Series: Life and Cognition Abstract: In recent years, technological advances in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence, have emboldened the hopes of some transhumanists. As in the ancient Greek tale of Pygmalion who fell in love with the statue he crafted with his own hands, they dream of creating an artificial companion made of… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Marc Behrendt, “A Glimpse into the Future of Intimacy: Will it be Robotic or Socially Problematic?”

Series: Post-Darwinian Societies Speaker: Thomas Reydon (Leibniz Universität Hanover) Registration: Free, but mandatory, please e-mail dina.geron@uclouvain.be Abstract: The application of evolutionary concepts and evolutionary models in areas of research outside the biological sciences has become widespread. An increasing number of fields of research self-identify as being evolutionary in nature. Examples include: evolutionary epistemology, evolutionary ethics,… Continue reading Post-Darwinian Societies: Thomas Reydon, “What generalizing Darwinism can mean – The case of evolutionary economics”

This talk will take place exceptionally on Zoom; please e-mail the organizer (Cristian Lopez, email below) for the link and details. Series: Metaphysics of Science Abstract: Laws of nature amount to one of the modal components of scientific theorizing, informing us about ranges of possibilities and necessities in various physical domains. This appears to be… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Cristian Soto, “Physical modality for physical laws”

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Series: Post-Darwinian Societies Speaker: Alessandro Cigno (University of Florence) Registration: Free, but mandatory, please e-mail dina.geron@uclouvain.be Abstract: A species or society’s survival depends as much on its members’ ability to cooperate among themselves, as on their ability to reproduce faster than potential invaders. Both the biological and the economic literatures on cultural evolution lay great… Continue reading Post-Darwinian Societies: Alessandro Cigno, “Games, Rules and Cultural Evolution”