a) a non-phenomenal form of consciousness and (b) a phenomenology that the subject cannot know about. While it is not clear why mere accessibility should be regarded as a form of consciousness at all, the experimental data (Sperling 1960) in support of (b) are compatible with a weaker interpretation that leaves the link between phenomenology and accessibility intact. Moreover, it is shown that Block's view raises a methodological problem for the scientific investigation of consciousness and is ultimately incompatible with his adherence to the ‘same-order-theory' of consciousness. Finally, in order to partly capture the intuition motivating Block's an alternative, an alternative view is put forward which borrows ideas from the views defended by Kant and Husserl. "
"CANCELLATION - Conference: ""Brain and Self";"CFS";"2010-04-21";"";"2010-04-23";"";"";"Due to volcanic dust blowing from Iceland, preventing both speakers and participants from arriving on time in Copenhagen the conference has been cancelled. We are hoping to reschedule this conference in the fall of 2010.";"Cancellation and rescheduling of the ""Brain and Self: Psychiatric Nosology"" conference April 21-23 2010 Dear Colleagues and Prospective Attendees, As you most likely have heard, there is a closure of the airspace and airports in Northern Europe due to volcanic dust blowing from Iceland, preventing both speakers and participants from arriving on time in Copenhagen. At this moment, the chance that the situation will improve in the next 24 hours is grim.We therefore had to make the painful decision to cancel the conference. We are terribly sorry about this development as we were looking forward to an active interchange with all of you on this fascinating topic. We are hoping to reschedule this conference in the fall of 2010 and will inform you as soon as we have succeeded in finding suitable dates.With warm regards,Kenneth Kendler & Josef Parnas Brain and Self. Psychiatric Nosology: Definition, History and Validity The field of psychiatry is again undergoing a major re-examination of its classification system. The two major nosologic systems - DSM and ICD - are both currently undergoing revisions. This conference - to be held April 21-23, 2010 in Copenhagen under the sponsorship of the University of Copenhagen (Danish National Research Foundation's Center for Subjectivity Research; Psychiatric Center Hvidovre; PhD School, Faculty of Health Sciences) - will examine the conceptual and philosophical bases for psychiatric diagnoses. The conference is organized into 5 sessions: i) The Basics - The Definition of Psychiatric Illness and Rules for Classification, ii) The Historical Development of Modern Psychiatric Diagnoses, iii) Concepts of Validity in Psychology and Psychiatry, iv) Application to Major Depression and Schizophrenia and v) The Way(s) Forward. Speakers include leading figures in the philosophy of psychiatry, vice-chair persons of the Task Force on DSM-IV and DSM-V and psychiatrists who have made important recent contributions to the philosophy-psychiatry dialogue (see program below). The meeting will emphasize dialogue with each presentation being followed first by formal comments from another of the contributors and then by open discussion. Wednesday, April 21 9:00-9:10 Ralf Hemmingsen Opening 9:10-9:30 J. Parnas & K. S. Kendler Welcome & Opening Comments 9:30-10:05 Derek Bolton: ""Definition of Mental Disorder and Classifying by Etiology"" 10:05-10:15 Peter Kramer Invited Discussion 10:15-10:35 General Discussion 10:35-10:55 Break 10:55-11:30 Peter Zachar: ""Progress and the Calibration of Good Scientific Kinds"" 11:30-11:40 Rachel Cooper Invited Discussion 11:40-12:00 General Discussion 12:00-1:20 Lunch 1:20-1:55 Nassir Ghaemi: TBA 1:55-2:05 Derek Bolton Invited Discussion 2:05-2:25 General Discussion 2:25-3:00 Rachel Cooper: ""How Should Values Shape Psychiatric Classification Systems?"" 3:00-3:10 Nassir Ghaemi Invited Discussion 3:10-3:30 General Discussion 3:30-3:50 Break 3:50-4:25 Peter Kramer: ""Where We Stand Now With Respect to Our Diagnostic Categories: Psychiatrist as Agnostic Priest"" 4:25-4:35 Michael First Invited Discussion 4:35-4:55 General Discussion Thursday, April 22 9:00-9:35 Assen Jablensky: ""Nosological Entities in Psychiatry: An Historical Illusion or a Real Moving Target?"" 9:35-9:45 Darrel Regier Invited Discussion 9:45-10:05 General Discussion 10:05-10:40 German Berrios: ""19th C. (Psychiatric) Nosologies: History and Epistemology"" 10:40-10:50 Josef Parnas Invited Discussion 10:50-11:10 General Discussion 11:10-11:30 Break 11:30-12:05 Michael First: ""Development of DSM-III - from a Historical/Conceptual Perspective"" 12:05-12:15 Assen Jablensky Invited Discussion 12:15-12:35 General Discussion 12:35-1:55 Lunch 1:55-2:30 Harold Pincus: ""DSM-IV: Context, Concepts and Controversies"" 2:30-2:40 Mario Maj Invited Discussion 2:40-3:00 General Discussion 3:00-3:35 Kenneth Schaffner: ""A Philosophical Overview of the Problems of a Validity for Psychiatric Disorders"" 3:35-3:45 Peter Zachar Invited Discussion 3:45-4:05 General Discussion 4:05-4:25 Break 4:25-5:00 Robert Krueger: ""The Concept of Validity in Psychology: Relevance to Psychiatric Classification Systems"" 5:00-5:10 Paul McHugh Invited Discussion 5:10-5:30 General Discussion Friday, April 23 9:00-9:35 Mario Maj: ""Development and Validity of the Current Concept of Major Depression"" 9:35-9:45 German Berrios Invited Discussion 9:45-10:05 General Discussion 10:05-10:40 Josef Parnas: ""Evolution of the Concept of Schizofrenia and its Research Implications"" 10:40-10:50 Kenneth Kendler Invited Discussion 10:50-11:10 General Discussion 11:10-11:30 Break 11:30-12:05 Paul McHugh: ""Striving for Coherence"" 12:05-12:15 Harold Pincus Invited Discussion 12:15-12:35 General Discussion 12:35-1:55 Lunch 1:55-2:30 Darrel Regier: ""The Conceptual Development of DSM-V"" 2:30-2:40 Robert Krueger Invited Discussion 2:40-3:00 General Discussion 3:00-3:20 Break 3:20-3:55 Kenneth S. Kendler: ""Validity in Psychiatry and the Problem of Epistemic Iteration"" 3:55-4:05 Kenneth Schaffner Invited Discussion 4:05-4:25 General Discussion 4:25-4:45 Kenneth S. Kendler & Josef Parnas Closing Comments The conference is open for participation for all with a professional interest (psychiatry, philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, related disciplines). Participation is without fee, but registration is necessary. The conference covers no expenses related to participation. Maximum audience is 200, of which 50 places are reserved for local and foreign PhD students. There is no deadline for the application but selection/registration of participants will follow ""first come, first serve"" principle. ECTS 2 ECTS-points PhD students are asked to register here. REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.Students are asked to register here before April 15. REGISTRATION IS CLOSED All other participants are asked to register at: Mrs Jill Opalesky. REGISTRATION IS CLOSED The conference takes place at The Lundsgård Auditorium which is part of the Panum Building Complex. Faculty of Health Sciences3B, BlegdamsvejDK-2200 Copenhagen N The Panum Building is located on Blegdamsvej 3B, DK-2200 Copenhagen N Public transport: Buses 6A, 42, 43, 184, 185, 150S depart from Nørreport train station (every 10 mins)"
"Workshop: ""Tillidens fænomenologi: K.E. Løgstrups Den etiske fordring""";"Arne Grøn";"2010-05-06";"9.30";"";"16.30";"Center for Subjectivity Research, lecture room 25.5.11, Njalsgade 140-142, 2300 København S. 5th floor ";"Workshop organized by Arne Grøn. ";" Selv om K.E. Løgstrups tillidsanalyse i Den etiske fordring (1956) har opnÃ¥et en klassisk status, stÃ¥r en række grundlæggende spørgsmÃ¥l Ã¥bne. Sigtet med workshoppen er at afklare og at diskutere analysen gennem spørgsmÃ¥l som: Hvad er tillidens status? Hvad er forholdet mellem fænomenologi og etik i tillidsanalysen? Hvad er forholdet mellem tillid, interdependens og 'den enkelte'? Er det - nÃ¥r det kommer til stykket - en analyse af tillid? Præsentationer og diskussion vil foregÃ¥ pÃ¥ dansk. Workshoppen er led i projektet Trust, Conflict, Recognition, som finansieres af Velux-Fonden og CFS. Prior registration is required before 1. May. Registration is closed Program: 09.30-10.15: Nils Gunder Hansen: Trappetrin op imod tillidsanalysen i Løgstrups forfatterskab 10.15-11.00: Hans Fink: Om tillidsforstÃ¥elsen i Den etiske fordring 11.00-11.15: Pause 11.15-12.00: Carsten Pallesen: Tillid som 'dispositiv' 12.00-13.15: Frokost 13.15-14.00: David Bugge: ""Kun udenforstÃ¥ende ved det"" - moralsk maskering af skuffede forventninger 14.00-14.45: Jakob Wolf: Tillid og skam 14.45-15.00: Pause 15.00-15.45: Arne Grøn: Tillidens inter-subjektivitet 15.45-16.30: Afsluttende diskussion "
"Ciaran Benson: Some Ways in Which Emotions ‘Contain’ and Maintain Identities & The Question of How Might a ‘Cultural Memory’ Become a  Quasi-Personal Memory?";"CFS";"2010-05-10";"13.15";"";"15.00";"CFS, University of Copenhagen, lecture room 25-5-11, Njalsgade 140-142, 5th floor. ";"Lecture by Ciaran Benson, School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. ";"Emotions in the Maintenance and Reproduction of Identities? Reflections on Cultural and Personal Memories. This lecture will try to connect a variety of ideas on self, memory and emotion. Starting from Jan Assman's ideas of cultural memory and identity, the paper will proceed by briefly reviewing the question of time in self and self in time. The idea that emotions play a key role, as high-level 'procedural memories', will be considered by adapting ideas of the American philosopher Harry Frankfurt, and applying them to a particular case of a so-called 'honour killing' in Sweden. The idea explored is that 'unthinkable thoughts' about actions of the self, and negative emotions, are constitutive of the 'boundaries' of self. An identity-constituting negative memory of the British philosopher Richard Wollheim, interpreted through his own writings on identity and memory, will be explored as an example. The final part of the paper will reflect on some possible relationships between cultural and personal memories in the formation of selfhood. "
"Michael Madary: ""Self, perception, horizon""";"";"2010-05-18";"10:15";"";"12:15";"CFS, University of Copenhagen, lecture room 25-5-11, Njalsgade 140-142, 5th floor.";"Mini workshop with Michael Madary, Department of Philosophy, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA.";"The self in perceptual content Two central issues in contemporary philosophy of mind are perception and selfhood. With notable exceptions, the relationship between these two issues has remained somewhat unexplored. In this talk, I will deepen our understanding of the relationship between perception and the self with the help of Husserlian phenomenology. I argue that Husserl's later genetic phenomenology of the self answers a problem originally raised in his earlier static phenomenology of perception. This connection within Husserl's phenomenology reveals the deep relationship between perceptual content and the self. First I will introduce Husserl's static phenomenology of perception and contrast it with less sophisticated contemporary approaches. After outlining some main issues in the philosophy of perception, I will show how Husserl's appeal to intention and fulfilment in perception offers a preferable alternative to contemporary theories. This alternative is silent, though, on the manner in which empty intentions become 'stirred up' in the process of perception. Husserl finds a way to address this issue in his later turn to the method of genetic phenomenology, in which the continuous becoming of the self (the monad) is brought into focus. One result of this new method is an elucidation of the laws which govern the development of the self over time. These laws, I suggest, also answer the earlier question of how empty intentions become 'stirred up' in perception. Since these intentions partially constitute perceptual content, there is here a clear connection between the nature of the self and the content of perception. In the final part of the paper, I will discuss this finding in relation to other recent work on in this topic, especially work by Zahavi and Legrand. I will also mention how my theme is relevant to other issues in the philosophy and neuroscience of perception. The Dorsal Stream and the Visual HorizonEvidence from cognitive neuroscience supports a distinction between two cortical processing streams in the human visual system. Some of the empirical literature on this topic includes claims about the roles that the two streams play in visual consciousness, but these claims remain somewhat controversial. One reason for the controversy, I suggest, is that the dominant understanding of visual consciousness rests on presuppositions which oversimplify and distort the phenomenology of vision. Here I will try to remedy this situation with help from Husserlian phenomenology. Husserl emphasized that visual phenomenology always includes a spatial and temporal fringe or horizon. There is always an indeterminate periphery in space, and there is always the anticipation of the next instant in time. These features of visual phenomenology are neglected in some of the most well-known literature on the two visual streams. But, as I intend to show, it is precisely these features which best explain the differences between the two streams. I am going to sketch the evidence that the crucial difference between the two cortical streams is in their spatiotemporal processing, rather than functional output: the dorsal stream processes peripheral retinal input with a high temporal resolution, and the ventral stream specializes in foveal input with less temporal resolution. These suggestions about input differences can be found in the existing empirical literature, but there is yet no way to understand them in relation to conscious visual perception. That's where Husserl comes in. The contribution of this paper is to show how Husserl's phenomenology can actually help us make sense of the disparate bits of empirical evidence. One way to express my main claim, then, is as follows: dorsal stream processing makes a crucial contribution to the spatiotemporal limits of visual perception, to what Husserl identified as the visual horizon."
"Tim Crane and Katalin Farkas";"";"2010-05-25";"";"2010-05-27";"";"";"Tim Crane (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge) and Katalin Farkas (Department of Philosophy, Central European University, Budapest) will be visiting CFS from May 25-30, 2010. ";""
"Workshop: ""Subjectivity and Experience""";"Center for Subjectivity Research and Philosophy Section, MEF.";"2010-05-26";"09:00";"";"17:00";"Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen, Njalsgade 140-142, 5.floor, lecture room 25-5-11";"Workshop with Professor Katalin Farkas, Central European University.Organized by Center for Subjectivity Research and Philosophy Section, MEF. ";"Informal work-in-progress workshop with Professor Katalin Farkas, Central European University. Date: Wednesday 26 May, 2010, 9:00 to 17:00.Location: lecture room 25.5.11, Njalsgade 140-142, 5th floor.Registration to tgr@hum.ku.dk (Thor Grünbaum) is required by the 15th of May. 09:00-10:15 Nivedita Gangopadhyay (Copenhagen)Is there more to minimal self than agentive self-awareness? 10:15-11:30 Adrian Smith (Mainz)Brains and Vats 11:30-11:45 Coffee 11:45-13:00 Marta Jorba Grau (Barcelona)On the Phenomenology of Thought 13:00-14:15 Lunch 14:15-15:30 Thor Grünbaum (Copenhagen)Intentionalism and first-person thinking 15:30-15:45 Coffee 15:45-17:00 Katalin Farkas (Central European University) "
"Workshop: ""Perception and Knowing""";"Organized by Center for Subjectivity Research and Philosophy Section, MEF. Sponsored by the Velux Foundation. ";"2010-05-28";"10:00";"";"16:00";"MEF, University of Copenhagen, Njalsgade 80, meeting room 14.2.50";"Workshop with Professor Tim Crane, University of Cambridge Organized by Center for Subjectivity Research and Philosophy Section, MEF. Sponsored by the Velux Foundation. ";"Perception and Knowing - Workshop - University of Copenhagen The talks from 10:00-16:00 form an informal work-in-progress workshopDate: Friday 28 May, 2010Location: meeting room 14.2.50, Njalsgade 80. Registration to gerken@hum.ku.dk is required by the 15th of May. Prof. Crane's talk from 16:00-17:30 is a public lecture that takes place in 23.0.49. No registration is required. Everybody is welcome. 10:00-11:15 Jens Christian Bjerring (ANU)Stalnaker, Fragmented Minds and Logical Omniscience 11:15-12:30 Julie Zahle (Copenhagen)Fineness of Grain and Varieties of Conceptualism 12:30-13:30 Lunch 13:30-14:45 Mikkel Gerken (Copenhagen)Conceptual Equivocation and Warrent by Reasoning 14:45-16:00 Asbjørn Steglich-Pedersen (Aarhus)Truth as the Aim of Epistemic Justification PUBLIC LECTURE 16:00-17:30Tim Crane (Cambridge)Seeing, Knowing and ExperienceLocation: Auditorium 23.0.49"
"Larry J. Seidman: Is it Possible to Integrate Studies of Brain, Neurocognition and Self in Schizophrenia? A Possible Path Through the Brain's Default Network";"CFS";"2010-06-08";"13.15";"";"15.00";"Center for Subjectivity Research, lecture room 25.5.11, Njalsgade 140-142, 2300 København S. 5th floor";"Lecture by Larry J. Seidman, Director of Commonwealth Research Center (CRC) and Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, USA ";" Normal 0 21 false false false DA X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {""Tabel - Normal"";"""";font-size:11.0pt; font-family:""Calibri"",""sans-serif"";""Times New Roman"";""Times New Roman"";} Abstract: An advance in understanding the psychopathology of schizophrenia and related psychoses, beginning largely in the 1970's, was to identify neuropsychological problems and subsequently, with the advent of brain imaging based on MRI, to delineate structural and functional brain bases of these cognitive dysfunctions. The results from use of these tools, has substantially changed the understanding of schizophrenia, which is now understood to typically have significant neuropsychological features that evolve from the ""premorbid"" through ""prodromal"" and frank psychotic phases. At the same time, neural circuitry supporting executive, language and memory functions was shown to be abnormal, and that these alterations are often present well before the psychotic phase begins. Thus, neuropsychological and neuroimaging tools confirmed that schizophrenia is a disorder involving dysfunction of the brain, and that this disorder is neurodevelopmental in origin, with the psychotic process a ""late"" phase. Of note, is that in order to demonstrate ""objective"" deficits, more complex, phenomenological concepts of the inner world like the ""self"" were largely ignored for the last 2 decades of the 20th century, and a somewhat simplistic psychopharmacologically oriented biology dominated the field. However, as a number of investigators have demonstrated, it is possible to measure aspects of the self from interviews and other psychological measures, and also to ""visualize"" the brain states of the self while using functional MRI. This has revitalized interest in capturing aspects of inner mental life such as with the ""default mode"" functioning (e.g., activity of brain circuits when people are ""just"" thinking and not doing a task), and perhaps initiating a more relevant and appropriate biology of schizophrenia, and for the field of psychiatry at large. In this talk, I will cover these issues and will also address research in clinical and genetic high risk populations, as well as aspects of specificity in comparisons between risk for bipolar psychoses compared to schizophrenia. I will also discuss how this approach can be linked to novel treatments based upon brain plasticity. "
"Jesse Prinz: ""Against the Phenomenal I: Towards a Selfless Theory of Consciousness""";"Center for Subjectivity Research";"2010-06-25";"14.15";"";"16.00";"CFS, University of Copenhagen, lecture room 25-5-11, Njalsgade 140-142, 5th floor.";"Lecture by Jesse Prinz, Distinguished Professor, Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA.";" Short abstract: It is widely assumed that there is some sense of self present in at least some of our conscious experiences. This idea has deep philosophical roots, and has recently come under scientific scrutiny. Several theories of the phenomenal self have been advanced on the basis of findings in cognitive neuroscience and related fields. This paper is a critical survey of those theories and a defense of the Humean view that there is no self given in experience. Jesse Prinz's website Everybody is welcome! No registration. "
"Copenhagen Summer School in Phenomenology and Philosophy of Mind";"Center for Subjectivity Research";"2010-08-23";"";"";"";" August 23-26: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, H.C. Andersens Boulevard 35, 1553 Copenhagen V, August 27: University of Copenhagen, Center for Subjectivity Research, Njalsgade 140-142, Aud. 20.0.11, 2300 Copenhagen S. ";"Registration is closed. The course will consist of a mixture of lectures and seminars (25 hours total), aimed at advanced MA students and PhD students. Speakers will include: Prof. Sara Heinämaa (Helsinki), Prof. Hans Ruin (Södertörn), Dr. Komarine Romdenh-Romluc (Nottingham), Prof. Dan Zahavi (Copenhagen), Dr. Søren Overgaard (Copenhagen).";"Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen August 23-27, 2010. Registration is closed. The accepted participants have been notified by email. This summer school will provide essential insights into central themes within the philosophy of mind, viewed from a phenomenological perspective. Topics include: consciousness, intentionality, perception, embodiment, the self, and intersubjectivity. The course will consist of a mixture of lectures and seminars (25 hours total), aimed at advanced MA students and PhD students. Speakers will include: Prof. Sara Heinämaa (Helsinki), Prof. Hans Ruin (Södertörn), Dr. Komarine Romdenh-Romluc (Nottingham), Prof. Dan Zahavi (Copenhagen), Dr. Søren Overgaard (Copenhagen). Students interested in giving a short presentation (20 minutes + 10 minutes discussion) must submit an abstract when they register. Language: English Venue: The Royal Academy of Sciences and Letters and University of Copenhagen We welcome students from all countries. The summer school is free of charge. To request further information, please email Dr. Søren Overgaard: s.overgaard@hum.ku.dk"
"Philip Gerrans: An Integrative Theory of Delusions";"Center for Subjectivity Research";"2010-09-14";"10:15";"";"12:00";"Center for Subjectivity Research, Njalsgade 140-142, lecture room 25.5.11, 2300 Copenhagen S";"Lecture by Philip Gerrans, Department of Philosophy, The University of Adelaide, Australia. ";"Lecture by Philip Gerrans, Department of Philosophy, The University of Adelaide, Australia. "
"Workshop in Psychopathology";"Harvard Medical School, USA";"2010-10-13";"";"2010-10-15";"";"McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Ma, USA";"Workshop in Psychopathology by J. Parnas, P. Handest: ""Self-Disturbances in Schizophrenia Spectrum: Theory and Practice"" October, 13-15, 2010, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Ma, USA";"Workshop in Psychopathology by J. Parnas, P. Handest: ""Self-Disturbances in Schizophrenia Spectrum: Theory and Practice"" October, 13-15, 2010, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Ma, USA; inscription jpa@hum.ku.dk "
"Expressivity and Social Experience";"Faculty of Humanities";"2010-10-15";"13:00 (The doors will be closed at exactly 1 pm)";"";"";"University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Humanities, Njalsgade 136, aud. 27.0.17, 2300 Copenhagen";"Public Defence of Line Rybergs Ingerslev's PhD Thesis ""The Expressivity and Social Experience. ";"Public Defence of Line Rybergs Ingerslev's PhD Thesis ""The Expressivity and Social Experience. Assessment Committee: Professor Finn Collin (Chairman) University of Copenhagen Professor Hans-Peter Krüger University of Potsdam Associate Professor Anne Marie Pahuus University of Aarhus Leader of the defence: Associate Professor Klemens Kappel University of Copenhagen A number of copies of the thesis are placed at the Royal Library Information at the Faculty Library of Humanities, the Royal Library Reading Room East, the Black Diamond, as well as at the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, Njalsgade 80, 2300 Copenhagen S. "
"Jean Decety: Empathy workshop";"Center for Subjectivity Research";"2010-10-25";"10.15";"";"15.00";"Center for Subjectivity Research, lecture room 23.4.39, Njalsgade 140-142, 2300 Copenhagen S. 5th floor";"Workshop with Jean Decety, Irving B. Harris Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, The University of Chicago, USA. Participation in the workshop is free but prior registration is required. ";" Workshop with Jean Decety, Irving B. Harris Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, The University of Chicago, USA Program 10.15-12.00. Jean Decety: ""Moral sensitivity and empathy: a social neurodevelopmental approach"" 13.15-15.00. Jean Decety: ""To What Extent Is the Experience of Empathy Mediated by Shared Neural Circuits"" Abstract 1: Empathy-related responding, including caring and sympathetic concern, is thought to motivate prosocial behavior, inhibit aggression and pave the way to moral reasoning. I will present a series of studies that examined the neurodevelopment of moral sensitivity and empathy across childhood to adulthood (from 4 to 24 yrs) by probing the neural underpinnings of moral cognition using ecologically valid, morally-laden scenarios, and delimiting the impact of individual dispositions.I will argue that understanding morality and empathy is of considerable intrinsic interest, and of direct relevance to clinical populations, such as developmental psychopathy and individuals with antisocial behavior Abstract 2: This talk selectively reviews the neurophysiological evidence for shared neural circuits (supposedly implemented by mirror neurons) as the mechanism underlying empathy. I will argue that while the mirror neuron system plays a role in motor resonance, it is not possible to conclude that this system is critically involved in emotion recognition, and there is little evidence for its role in empathy and sympathy. In addition there is modest support from neurological observations that lesion of the regions involved in the mirror neuron system leads to dysfunction in empathy, whereas damage of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex is associated with such impairment. To significantly advance our understanding of the mechanisms underlying empathy, research needs finer conceptualization, better designed paradigms, and integration with knowledge from lesion studies. Participation in the workshop is free but prior registration is required. Registration is closed. Organized by Dan Zahavi "
"Phenomenology and Philosophy of Mind: Reflections on Mind, Body and Representationalism";"Postdoc Søren Overgaard, Center for Subjectivity Research";"2010-10-28";"15:15";"";"17:00";"Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen, Njalsgade 140-142, 5th, lecture room 25.5.11, 2300 Copenhagen S";"Guest lecture with Dr James Chase (University of Tasmania) and Dr Jack Reynolds (La Trobe University).";"Guest lecture with Dr James Chase (University of Tasmania) and Dr Jack Reynolds (La Trobe University). James Chase is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Tasmania, Australia. He is co-author of Analytic Versus Continental: Arguments on the Methods and Value of Philosophy, co-editor of Postanalytic and Metacontinental: Crossing Philosophical Divides (2010), and author of articles in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Analysis, and the Australasian Journal of Philosophy. Jack Reynolds is Senior Lecturer in the Philosophy Department at La Trobe University, Australia. He has written three books: Merleau-Ponty and Derrida: Intertwining Embodiment and Alterity (2004), Understanding Existentialism (2006), and Analytic Versus Continental: Arguments on the Methods and Value of Philosophy (2010, with James Chase). He has also co-edited three collections: Understanding Derrida (2004), Merleau-Ponty: Key Concepts (2008) and Postanalytic and Metacontinental: Crossing Philosophical Divides (2010) and is currently doing research on two main areas in which he holds Australian Research Council Discovery grants: methodological comparisons and evaluations between analytic and continental philosophers; and ways of conceptualising time and socio-political life, with a forthcoming manuscript titled Chronopathologies (Rowman and Littlefield). Everybody is welcome!"
"Social Affordances Workshop";"Center for Subjectivity Research (CFS)";"2010-11-11";"";"2010-11-12";"";"Center for Subjectivity Research, Njalsgade 140-142, 5th floor, 2300 Copenhagen S. Lecture room 25.5.11";"Confirmed speakers include Kathleen Rives Bogart, Fred Cummins, Thomas Fuchs, Leonard Schilbach and Simone Schnall.";"Confirmed speakers include Kathleen Rives Bogart, Fred Cummins, Thomas Fuchs, Leonard Schilbach and Simone Schnall. More information to follow. Participation in the workshop is by invitation only. Organized by Joel Krueger and Adrian Smith. "
"Conference: ""Brain and Self ";"Center for Subjectivity Research and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen";"2010-11-14";"";"2010-11-16";"";"Faculty of Health Sciences, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen N. The Lundsgård Auditorium. ";"The field of psychiatry is again undergoing a major re-examination of its classification system. The two major nosologic systems - DSM and ICD - are both currently undergoing revisions. This conference will examine the conceptual and philosophical bases for psychiatric diagnoses. This is the rescheduling of the cancelled April conference.";"Psychiatric Nosology: Definition, History and Validity"" This is the rescheduling of the cancelled April conference. Everybody who registered for the April conference have been contacted regarding registration for the rescheduled conference. Please see further down for more information on how to register. The field of psychiatry is again undergoing a major re-examination of its classification system. The two major nosologic systems - DSM and ICD - are both currently undergoing revisions. This conference - to be held November 14-16, 2010 in Copenhagen under the sponsorship of the University of Copenhagen (Danish National Research Foundation's Center for Subjectivity Research; Psychiatric Center Hvidovre; PhD School, Faculty of Health Sciences) - will examine the conceptual and philosophical bases for psychiatric diagnoses. The conference is organized into 5 sessions: i) The Basics - The Definition of Psychiatric Illness and Rules for Classification, ii) The Historical Development of Modern Psychiatric Diagnoses, iii) Concepts of Validity in Psychology and Psychiatry, iv) Application to Major Depression and Schizophrenia and v) The Way(s) Forward. Speakers include leading figures in the philosophy of psychiatry, vice-chair persons of the Task Force on DSM-IV and DSM-V and psychiatrists who have made important recent contributions to the philosophy-psychiatry dialogue (see program below). The meeting will emphasize dialogue with each presentation being followed first by formal comments from another of the contributors and then by open discussion. The conference is open for participation for all with a professional interest (psychiatry, philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, related disciplines). Participation is without fee, but registration is necessary. The conference covers no expenses related to participation. Maximum audience is 200, of which 50 places are reserved for local and foreign PhD students. There is no deadline for the application but selection/registration of participants will follow ""first come, first serve"" principle. ECTS:2 ECTS-points Registration:PhD students and other students are asked to register here before November 9. Registration is closed.All other participants are asked to contact Mrs Jill Opalesky. The conference takes place at The Lundsgård Auditorium which is part of the Panum Building Complex. Faculty of Health Sciences3B, BlegdamsvejDK-2200 Copenhagen N The Panum Building is located on Blegdamsvej 3B, DK-2200 Copenhagen N Public transport: Buses 6A, 42, 43, 184, 185, 150S depart from Nørreport train station (every 10 mins)"
"Conference: ""Shame and Self""";"Center for Subjectivity Research";"2010-12-02";"";"2010-12-03";"";"University of Copenhagen, Njalsgade 128, Aud. 23.0.50, 2300 Copenhagen S ";"The conference will focus on the relation between shame and self. Confirmed speakers include Galen Strawson, Peter Hobson, Philippe Rochat, W. Ray Crozier, Gretty Mirdal, Vasudevi Reddy, Hilge Landweer, Claudia Welz, Arne Grøn and Dan Zahavi. Participation in the conference is free but prior registration is required. ";" The conference will focus on the relation between shame and self. Confirmed speakers include Galen Strawson, Peter Hobson, Philippe Rochat, W. Ray Crozier, Gretty Mirdal, Vasudevi Reddy, Hilge Landweer, Claudia Welz, Arne Grøn and Dan Zahavi. Participation in the conference is free but prior registration is required. Please register before 1 December by clicking here. (Registration is closed) Thursday 2 December 2010 09:15-09:30 Welcome and Introduction 09:30-10:45 Vasudevi Reddy (University of Portsmouth): ""Falling in your eyes: the possibility of shame in early infancy"" 10:45-12:00 Philippe Rochat (Emory University): ""Fear of rejection and the origins of shame"" 12:00-13:00 Lunch break 13:00-14:15 Galen Strawson (University of Reading): ""Shame as superficial"" 14:15-15:30 Arne Grøn (University of Copenhagen, CFS): ""Shame and shamelessness"" 15:30-16:00 Coffee break 16:00-17:15 Dan Zahavi (University of Copenhagen, CFS): ""The self-transforming experience of shame"" Friday 3 December 2010 09:30-10:45 Peter & Jessica Hobson (Tavistock Clinic & University College London): ""Shame and the structure of personal relations"" 10:45-12:00 Claudia Welz (University of Copenhagen, CFS): ""Scenes of shame, social roles and the play with masks"" 12:00-13:00 Lunch break 13:00-14:15 Gretty Mirdal (University of Copenhagen): ""Fading honour - blushing shame"" 14:15-15:30 W. Ray Crozier (Cardiff University & University of East Anglia): ""The blush in relation to embarrassment and shame"" 15:30-16:00 Coffee break 16:00-17:15 Hilge Landweer (Freie Universität Berlin): ""Shame, appropriateness and morality"" Organized by Dan Zahavi. "