Tuesday, 26 May 2015

09.30 h Conference Registration

10.00 h Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Prof. Dr. Felix Hampe (Vice-President of the University Koblenz-Landau)
Prof. Dr. Matthias Jung (Chair for Moral Philosophy, Executive Director of the Philosophy Department, University Koblenz-Landau)

Session one (10.15 - 12.00 h)
Why it has to be Pragmatism
(Chair: Roman Madzia)

Keynote adress: Pragmatist Cognitive Science
Mark Johnson (University of Oregon, USA)

Why it has to be Pragmatism? Marrying the Study of Cognition and Philosophical Reflection
Erkki Kilpinen (University of Helsinki, Finland)

Session two (13.30 - 15.00 h)
Pragmatism and Systems Theory
(Chair: Matthias Jung)

Conceptions of Cognition: From William James to Predictive Coding
Lena Kästner (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)

The Embodied 'We': The Extended Mind as Cognitive Sociology
Teed Rockwell (Sonoma State University, USA)

Session three (15.30 - 17.00 h)
George Herbert Mead as a Philosopher of Embodied Mind
(Chair: Jörg Fingerhut)

Mind, Symbol, and Action-Prediction: George H. Mead and the Embodied Roots of Language
Roman Madzia (University Koblenz-Landau, Germany)

Sympathy and Empathy. Mead and the Pragmatist Basis of Neuroeconomics
Guido Baggio (Pontifical Salesian University, Italy)

Wednesday, 27 May 2015

Session one (9.30 - 11.00 h)
Pragmatism, Cognitives Science and (Material) Culture
(Chair: Erkki Kilpinen)

What Our Interactions with Artefacts Can Tell us about Our Mind
Jörg Fingerhut (University of Stuttgart, Germany)

Recovering Philosophy from Cognitive Science: Some Consequences of Embodiment
Tibor Solymosi (Mercyhurst University, USA)

Session two (11.30 - 13.00 h)
Where to Find the Mind? Pragmatism and Cognitive Extension
(Chair: Rebekka Hufendiek)

Pragmatism, Phenomenology, and the Extented Cognition
Anthony Chemero (University of Cincinatti, USA)

Pragmatism, Embodiment, and Extension
Joshua A. Skorburg (University of Oregon, USA)

Session three (14.30 - 16.45 h)
Cognition and Action in Individual and Social Contexts
(Chair: Joshua August Skorburg)

How Visuomotor Neurons Make our World Ready to Hand
Gabrielle Ferretti (University of Urbino, Italy)

How Do You Do? An Embodied, Action-Oriented Approach to Emotions
Rebekka Hufendiek (University of Basel, Switzerland)

The Pragmatic and Embodied Origins of Apprenticeship
Bill Bywater (Allegheny College, USA)

Thursday, 28 May 2015

Session one (9.30 - 11.00 h)
Peirce and Embodiment
(Chair: Tibor Solymosi)

Peirce on Abduction and Embodiment
Tullio Viola (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)

Peirce's Mediation: A Rich Philosophical Contribution to Embodied Cognition Studies
Isabel Victoria Galleguillos Jungk/ Patricia Fonseca Fanaya (Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Session two (11.30 - 13.00 h)
Dewey, James, and the Embodied Mind
(Chair: Anthony Chemero)

Dewey, Enactivism, and Greek Thought
Matthew Crippen (American Universiy in Cairo, Egypt)

Feeling As the Force Dynamics of Thought: The Role of Feeling in the Jamesian Stream of Thought
Ling Zhu (Berlin University of the Arts, Germany)

Session three (14.30 - 16.00 h)
Pragmatism and Cognitive Science: Prospects and Perspectives
concluding discussion panel
(Chair: Roman Madzia)

Panelists: Mark Johnson, Anthony Chemero, Matthias Jung, Teed Rockwell, Tibor Solymosi, Jörg Fingerhut

End of the conference