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SUMMARY:Fabrizzio McManus Guerrero: "Neuro-Biological Explanations of Sexual Orientation and Their Counter-Explanations"
DESCRIPTION:Guest Lectures for “Introduction to Philosophy” (Phil 11) and “Brain\, Mind\, and Consciousness” (Cowell 39)\, co-taught by Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther\, UCSC\, Winter 2015. \n\nExplaining Sexual Orientation\, or for that matter\, Gender Identity in Trans subjects\, has been at the core of Human Biology for the last 150 years. The technological innovations that nowadays allow us to gain epistemic access to the brain in terms of its structure\, physiology and development are only the most recent examples of this historical trend. In this talk I analyze the structure of these explanations and suggest how an analytic feminist perspective might be useful in detecting and criticizing possible gender biases. \nFabrizzio McManus Guerrero studied Biology in the Faculty of Sciences at UNAM from 2000 to 2004 and wrote\, as his undergraduate thesis\, a taxonomic revision of the genus Jatropha (fam. Euphorbiaceae). From 2004 to 2006 he was a masters student in the Program in Philosophy of Science also at UNAM. There he wrote his master thesis focusing on the philosophical problems of phylogenetic reconstruction. His masters thesis won two prizes: the Norman Sverdlin prize for best philosophy thesis in 2006\, and the UNAM prize medal “Alfonso Caso.”He started his doctorate in the same program in 2006. In his dissertation\, he analyzed homosexuality in the context of philosophical accounts of mechanistic explanation and biopower.He successfully defended (with honors) his dissertation in November 2010: La homosexualidad a la luz de la filosofía de la ciencia: Mecanismos biologicos\, subjetividad y poder (Homosexuality in Light of the Philosophy of Science: Biological Mechanisms\, Subjectivity\, and Power) \nFabrizzio is currently Assistant Professor\, Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Ciencias y Humanidades at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico (UNAM)\, in Mexico City. \nThis talk is supported by the “Philosophy in a Multicultural Context” IHR Research Cluster \n\nWinter 2015 Lecture Series Schedule: \nRobin Dunkin\nTuesday\, January 27\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Building Blocks of the Brain: Neuron and Glia Form & Function” \n***** \nMichael Anderson\nThursday\, January 29\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Neural Reuse and Hebbian Learning: Two Kinds of Neuroplasticity in the Brain” \n***** \nNicolas Davidenko\nTuesday\, February 3\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“The Suggestible Nature of Motion Perception” \n***** \nJanette Dinishak\nThursday\, February 12\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Autism & Neurodiversity” \n***** \nRay Gibbs\nThursday\, February 12\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Embodied Meaning\, Thinking\, and Communication” \n***** \nCraig Schindler\nTuesday\, February 17\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Enduring Wisdom\, Mindfulness & Emerging Neuroscience” \n***** \nJohn Brown Childs\nThursday\, February 19\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Transcommunality” \n***** \nDada Nabhaniilananda\nThursday\, February 19\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Dragon Taming for Smart People” \n***** \nNatalia Carrillo\nTuesday\, February 24\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“A History of the Action Potential” \n***** \nDoc Edge\nTuesday\, February 24\, Humanities Lecture Hall at 12:00\n“Talking About Race: Geneticists\, Philosophers\, the Media\, and the People” \n***** \nBrian Cantwell Smith\nThursday\, February 26\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“The Three R’s: Representation\, Registration\, and Reality” \nThursday\, February 26\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“The Couch or the Bottle: Levels of Abstraction and the Anxious Mind” \n***** \nOctavio Valadez\nTuesday\, March 3\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Co-Teaching and Revolutionary Teaching” \n***** \nFabrizzio McManus Guerrero \nThursday\, March 5\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“From Queer Theory to Teoria Cuir: Latinamerican appropriations of Gay Identities” \nThursday\, March 5\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Neuro-Biological Explanations of Sexual Orientation and Their Counter-explanations”
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/fabrizzio-mcmanus-guerrero-2/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin 152
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SUMMARY:Fabrizzio McManus Guerrero: "From Queer Theory to Teoria Cuir: Latinamerican appropriations of Gay Identities"
DESCRIPTION:Guest Lectures for “Introduction to Philosophy” (Phil 11) and “Brain\, Mind\, and Consciousness” (Cowell 39)\, co-taught by Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther\, UCSC\, Winter 2015. \nFabrizzio McManus Guerrero studied Biology in the Faculty of Sciences at UNAM from 2000 to 2004 and wrote\, as his undergraduate thesis\, a taxonomic revision of the genus Jatropha (fam. Euphorbiaceae). From 2004 to 2006 he was a masters student in the Program in Philosophy of Science also at UNAM. There he wrote his master thesis focusing on the philosophical problems of phylogenetic reconstruction. His masters thesis won two prizes: the Norman Sverdlin prize for best philosophy thesis in 2006\, and the UNAM prize medal “Alfonso Caso.”He started his doctorate in the same program in 2006. In his dissertation\, he analyzed homosexuality in the context of philosophical accounts of mechanistic explanation and biopower.He successfully defended (with honors) his dissertation in November 2010: La homosexualidad a la luz de la filosofía de la ciencia: Mecanismos biologicos\, subjetividad y poder (Homosexuality in Light of the Philosophy of Science: Biological Mechanisms\, Subjectivity\, and Power) \nFabrizzio is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at UNAM. \nWinter 2015 Lecture Series Schedule: \nRobin Dunkin\nTuesday\, January 27\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Building Blocks of the Brain: Neuron and Glia Form & Function” \n***** \nMichael Anderson\nThursday\, January 29\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Neural Reuse and Hebbian Learning: Two Kinds of Neuroplasticity in the Brain” \n***** \nNicolas Davidenko\nTuesday\, February 3\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“The Suggestible Nature of Motion Perception” \n***** \nJanette Dinishak\nThursday\, February 12\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Autism & Neurodiversity” \n***** \nRay Gibbs\nThursday\, February 12\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Embodied Meaning\, Thinking\, and Communication” \n***** \nCraig Schindler\nTuesday\, February 17\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Enduring Wisdom\, Mindfulness & Emerging Neuroscience” \n***** \nJohn Brown Childs\nThursday\, February 19\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Transcommunality” \n***** \nDada Nabhaniilananda\nThursday\, February 19\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Dragon Taming for Smart People” \n***** \nNatalia Carrillo\nTuesday\, February 24\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“A History of the Action Potential” \n***** \nDoc Edge\nTuesday\, February 24\, Humanities Lecture Hall at 12:00\n“Talking About Race: Geneticists\, Philosophers\, the Media\, and the People” \n***** \nBrian Cantwell Smith\nThursday\, February 26\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“The Three R’s: Representation\, Registration\, and Reality” \nThursday\, February 26\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“The Couch or the Bottle: Levels of Abstraction and the Anxious Mind” \n***** \nOctavio Valadez\nTuesday\, March 3\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Co-Teaching and Revolutionary Teaching” \n***** \nFabrizzio McManus Guerrero \nThursday\, March 5\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“From Queer Theory to Teoria Cuir: Latinamerican appropriations of Gay Identities” \nThursday\, March 5\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Neuro-Biological Explanations of Sexual Orientation and Their Counter-explanations”
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/fabrizzio-mcmanus-guerrero-from-queer-theory-to-teoria-cuir-latinamerican-appropriations-of-gay-identities-2/
LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Room 206\, UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:Will the Robots Win? Promises and Perils of Technology in Society
DESCRIPTION:Technology is ubiquitous. Computers and phones impact our daily rhythms\, communicative abilities\, and cognitive energies. Consider being hospitalized\, flying from one country to another\, or taking a prescription medicine. Or think about the police searching big databases\, or the government military-industrial complex and its automated war machines. Or imagine the potential of nanotechnology\, transhumanism\, and artificial intelligence. Technology is powerful. \nWhich effects does technology have on our individual psychology\, and on our social values celebrating freedom\, diversity\, and the pursuit of happiness? Can it help us lead healthier\, fuller\, and more democratic lives? Which dark sides does technology have\, and how might it inflict pain and violence? \nCome join us for a broad-ranging conversation on technology and on its ethical\, political\, religious\, and social dimensions. The panelists are scientists and philosophers who have thought deeply about the promises and strengths—and perils and weaknesses—of technology. The public is free to ask questions and challenge all of us on urgent matters. \nThis event is free and open to the public. \n\n  \nPANELISTS\nScott Lokey received his undergraduate degree from Trinity University in San Antonio\, TX. Here\, he cultivated a strong interest in both the sciences and the humanities. During his time at Trinity University\, Scott developed an interest in Chemistry\, which he pursued to receive his PhD at the University of Texas\, Austin. After receiving his PhD\, Scott spent time away from academia traveling the world. Upon his return to the US\, Scott began a Post Doc at Genentech in San Francisco. Afterwards\, he pursued a second Post Doc at the Institute of Chemistry and Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School. Finally\, in 2002\, Scott joined UCSC as a Chemistry Professor and started his own research lab. Currently\, Scott and his lab are researching new drug paradigms\, hoping to develop drugs that go beyond typical drugs which pass through the cell membrane. Scott and his lab study membrane permeability in molecules that are traditionally considered to be too large to be used in drugs. He has strong interests in consciousness studies and Buddhism. \nAndrew Sivak is a doctoral candidate in History of Consciousness at UCSC. He is interested in political theory\, theology\, and William Blake. His courses include “Nuclear Criticism\,” “The Adventure of French Philosophy\,” and “Prophecy Against Empire.” \nFabrizzio McManus Guerrero studied Biology in the Faculty of Sciences at UNAM from 2000 to 2004 and wrote\, as his undergraduate thesis\, a taxonomic revision of the genus Jatropha (fam. Euphorbiaceae). From 2004 to 2006 he was a masters student in the Program in Philosophy of Science also at UNAM. There he wrote his master thesis focusing on the philosophical problems of phylogenetic reconstruction. His masters thesis won two prizes: the Norman Sverdlin prize for best philosophy thesis in 2006\, and the UNAM prize medal “Alfonso Caso.”He started his doctorate in the same program in 2006. In his dissertation\, he analyzed homosexuality in the context of philosophical accounts of mechanistic explanation and biopower.He successfully defended (with honors) his dissertation in November 2010: La homosexualidad a la luz de la filosofía de la ciencia: Mecanismos biologicos\, subjetividad y poder (Homosexuality in Light of the Philosophy of Science: Biological Mechanisms\, Subjectivity\, and Power). \nOctavio Valadez is a doctoral candidate in Philosophy of Science at UNAM in Mexico City\, with the project “Complexity and Transdisciplinarity: Theory and practice of cancer as a complex problem.” Octavio obtained his B.Sc. degree in Basic Biomedical Research at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) with his thesis work “Cancer as a complex disease: networks and levels of organization” (2008)\, with Germinal Cocho Gil as advisor. In 2010\, he obtained his Masters in Philosophy from the UAM-Iztapalapa and was awarded the UAM academic merit medal. His thesis (advised by Mario Casanueva) addressed the scientific explanation of cancer based on the model of “part-whole science” proposed by Rasmus Winther (2011\, Synthese)\, which develops a pluralistic research horizon. His main academic interests are the complexity of cancer\, as this problem cannot be understood\, much less solved\, if we do not consider and articulate the philosophical\, sociological\, historical and political aspects involved. \nRasmus Grønfeldt Winther is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of California\, Santa Cruz (UCSC). At UCSC he is also affiliated faculty with the Department of Psychology and the Department of Latin American and Latino Studies. He was previously an assistant professor at UNAM and a part-time guest researcher at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen. His degrees are from Stanford University (Philosophy) and Indiana University (History and Philosophy of Science; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology). Winther works in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of biology\, and has strong interests in metaphysics\, philosophy of mind\, the history of philosophy\, comparative philosophy\, and the philosophy of multiculturalism. To date he has published over 40 articles in journals both in philosophy of science and philosophy of biology and in science more generally. Winther has held over 60 lectures at international conferences in Australia\, Denmark\, Germany\, Mexico\, South Africa\, UK\, USA\, and at universities including Berkeley\, Cambridge\, Humboldt (Berlin)\, London School of Economics\, MIT\, University of Chicago\, as well as venues like Google. He is the PI of the “Philosophy in a Multicultural Context” Research Cluster\, a collaborative research project involving UC Santa Cruz\, UC Davis\, and Stanford University. Currently\, he is working on maps in science and philosophy\, and the science and philosophy (and art) of maps: http://ihr.ucsc.edu/when-maps-become-the-world/
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/will-the-robots-win-promises-and-perils-of-technology-in-society-2/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:Octavio Valadez: "Co-Teaching and Revolutionary Teaching"
DESCRIPTION:Guest Lectures for “Introduction to Philosophy” (Phil 11) and “Brain\, Mind\, and Consciousness” (Cowell 39)\, co-taught by Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther\, UCSC\, Winter 2015. \nÉdgar Octavio Valadez Blanco is currently studying his PhD in Philosophy of Science at UNAM in Mexico City\, with the project “Complexity and Transdisciplinarity: Theory and practice of cancer as a complex problem.” Octavio obtained his B.Sc. degree in Basic Biomedical Research at UNAM with his thesis work “Cancer as a complex disease: networks and levels of organization” (2008)\, with Germinal Cocho Gil as advisor. In 2010\, he obtained his Masters in Philosophy from the UAM-Iztapalapa and was awarded the UAM academic merit medal. His thesis (advised by Mario Casanueva) addressed the scientific explanation of cancer based on the model of “part-whole science” proposed by Rasmus (Winther 2011\, Synthese)\, which develops a pluralistic research horizon. \nOctavio’s main academic interests are the complexity of cancer\, as this problem cannot be understood\, much less solved if we do not consider and articulate the philosophical\, sociological\, historical and political aspects involved. Octavio intends to contribute to a critical focus on the theories and practices in the scientific disciplines related to cancer research–especially the biomedical sciences–in which abstractions often turn into reifications of reality thus hampering the creativity and the possibility of a plurality of scientific views and practices. This critical approach has in part evolved from Octavio’s great concern for the deep contradictory realities prevailing in Mexico\, which has also prompted him to undertake studies on politics and pedagogy\, as well as to actively participate in novel scholarly projects\, extra-curricular organizations\, and general education. \nWinter 2015 Lecture Series Schedule: \nRobin Dunkin\nTuesday\, January 27\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Building Blocks of the Brain: Neuron and Glia Form & Function” \n***** \nMichael Anderson\nThursday\, January 29\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Neural Reuse and Hebbian Learning: Two Kinds of Neuroplasticity in the Brain” \n***** \nNicolas Davidenko\nTuesday\, February 3\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“The Suggestible Nature of Motion Perception” \n***** \nJanette Dinishak\nThursday\, February 12\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Autism & Neurodiversity” \n***** \nRay Gibbs\nThursday\, February 12\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Embodied Meaning\, Thinking\, and Communication” \n***** \nCraig Schindler\nTuesday\, February 17\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Enduring Wisdom\, Mindfulness & Emerging Neuroscience” \n***** \nJohn Brown Childs\nThursday\, February 19\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Transcommunality” \n***** \nDada Nabhaniilananda\nThursday\, February 19\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Dragon Taming for Smart People” \n***** \nNatalia Carrillo\nTuesday\, February 24\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“A History of the Action Potential” \n***** \nDoc Edge\nTuesday\, February 24\, Humanities Lecture Hall at 12:00\n“Talking About Race: Geneticists\, Philosophers\, the Media\, and the People” \n***** \nBrian Cantwell Smith\nThursday\, February 26\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“The Three R’s: Representation\, Registration\, and Reality” \nThursday\, February 26\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“The Couch or the Bottle: Levels of Abstraction and the Anxious Mind” \n***** \nOctavio Valadez\nTuesday\, March 3\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Co-Teaching and Revolutionary Teaching” \n***** \nFabrizzio McManus Guerrero \nThursday\, March 5\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“From Queer Theory to Teoria Cuir: Latinamerican appropriations of Gay Identities” \nThursday\, March 5\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Neuro-Biological Explanations of Sexual Orientation and Their Counter-explanations”
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/octavio-valadez-co-teaching-and-revolutionary-teaching-2/
LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Room 206\, UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:Brian Cantwell Smith: "The Couch or the Bottle: Levels of Abstraction and the Anxious Mind"
DESCRIPTION:Guest Lectures for “Introduction to Philosophy” (Phil 11) and “Brain\, Mind\, and Consciousness” (Cowell 39)\, co-taught by Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther\, UCSC\, Winter 2015. \nBrian Cantwell Smith received his B.S. (1974)\, M.S. (1978) and Ph.D. (1982) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After receiving his doctorate\, he held senior research and administrative positions at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre in California\, and was an adjunct associate professor in the Philosophy and Computer Science departments at Stanford University. He was a founder and principal investigator of the Stanford-based Centre for the Study of Language and Information\, and was a founder and first President of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. \nIn 1996 Brian moved to the Indiana University at Bloomington\, where he was professor of cognitive science\, computer science\, philosophy\, and informatics\, and a fellow of the Center for Social Informatics in the School of Library and Information Sciences. He then moved to Duke University\, as the Kimberly J. Jenkins University Professor of Philosophy and New Technologies\, and professor of Philosophy and Computer Science. \nBrian is the author of more than 35 articles and of On the Origin of Objects (MIT\, 1996). His research focuses on the conceptual foundations of computation and information (to be reported in a 7-volume series\, entitled The Age of Significance: An Essay on the Origins of Computation and Intentionality\, accepted for publication by MIT Press) and on new forms of metaphysics\, ontology\, and epistemology. A two-volume series of edited papers\, entitled Indiscrete Affairs\, will be published by Harvard University Press in 2013. \nAs well as being Professor at the Faculty of Information Studies\, Brian is cross-appointed as Professor in the departments of Philosophy and Computer Science and in the Program in Communication\, Culture and Technology at University of Toronto at Mississauga. He is also a senior fellow at Massey College\, and a fellow of University College. \nWinter 2015 Lecture Series Schedule: \nRobin Dunkin\nTuesday\, January 27\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Building Blocks of the Brain: Neuron and Glia Form & Function” \n***** \nMichael Anderson\nThursday\, January 29\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Neural Reuse and Hebbian Learning: Two Kinds of Neuroplasticity in the Brain” \n***** \nNicolas Davidenko\nTuesday\, February 3\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“The Suggestible Nature of Motion Perception” \n***** \nJanette Dinishak\nThursday\, February 12\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Autism & Neurodiversity” \n***** \nRay Gibbs\nThursday\, February 12\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Embodied Meaning\, Thinking\, and Communication” \n***** \nCraig Schindler\nTuesday\, February 17\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Enduring Wisdom\, Mindfulness & Emerging Neuroscience” \n***** \nJohn Brown Childs\nThursday\, February 19\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Transcommunality” \n***** \nDada Nabhaniilananda\nThursday\, February 19\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Dragon Taming for Smart People” \n***** \nNatalia Carrillo\nTuesday\, February 24\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“A History of the Action Potential” \n***** \nDoc Edge\nTuesday\, February 24\, Humanities Lecture Hall at 12:00\n“Talking About Race: Geneticists\, Philosophers\, the Media\, and the People” \n***** \nBrian Cantwell Smith\nThursday\, February 26\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“The Three R’s: Representation\, Registration\, and Reality” \nThursday\, February 26\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“The Couch or the Bottle: Levels of Abstraction and the Anxious Mind” \n***** \nOctavio Valadez\nTuesday\, March 3\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Co-Teaching and Revolutionary Teaching” \n***** \nFabrizzio McManus Guerrero \nThursday\, March 5\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“From Queer Theory to Teoria Cuir: Latinamerican appropriations of Gay Identities” \nThursday\, March 5\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Neuro-Biological Explanations of Sexual Orientation and Their Counter-explanations”
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/brian-cantwell-smith-the-couch-or-the-bottle-levels-of-abstraction-and-the-anxious-mind-2/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin 152
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SUMMARY:Brian Cantwell Smith: "The Three R's: Representation\, Registration\, and Reality"
DESCRIPTION:Guest Lectures for “Introduction to Philosophy” (Phil 11) and “Brain\, Mind\, and Consciousness” (Cowell 39)\, co-taught by Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther\, UCSC\, Winter 2015. \nBrian Cantwell Smith received his B.S. (1974)\, M.S. (1978) and Ph.D. (1982) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After receiving his doctorate\, he held senior research and administrative positions at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre in California\, and was an adjunct associate professor in the Philosophy and Computer Science departments at Stanford University. He was a founder and principal investigator of the Stanford-based Centre for the Study of Language and Information\, and was a founder and first President of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. \nIn 1996 Brian moved to the Indiana University at Bloomington\, where he was professor of cognitive science\, computer science\, philosophy\, and informatics\, and a fellow of the Center for Social Informatics in the School of Library and Information Sciences. He then moved to Duke University\, as the Kimberly J. Jenkins University Professor of Philosophy and New Technologies\, and professor of Philosophy and Computer Science. \nBrian is the author of more than 35 articles and of On the Origin of Objects (MIT\, 1996). His research focuses on the conceptual foundations of computation and information (to be reported in a 7-volume series\, entitled The Age of Significance: An Essay on the Origins of Computation and Intentionality\, accepted for publication by MIT Press) and on new forms of metaphysics\, ontology\, and epistemology. A two-volume series of edited papers\, entitled Indiscrete Affairs\, will be published by Harvard University Press in 2013. \nAs well as being Professor at the Faculty of Information Studies\, Brian is cross-appointed as Professor in the departments of Philosophy and Computer Science and in the Program in Communication\, Culture and Technology at University of Toronto at Mississauga. He is also a senior fellow at Massey College\, and a fellow of University College. \nWinter 2015 Lecture Series Schedule: \nRobin Dunkin\nTuesday\, January 27\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Building Blocks of the Brain: Neuron and Glia Form & Function” \n***** \nMichael Anderson\nThursday\, January 29\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Neural Reuse and Hebbian Learning: Two Kinds of Neuroplasticity in the Brain” \n***** \nNicolas Davidenko\nTuesday\, February 3\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“The Suggestible Nature of Motion Perception” \n***** \nJanette Dinishak\nThursday\, February 12\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Autism & Neurodiversity” \n***** \nRay Gibbs\nThursday\, February 12\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Embodied Meaning\, Thinking\, and Communication” \n***** \nCraig Schindler\nTuesday\, February 17\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Enduring Wisdom\, Mindfulness & Emerging Neuroscience” \n***** \nJohn Brown Childs\nThursday\, February 19\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Transcommunality” \n***** \nDada Nabhaniilananda\nThursday\, February 19\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Dragon Taming for Smart People” \n***** \nNatalia Carrillo\nTuesday\, February 24\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“A History of the Action Potential” \n***** \nDoc Edge\nTuesday\, February 24\, Humanities Lecture Hall at 12:00\n“Talking About Race: Geneticists\, Philosophers\, the Media\, and the People” \n***** \nBrian Cantwell Smith\nThursday\, February 26\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“The Three R’s: Representation\, Registration\, and Reality” \nThursday\, February 26\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“The Couch or the Bottle: Levels of Abstraction and the Anxious Mind” \n***** \nOctavio Valadez\nTuesday\, March 3\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Co-Teaching and Revolutionary Teaching” \n***** \nFabrizzio McManus Guerrero \nThursday\, March 5\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“From Queer Theory to Teoria Cuir: Latinamerican appropriations of Gay Identities” \nThursday\, March 5\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Neuro-Biological Explanations of Sexual Orientation and Their Counter-explanations”
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/brian-cantwell-smith-the-three-rs-representation-registration-and-reality-2/
LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Room 206\, UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:Natalia Carrillo: "A History of the Action Potential"
DESCRIPTION:Guest Lectures for “Introduction to Philosophy” (Phil 11) and “Brain\, Mind\, and Consciousness” (Cowell 39)\, co-taught by Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther\, UCSC\, Winter 2015. \nNatalia Carrillo is a graduate student at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). SHe studied a master degree in Philosophy of Cognitive Science (2 year program) at UNAM. Her thesis (“Objetividad en el modelo mecanicista de expliación en las neurociencias”) versed on the notion of objectivity (structural\, mechanical\, procedural\, absolute\, etc) behind the mechanistic model of explanation. \nShe has a bachelor degree in mathematics where she had the opportunity of taking several courses in science: Molecular Biology\, Neurobiology\, Cognitive Science\, Dynamical Systems\, Mechanics\, Artificial Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence. During her master she has taken several courses in Philosophy of Science\, Philosophy of Mind and Epistemology. \nShe is also interested in Gender and Science\, different notions of objectivity\, the Hodgkin Huxley Model of the action potential\, Philosophy of Mind and Humanistic Psychoanalysis. \nWinter 2015 Lecture Series Schedule: \nRobin Dunkin\nTuesday\, January 27\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Building Blocks of the Brain: Neuron and Glia Form & Function” \n***** \nMichael Anderson\nThursday\, January 29\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Neural Reuse and Hebbian Learning: Two Kinds of Neuroplasticity in the Brain” \n***** \nNicolas Davidenko\nTuesday\, February 3\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“The Suggestible Nature of Motion Perception” \n***** \nJanette Dinishak\nThursday\, February 12\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Autism & Neurodiversity” \n***** \nRay Gibbs\nThursday\, February 12\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Embodied Meaning\, Thinking\, and Communication” \n***** \nCraig Schindler\nTuesday\, February 17\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Enduring Wisdom\, Mindfulness & Emerging Neuroscience” \n***** \nJohn Brown Childs\nThursday\, February 19\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Transcommunality” \n***** \nDada Nabhaniilananda\nThursday\, February 19\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Dragon Taming for Smart People” \n***** \nNatalia Carrillo\nTuesday\, February 24\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“A History of the Action Potential” \n***** \nDoc Edge\nTuesday\, February 24\, Humanities Lecture Hall at 12:00\n“Talking About Race: Geneticists\, Philosophers\, the Media\, and the People” \n***** \nBrian Cantwell Smith\nThursday\, February 26\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“The Three R’s: Representation\, Registration\, and Reality” \nThursday\, February 26\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“The Couch or the Bottle: Levels of Abstraction and the Anxious Mind” \n***** \nOctavio Valadez\nTuesday\, March 3\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Co-Teaching and Revolutionary Teaching” \n***** \nFabrizzio McManus Guerrero \nThursday\, March 5\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“From Queer Theory to Teoria Cuir: Latinamerican appropriations of Gay Identities” \nThursday\, March 5\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Neuro-Biological Explanations of Sexual Orientation and Their Counter-explanations”
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/natalia-carrillo-a-history-of-the-action-potential-2/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ray Gibbs: "Embodied Meaning\, Thinking\, and Communication"
DESCRIPTION:Guest Lectures for “Introduction to Philosophy” (Phil 11) and “Brain\, Mind\, and Consciousness” (Cowell 39)\, co-taught by Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther\, UCSC\, Winter 2015. \nRay Gibbs is a psychology professor at UCSC. \nWinter 2015 Lecture Series Schedule: \nRobin Dunkin\nTuesday\, January 27\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Building Blocks of the Brain: Neuron and Glia Form & Function” \n***** \nMichael Anderson\nThursday\, January 29\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Neural Reuse and Hebbian Learning: Two Kinds of Neuroplasticity in the Brain” \n***** \nNicolas Davidenko\nTuesday\, February 3\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“The Suggestible Nature of Motion Perception” \n***** \nJanette Dinishak\nThursday\, February 12\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Autism & Neurodiversity” \n***** \nRay Gibbs\nThursday\, February 12\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Embodied Meaning\, Thinking\, and Communication” \n***** \nCraig Schindler\nTuesday\, February 17\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Enduring Wisdom\, Mindfulness & Emerging Neuroscience” \n***** \nJohn Brown Childs\nThursday\, February 19\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Transcommunality” \n***** \nDada Nabhaniilananda\nThursday\, February 19\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Dragon Taming for Smart People” \n***** \nNatalia Carrillo\nTuesday\, February 24\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“A History of the Action Potential” \n***** \nDoc Edge\nTuesday\, February 24\, Humanities Lecture Hall at 12:00\n“Talking About Race: Geneticists\, Philosophers\, the Media\, and the People” \n***** \nBrian Cantwell Smith\nThursday\, February 26\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“The Three R’s: Representation\, Registration\, and Reality” \nThursday\, February 26\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“The Couch or the Bottle: Levels of Abstraction and the Anxious Mind” \n***** \nOctavio Valadez\nTuesday\, March 3\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Co-Teaching and Revolutionary Teaching” \n***** \nFabrizzio McManus Guerrero \nThursday\, March 5\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“From Queer Theory to Teoria Cuir: Latinamerican appropriations of Gay Identities” \nThursday\, March 5\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Neuro-Biological Explanations of Sexual Orientation and Their Counter-explanations” \n 
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/ray-gibbs-embodied-meaning-thinking-and-communication-2/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150129T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150129T194500
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SUMMARY:Michael Anderson: "Neural Reuse and Hebbian Learning: Two Kinds of Neuroplasticity in the Brain"
DESCRIPTION:Guest Lectures for “Introduction to Philosophy” (Phil 11) and “Brain\, Mind\, and Consciousness” (Cowell 39)\, co-taught by Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther\, UCSC\, Winter 2015. \nMichael L. Anderson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at F&M\, and a Visiting Associate Professor at the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies at the University of Maryland\, College Park\, where he is also a member of the Graduate Faculty in the Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science. He earned a B.S. with honors in pre-medical studies at the University of Notre Dame\, a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Yale University (where he was a Sterling Prize Fellow)\, and did a post-doc in computer science at the University of Maryland. In 2012 he was selected to be a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences\, at Stanford University. \nProf. Anderson is author or co-author of over eighty scholarly and scientific publications in artificial intelligence\, cognitive science\, and philosophy of mind. His work has appeared in such journals as Artificial Intelligence\, Behavioral and Brain Sciences\, Connection Science\, Journal of Logic and Computation\, The Neuroscientist\, Philosophical Psychology and Synthese. \nWinter 2015 Lecture Series Schedule: \nRobin Dunkin\nTuesday\, January 27\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Building Blocks of the Brain: Neuron and Glia Form & Function” \n***** \nMichael Anderson\nThursday\, January 29\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Neural Reuse and Hebbian Learning: Two Kinds of Neuroplasticity in the Brain” \n***** \nNicolas Davidenko\nTuesday\, February 3\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“The Suggestible Nature of Motion Perception” \n***** \nJanette Dinishak\nThursday\, February 12\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Autism & Neurodiversity” \n***** \nRay Gibbs\nThursday\, February 12\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Embodied Meaning\, Thinking\, and Communication” \n***** \nCraig Schindler\nTuesday\, February 17\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Enduring Wisdom\, Mindfulness & Emerging Neuroscience” \n***** \nJohn Brown Childs\nThursday\, February 19\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Transcommunality” \n***** \nDada Nabhaniilananda\nThursday\, February 19\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Dragon Taming for Smart People” \n***** \nNatalia Carrillo\nTuesday\, February 24\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“A History of the Action Potential” \n***** \nDoc Edge\nTuesday\, February 24\, Humanities Lecture Hall at 12:00\n“Talking About Race: Geneticists\, Philosophers\, the Media\, and the People” \n***** \nBrian Cantwell Smith\nThursday\, February 26\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“The Three R’s: Representation\, Registration\, and Reality” \nThursday\, February 26\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“The Couch or the Bottle: Levels of Abstraction and the Anxious Mind” \n***** \nOctavio Valadez\nTuesday\, March 3\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“Co-Teaching and Revolutionary Teaching” \n***** \nFabrizzio McManus Guerrero \nThursday\, March 5\, Humanities Lecture Hall @ 12:00\n“From Queer Theory to Teoria Cuir: Latinamerican appropriations of Gay Identities” \nThursday\, March 5\, Stevenson 175 @ 6:00\n“Neuro-Biological Explanations of Sexual Orientation and Their Counter-explanations”
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/michael-anderson-neural-reuse-and-hebbian-learning-two-kinds-of-neuroplasticity-in-the-brain-2/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin 152
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