SPRING 2015 Lectures Series (No.5): The Objectivity of Content from the Neuroscientific Point of View

Date & Time: Friday, 17 Apr., 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Venue: Rm 202, Centre for Humanities and Social Sciences Education, NYMU

About the theme

The issue concerning the objectivity of content is central to philosophy. Burge (2010) has recently tried to ground the objectivity of content on an anti-individualistic conception of perceptual content. In this talk, I shall raise some worries and inadequacies about his psychology-based approach, and propose some ways to strengthen it with a focus on the neuroscientific study of consciousness and intentionality such as one undertaken by Northoff (2014a, b).

About the speaker

Kai-Yuan Cheng 鄭凱元

Institute of Philosophy of Mind and Cognition, National Yang-Ming University

專長：

語言哲學、形上學、維根斯坦哲學

SPRING 2015 Lectures Series (No.4): Memory Enhancement: A phenomenological

Date & Time: Friday, 10 Apr., 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Venue: Rm 202, Centre for Humanities and Social Sciences Education, NYMU

About the theme

The growing understanding of human mind and cognition and the development of neurotechnology have triggered the debate of cognitive enhancement in neuroethics. The talk aims to examine the normative issues of memory enhancement, and focuses on the issue of the distinction of memory treatment and enhancement. I argue that memory enhancement is distinguished from memory treatment by the demarcation of the existence of memory-related suffering. That is, memory enhancements are, under standard circumstances and without any unwilling suffering or potential suffering resulting from the alteration of memory functions, interventions that aim to manipulate memory functions based on the self-interests of the individual.

About the speaker

林映彤，德國古騰堡大學哲學博士

專長：

Philosophy of Mind; Neuroethics; Consciousness Studies; Philosophy of Cognitive Science; Memory; Cognitive Enhancement; Self-Consciousness; Delusion; Personal Identity

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