October 24-26, 2019 

Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto

2019 Special Focus

Fragmentation of Cognition: the trouble with interdisciplinary explanations

Invited speakers:

• Mieke Boon (University of Twente)

• Robert W. Clowes (NOVA University of Lisbon)

• Stephen Cowley (University of Southern Denmark)

• Sabina Leonelli (University of Exeter)

• Uskali Mäki (University of Helsinki)

• Dafne Muntanyola-Saura (Autonomous University of Barcelona)

• Nico Orlandi (University of California at Santa Cruz)

• Paul Thagard (University of Waterloo)

• Charles Travis (King's College London)

PROGRAM

Special events:
- "Self-Perception in Humans and Artificial Agents" - Workshop preceding the Avant conference (Porto, October 23). More information here
- "Multi-scalar temporalities (MSTs): the case of languaging." A Workshop.
- "The Explanatory Power of Predictive Processing and Its Limits." Special Session on Predictive Processing.
- "Feminist Theory and Science: The Inspiring and Tangled Relationship." Special Session on Feminisms in Science.
- "Laboratory of dance." Special Session on Research on Dance.
- "Representationalism and psychopathology." Special Session on Philosophy of Psychiatry.

More detailed information: http://avant.edu.pl/trends4

Organizers:
Mind, Language and Action Group - Institute of Philosophy of University of Porto - FIL/00502 (local organizer)
The Institute of Philosophy and Sociology / Polish Academy of Sciences (Co-organizer)
Avant Project / Centre for Philosophical Research (Main organizer of the conference series)
Institute of Philosophy / Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University (Co-organizer)

IF funding: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)