Philosophy, Psychology and Neuroscience Research Seminars 2023/24
The PPN Research Seminar is a joint endeavour to promote interdisciplinary discussion between Philosophy, Psychology and Neuroscience.
Time: 3pm (but see * in list of seminars below for exceptions)
Venue: Some seminars will take place in person and some by Zoom. Most will be hybrid. Details will be provided via our email list.
In addition to the regular meetings, we hold Work in Progress (WiP) meetings where postgraduates present their work. WiP meetings are identified as such below.
All students, staff and visiting researchers are welcome to attend.
Organizers:
- Derek Brown (derek.brown.2@glasgow.ac.uk)
- Jacob Harber (2657339h@student.gla.ac.uk)
These seminars are jointly sponsored by the School of Psychology and Neuroscience, the Department of Philosophy and the CSPE.
First Semester
2nd October (In-person/Hybrid)
Title: Place cells: a map in the brain and of the brain
Speaker: Kate Jeffery (University of Glasgow)
30th October (Online)
Title: The Perception of Silence
Speaker: Chaz Firestone (Johns Hopkins University; Perception & Mind Laboratory)
20th November (In-person/Hybrid)
Title: A Compositional Semantics for Venn Diagrams
Speaker: Bryan Pickel (University of Glasgow) and Brian Rabern (University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh Meaning Sciences Group)
27th November - co-sponsored by SPIN (Online)
Title: Singular Experiences (With and Without objects)
Speaker: Angela Mendelovici (University of Western Ontario)
11th December - co-sponsored by SPIN (Online)
Title: What do the Attentionally Blind See?
Speaker: Ian Phillips (John Hopkins University; Foundation of Mind).
Second Semester
22nd January (Online)
Title: Accuracy in imagining
Speaker: Amy Kind (Claremont McKenna College; Director of Gould Centre for Humanistic Studies)
5th February (Online)
Title: From point of view of perspective
Speaker: Elizabeth Camp (Rutgers)
14th February (Hybrid)
Title: What's going on in the real world? The past, current, and future of mobile neuroimaging
Speaker: Olave Krigolson (Victoria, Canada)
19th February (In-person/Hybrid) -RESCHEDULED
Title: TBA
Speaker: Craig French (University of Nottingham)
29th February *Thursday* (In-person/Hybrid)
Title: Place Perception
Speaker: Keith Allen (York University)
4th March (Online)
Title: Hunger, Desire, and the Foundations of Practical Reason
Speaker: Mohan Matthen (University of Toronto)
11th March (In-person/Hybrid)
Title: TBA
Speaker: Sascha Fink (Otto von Guericke Universität, Magdeburg; Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences)
Third Semester
29th April (In-person/Hybrid)
Title: TBA
Speaker: Andrea Blomkvist (London School of Economics)
13th May (In-person/Hybrid)
Title: TBA
Speaker: Neil Sinhababu (National University of Singapore).
20th May (In-person/Hybrid)
Title: TBA
Speaker: Roberto Casati (Institut Jean Nicod)
7th June (new date)
Title: TBA
Speaker: Petra Vetter (University of Fribourg)