Sept. 5

Gualtiero Piccinnini, UMSL
"Computationalism in the Philosophy of Mind"
Abstract: Computationalism has been the mainstream view of cognition for decades.  There are periodical reports of its demise, but they are greatly exaggerated.  This essay surveys some recent literature on computationalism.  It concludes that computationalism is a family of theories about the mechanisms of cognition.  The main relevant evidence for testing it comes from neuroscience, though psychology and AI are relevant too.  Computationalism comes in many versions, which continue to guide competing research programs in philosophy of mind as well as psychology and neuroscience.

Jan. 18

TBA

Feb. 1

Robert Goldston, Indiana University, Psychology Dept.
"Learning to Perceive to Learn"

Feb. 15

David Balota, Washington University, Psychology Dept., Linguistics Program
"Mental Chronometry: Some Novel Insights into Measuring the Speed of Mental Operations"

March 7

Hannah Sypher Locke, Washington University, Psychology Dept.
Title: TBA

April 11

Rasmus Winther, University of CA, Santa Cruz
"Mechanisms, History, and Part-Based Explanation in the Biological Sciences"

April 25

Santiago Amaya, Washington University, PNP Program
Title: TBA

Sept. 21

Sarah Robins, Washington University, PNP Program
"Residual Normality and Cognitive Development: Why developmental disorders do not support massive modularity."

Sept. 26

Oron Shagrir, Hebrew University
“Marr’s level’s of computational explanation”

Oct. 11

Christoph Jäger, University of Aberdeen, UK
"Higher-Order Emotions"

Oct. 26

J. D. Trout, Loyola University
"Hooked on a Feeling of Understanding: (Neural) Pathways to Explanation"

Nov. 9

Kim Haddix, Washington University, PNP Program
Title: TBA

Nov. 30

Steve Petersen, Washington University, Neuroscience Dept.
"Using social network tools to study the brain at a systems level"