International Conference
Pragmatism, 4E Cognitive Science, and the Sociality of Human Conduct
Organizers:
Roberto FREGA (CNRS / Institut Marcel Mauss)
Pierre STEINER (Université de Technologie de Compiègne – Sorbonne Université / COSTECH)
With the financial support of CNRS (S2C3 « CONNEX »)
Program
Wednesday, December 7th
EHESS, Salle 8 – 105, Bd. Raspail, 75006 Paris
9h−9h15 Welcome speech
9h15–10h15 Mark Johnson, University of Oregon, US, “Pragmatism and 7-E cognition”
Coffee Break
10h45–11h30 Martin Weichold, Universität Regensburg, Germany, “Enacting the moral self.
Combining Mead’s pragmatism with enactivist cognitive science”
11h30–12h30 Roman Madzia, Universität Erfurt, Germany, “The Humble genius: On the cognitive
role of the human hand from the pragmatist viewpoint”
Lunch
14h−14h45 Jing He, East China Normal University, Shanghaï, China, “Acting jointly as a group:
singular or plural?”
14h45–15h30 Philip McReynolds, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, US, “When a body meets
a body: Autopoiesis, corporeal choice, and social cognition”
Coffee Break
16h–17h Jean-Michel Roy, Ecole Normale Supérieure – LSH, Lyon, France, TBA
Thursday, December 8th
CNRS, Salle KS1-2603, Rue Michel-Ange 75016 Paris
9h30−10h30 Matthias Jung, Universität Koblenz – Landau, Germany, “Beyond skillful coping Situations and social ideals”
10h30−11h30 Italo Testa, Università di Parma, Italy, "Habit ontology and the dual mode of social
interaction"
Coffee Break
12h–12h45 Shannon Sullivan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, US “Emotion and
knowledge: William James and the fifth “E” for 4E cognitive science”
Lunch
14h15–15h Kelvin J.Booth, Thompson Rivers University, Canada, “Embodied cognition, sociality,
and the logic of inquiry”
15h−15h45 Matteo Santarelli (Università degli studi del Molise, Italy) & Alessandro Talia
(Universität Heidelberg, Germany), ““Mentalizing” into context: a pragmatic
approach to developmental psychology”
Coffee Break
16h15–17h Sabine Collardey, Ecole Normale Supérieure – LSH, Lyon, France, “Pragmatist insights
in accounts of collective actions”
17h–17h45 Matthew Crippen, American University in Cairo, Aegypt, “Pragmatism and cognitive
science: Experience, culture and history”
Friday, December 9th
EHESS, Amphitheatre F. Furet – 105, Bd. Raspail, 75006 Paris
9h−10h Fausto Caruana (Università degli Studi di Parma) “Emotional expressions: from brain
stimulation to pragmatism”
10h−11h Charles Lenay, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France, “Dynamical schemes for
social cognition”
Coffee Break
11h30–12h30 Tibor Solymosi, “The cultural politics of the brain”
Attendance to the conference is free, but preliminary registration is mandatory for security reasons: no
admission will be possible without previous registration. To register, send an email to the organizers at
least one week in advance – [email protected] / [email protected]