Explanatory Pluralism in Cognitive Science

A workshop convened by the UCD Graduate Programme in Cognitive Science in conjunction with “When Experts Disagree” (WEXD) Research Project

University College Dublin
Sutherland School of Law, Room L246
Monday June 20th, 2016, 9.00 am – 6.00 pm

Participation is open to all, but attendees are asked to email fred.cummins@ucd.ie to
confirm their attendance.

Provisional Programme

9:00 – 9:10 Welcome

9:10 – 9:55 Fred Cummins (University College Dublin) “Who/What is the Subject of Cognitive Science?”

9:55 – 10:40 Aleksandra Derra (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland and TCD) “Brain, Gender and Cognition: Feminist critical approach to neuroscience”

9:55 – 10:40 Aleksandra Derra (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland and TCD) “Brain, Gender and Cognition: Feminist critical approach to neuroscience”

10.40 – 11.00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00 John Stewart (Technological University of Compiègne, France)
“Missing the Wood for the Trees”

12:00 – 12:45 Markus Schlosser (University College Dublin)
“Embodied Cognition and Temporally Extended Agency”

12.45 – 13.45 Lunch

13:45 – 14:45 Anthony Chemero ( University of Cincinnati)
“Theories and Models in the Cognitive Sciences”

14:45 – 15:30 Mikio Akagi (Texas Christian University and WEXD)
“A Model of Expert Conceptual Disagreement in Cognitive Science”

15.30 – 15.50 Coffee Break

15:50 – 16:35 Marek McGann (University of Limerick)
“Making it Personal: Interacting scales of description and explanation in Cognitive
Science”

16:35 – 18:00 Round Table Discussion (Moderator: Maria Baghramian, UCD and
WEXD)

Supported by WEXD: “When Experts Disagree” (IRC New Horizons), UCD Seed Funding, and UCD School of Philosophy