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Anphicon 1 'Cognitive Enhancement and Other Technologies of the Mind - Fundamental and Ethical Questions'| old_uid | 11976 |
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| title | Anphicon 1 'Cognitive Enhancement and Other Technologies of the Mind - Fundamental and Ethical Questions' |
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| start_date | 2013/01/10 |
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| schedule | 18h15-19h45 |
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| online | no |
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| summary | By gathering philosophers from the British and the continental, especially French, traditions, this first edition of the 'Anthropotech and Philosophy Conferences' aims to explore fundamental and ethical issues at stake in the debates surrounding 'Cognitive Enhancement and Other Technologies of the Mind'. Our goal is to take a critical perspective towards both the concepts of enhancement and cognition, asking questions such as:
• Is cognition too narrow a frame to think the technological alteration of the mind?
• How value loaded is the term enhancement?
• What are we talking about enhancing when we talk about 'cognitive enhancement', and for what purposes?
• What methodology serves to best investigate technological intervention into the body that results in alteration of conscious experience?
• What are the relations between cognition, emotion, memory and will? And how do these relations impact on the debate over 'cognitive enhancement'?
The conference also aims to address questions concerning:
• Justice and fairness in the technological alteration of intellectual and affective capacities
• The importance of neurodiversity and whether it is threatened by 'cognitive enhancement'
• The concept of neuro-ecology or ecology of the mind.
Speakers: Jean-Michel Besnier (Paris), Heather Bradshaw (Oxford/Bristol), Pierre Cassou-Noguès (Paris), Jérôme Goffette (Lyon), Michael Hauskeller (Exeter), Robin Mackenzie (Canterbury), Alex McKeown (Bristol), David Roden (Open University), William Stephenson (Chester), Sylvie Allouche (Paris/Bristol).
Program: www.anthropotech.org.uk/
Abstracts and short bios: www.anthropotech.org.uk/publications-and-working-papers.html
Public debate 'Should Students Take Smart Drugs?'
9 January (18:15-19:45, Watershed 3), a panel of experts will debate whether 'Students Should Take Smart Drugs'. Active participation from public will be encouraged. Panel members should include: Chris Alford (UWE), Ben Johnson (Graphic Science), Darian Meacham (UWE), Ruud ter Meulen (CEM Bristol), Pete Moore (Enhancing me), to be completed. For more information and registration, see http://store.uwe.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?modid=1&prodid=4565&deptid=13&compid=1&prodvarid=0&catid=1113 .
The conference will take place:
- 9 January in the Watershed ( www.watershed.co.uk )
- 10 January in the Center for Ethics in Medicine ( www.bristol.ac.uk/social-community-medicine/centres/ethics/ )
Anphicon 1 map: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=218165430098261666701.0004d19c0f5c23b83b892&ie=UTF8&t=m&z=14&vpsrc=1
Registration: £35 Waged / £20 Students and Unwaged, includes lunch and coffees http://store.uwe.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?catid=1113&modid=1&compid=1 .
For further information: please consult our website www.anthropotech.org.uk or contact allouche.sylvie@gmail.com .
Organising committee: Darian Meacham (UWE Bristol), Sylvie Allouche (CEM Bristol), Alex McKeown (CEM Bristol), Heather Bradshaw (CEM Bristol), Ruud ter Meulen (CEM Bristol). |
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