Philosophical analysis of scientific explanation has undergone a great shift from armchair theorising to empirically inspired and informed theories. On the forefront of this shift has been work on explanation in the special sciences.
This workshop, organised by the research group on Mechanistic and Representational Explanation in Cognitive Neuroscience (MeReX) aims to showcase both empirical neuroscientific work, which can serve as the basis of philosophical theorising, and philosophical work engaging with empirical case studies in neuroscience. Our focus is on exploring the explanatory practices in cognitive neuroscience under the headings of mechanistic explanation, representational explanation and computational explanation.
Keynotes
Mazviita Chirimuuta (Edinburgh, Philosophy)
Fatma Deniz (TU Berlin, Neuroscience)
Holger Krapp (ICL, neuroscience)
Grace Lindsay (NYU, Neuroscience)
Jonathan Najenson (Technion, Philosophy)
Nicholas Shea (London, Philosophy)​
Markus Werkle-Bergner (MPI Berlin, Neuroscience)
Dates
Conference: 19th-21st February 2025
Submission deadline: 29th September 2024
Notification of decision: 1st November 2024
CFP
We especially welcome work focusing on less commonly discussed (but representative) cases and patterns of explanation. We invite submissions for presentations suitable for 45-minute slots (30 min talk + 15 min Q&A). Interested applicants should submit a 500-word abstract making the topic and argument transparent. The submissions should be prepared for blind review.
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Venue
Technical University Berlin
Straße des 17. Juni 135
10623 Berlin
Programme
tba.
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