Online workshop ‘4E cognition and memory’
May 23 – May 25 (2022)
Background & Aim
Though research on so-called 4E cognition has become firmly established in the cognitive sciences, relatively little attention has been paid to the domain of memory. This is surprising, given that memory is typically considered one of the key domains of cognitive science. This workshop brings together researchers working on embodied, embedded, extended and enactive approaches to cognition to elucidate the phenomenon of memory and investigate how 4E research on memory can move forward.
Schedule
In order to accommodate speakers in different timezones, and in addition to allow as many people as possible to attend at least some presentations, the talks have been scheduled to take place at different times during the day. The schedule is as follows, with all times in Central European Summer Time:
Monday 23/05
- 13:00-14:00. Enactive episodic memory through sensorimotor scenario construction. Anco Peeters & Marta Caravà
- 14:00-14:45. Enacting affective memory or: environmental time travel. Nathália de Ávila
- 14:45-15:00. Break
- 15:00-15:45. Ecological Systems & Inuit Womb Memories. Addy D. Donason
- 15:45-16.30. Radical enactivism dealing with optogenetics’ memory traces. José Carlos Camillo
- 16:30-16:45. Break
- 16:45-17:45. The true art of memory: Basic minds, material minds, and the ability to go on. Louise Barrett
Tuesday 24/05
- 09:00-10:00. Navigating the past together. John Sutton
- 10:00-10:45. Causalism and extracranialism: Is the causal theory of memory compatible with the extended mind hypothesis? Juan Álvarez
- 10:45-11:00. Break
- 11:00-12:00. Preserving memory and narrative identity for dementia patients. Richard Heersmink
- 12:00-12:45. Distributed Autobiographical Memories, Distributed Self-Narratives. Regina Fabry
- 12:45: 13:30. Break
- 13:30-14:15. The Role of Material Forms of Culture in Remembering An Enactive, Ecological, and Extended Proposal for Memory. Emanuele Prezioso
Wednesday 25/05
- 13:00-14:00. Memory as sensorimotor simulation: strengths and limitations. Francesco Ianì
- 14:00-14:45. A machine to remember. Cognitive niche construction and memory ecology in Life. A User’s Manual by Georges Perec. Mats Haraldsen
- 14:45-15:00. Break
- 15:00- 15:45. The Evolution of Episodic-Like Memory: The Importance of Biological and Ecological Constraints. Bas van Woerkum
- 15:45- 16.30. A phenomenological investigation of embodied remembering. Francesca Righetti
- 16:30-16:45. Break
- 16:45-17:45. The E’s in Early Modern England. Lyn Tribble
Registration
Please register for the meeting through Zoom to receive connection details: https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5wtceGopj4oGtxv7ePuBcLQpncMN9Uaxd2u.
Note: The confirmation email that is automatically send by Zoom will list 8.30am as the starting time for all three workshop days. This is not the actual schedule, just the time that we have the Zoom room available. Please check the schedule on this webpage for the actual starting time of each day.
Questions and Information
You may use this email address (4ememory @ gmail.com) for any questions you might have.
Organizers:
Marta Caravà, Roy Dings (Ruhr University Bochum), Chris McCarroll (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University) and Anco Peeters (Ruhr University Bochum).
