fredag den 12. februar 2010

Eksamen i erkendelsesteori som ren underholdning

De lokale filosoffer Nikolaj og Stig optræder efter sigende på slap line på TV2 i programmet Praxis på tirsdag hvor de skal eksaminere forsøgskaniner i erkendelsesteori. Her er beskrivelsen fra TV2s hjemmeside (som man ikke kan linke til):

Praxis - få en klæbehjerne

Sundhedsmagasin med Cecilie Beck. TV 2 tirsdag d. 16.02 20:50 - 21:25

Cecilie Beck og Praxis sætter tre studerende på skolebænken hos en hukommelsesmester, der blandt andet kan memorere et helt sæt spillekort på rekordtid. Han underviser dem i sin særlige memo-teknik og på fire minutter lærer de morsealfabetet udenad. Men kan hukommelsesmesteren også få de studerende til at huske hele pensummet til en eksamen på universitetet i et fag, som de slet ikke kender?

torsdag den 11. februar 2010

Konference i maj 2010: Philosophy of Psychology

Conference and PhD seminar:
Philosophy of Psychology

The investigation of psychology opens the question of the relationship between psychological concepts and the complex behaviour of human beings. The goal of the seminar is to further a dialogue between researchers from philosophy, psychology and cognitive science on the development of an adequate framework for understanding this question.

PhD seminar:
A one-day workshop will be held in connection with the conference. PhD students will here have the opportunity to present work related to the topic of the conference. Those who are interested in presenting their work should send in an abstract of the presentation before the 15th of April (max 2.000 characters).
Participation in the conference and the seminar amounts to ECTS 3 with paper, 1 without paper.

Speakers:
P.M.S. Hacker, Emeritus Research Fellow, St. Johns College, Oxford
Daniel Hutto, Professor, Philosophy of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire.
Alan Costal, Professor, Theoretical Psychology, University of Portsmouth
Svend Brinkman, Professor, Psychology, University of Aalborg
Søren Harnow Klausen, Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern Denmark
Dan Zahavi, Professor of Philosophy, University of Copenhagen
Morten Overgaard, Senior Researcher, Neuropsychology, CNRU, Hammel Neurocenter.
Steen Brock, Associated Professor, Philosophy, University of Arhus
Thor Grünbaum, Assistant Professor, Philosophy, University of Copenhagen
Nikolaj Nottelman, Assistant Professor, Philosophy, University of Southern Denmark
Anne-Marie S. Christensen, Assistant Professor, Philosophy, University of Southern Denmark

Time: May 3-4, 2010 followed by a one-day PhD workshop on the 5th of May.
Place: University of Southern Denmark, Odense.
Arranged by: IFPR, SDU and The Research Training Programme in Philosophy, Education and Religion

There is no registration fee. Contact: amsc@ifpr.sdu.dk. Further information will follow on www.sdu.dk/Om_SDU/Institutter_centre/Ifpr/Nyheder_ifpr/Philosophy.aspx