CFR: Workshop “Investigating consciousness in animals and artificial systems: A comparative perspective” (ICA 2023) – 01.-02.06.2023 – Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
CFR: Workshop Investigating consciousness in animals and artificial
systems: A comparative perspective (ICA 2023)
Organized by Albert Newen and Wanja Wiese
01.-02. June 2023, Bochum, Germany
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Tentative Schedule:
Organizers:
Albert Newen and Wanja Wiese (RUB, Institute of Philosophy II)
Venue:
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Mercatorraum GA04/187 or online via
<https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85278475492?pwd=OFA1Q3pVZ2prenY4dk56RHppZEhrdz09>
Zoom
Thursday, 1st of June 2023
09:30-10:40 Michael Tye: Can a robot feel pain?
10:40-11:25 Robert Matthews: Knowing what its like to be an alien
form of life
11:25-11:45 Coffee
11:45-12:30 Albert Newen: The interaction of theory-heavy and
theory-light approaches to animal consciousness: The alarm theory of
consciousness and cognitive profiles of animal consciousness
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:10 Eva Jablonka: The evolution of animal consciousness: The
learning route
15:10-15:55 Leonard Dung: Are tests of animal consciousness
applicable to artificial systems?
15:55-16:25 Coffee
16:25-17:10 Angelica Kaufmann: Individual sentience profiles and
why comparative neuroscience research needs them
17:10-18:20 Cameron Buckner: tba
19:00 Dinner
Friday, 2nd of June 2023
09:15-10:25 Henry Shevlin: Mentalising beings: Human
anthropomorphism and non-human consciousness
10:25-11:10 Wanja Wiese: Understanding weak and strong artificial
consciousness
11:10-11:30 Coffee
11:30-12:40 David Gamez: Seeing is deceiving: Why consciousness
cannot be inferred from behaviour in animals and artificial systems
12:40-14:15 Lunch
14:15-15.00 Katharina Dornenzweig: Sentience in AI and biology: A
comparative study of recurrent processing as a way forward
14:00-15:45 Simon Brown: Animal points of view in spatiotemporal
structures of experience
15:45-16:05 Coffee
16:05-17:15 Elisabeth Hildt: Artificial consciousness: Conceptual
analysis and ethical implications
Registration:
Please send an email to <mailto:hilfskraefte-newen@rub.de>
hilfskraefte-newen@rub.de by May 20th, 2023.
Best wishes,
Nicolas Lindner
Dr. Nicolas Lindner
Science Manager
Center for Mind and Cognition
Gebäude GA3/153
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Universitätsstr. 150
D-44801 Bochum
Tel.: +49 234 32-28153
Email: <mailto:center-mindcognition@rub.de> center-mindcognition@rub.de