During the cycle of conferences in Paris of William C. Wimsatt, a philosopher from the university of Chicago, we will host him at the CRI for a colloquium dedicated to evolution of culture.
Evolution of writing : a model for culture evolution ?
Date: Tuesday 17 june 2008
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Schedule
** Theoretical insights into culture evolution **
10.00 William C. Wimsatt (title to be announced)
Discussion
11.15 To be announced
Discussion
12.30 Lunch
** From theory to experiments : the evolution of writing **
14.00 Marc Smith: "Morphology" and "ductus": visual and mechanical factors in the evolution of latin alphabet
Discussion
15.00 Stanislas Dehaene: Cultural evolution and neuronal recycling : the example of reading
Discussion
16.00 Julien Bénard-Capelle: What can we learm from experimental propagation of symbols ?
Discussion
17.00 Conclusions
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More information about Bill Wimsatt
- his home page: http://philosophy.uchicago.edu/faculty/wimsatt.html
- a website dedicated to his work: http://www.wimsite.org/
- an online conference: //humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/institute/wednesday-recordings/wimsatt/wimsatt-EW-0502.mp3
More information about Stanislas Dehaene
- the UNICOG lab: http://www.unicog.org/main/pages.php?page=Home
- his home page: http://www.unicog.org/main/pages.php?page=Stanislas_Dehaene
More information about Marc Smith
- the website of the Ecole Nationale des Chartes: http://www.enc.sorbonne.fr/
- a paper by M. Smith about the influence of wax tablets on the evolution
Other conferences by Bill Wimsatt in Paris
* Thursday 5th june: Optimization vs. Satisficing
As part of the colloquium Adaptation in Psychology and in Biology.
http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Events/All/Conferences/others/other_conf_2007-08/paris-pitt_conf/paris-pitt_conf_program.htm
Institut d'Histoire et de Philisophie des Sciences
13 rue du four (M° Mabillon)
* Thursday 12th june 14h - 17h
As part of the seminar Models and Modelisation (organised by Paul Humphreys)
Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences
13 rue du four (M° Mabillon)
* Monday 23th june 11h - 13h
Maison de la recherche, salle D223
28 rue Serpente (M° Odéon ou Saint-Michel)