Symposium: The Impact of philosophical thinking on today’s neuroscience

Du 24 novembre 2025 au 25 novembre 2025 à 23:59

Venue: IBGC – Campus Carreire

On registration (see link below)


Speakers

  • https://philinbiomed.cnrs.fr/event/philosophy-impact-neuroscience/

    Scientific program

    Day 1, Monday 24th

    10.00-10.30 Welcome coffee

    10.30 – Marco Viola
    From dotted to continuous line: Scientometric evidence for a strengthened (though not flat) relationship between philosophy and neuroscience

    11.30 – Thomas Pradeu
    From philosophy in science to philosophy in neuroscience

    12.30 Lunch (buffet open to all participants)

    14.00 – Héloise Athéa
    What is cellular memory? From bench to philosophical side and back again

    15.00 – Lisa Roux
    TBA

    16.00 Coffee break

    16.30 – John Bickle
    Exploratory research in neurobiology: a case study

    17.30-18.30 – Panel discussion.
    Chair: Aline Desmedt.

    Day 2, Tuesday 25th

    10.00-10.30 Welcome coffee

    10.30 – Christopher Stevens
    Philosophical Thinking in Neuroscience: Zones of Impact

    11.30 – Serge Ahmed
    Philosophers and the neurosciences of addiction

    12.30 Lunch (buffet open to all participants)

    14.00 – Elodie Boissard
    Brentano’s thesis of intentionality as the mark of the mental and the birth of experimental and clinical psychology

    15.00 – Thomas Boraud & Cédric Brun
    One Decision, Two concepts: A call for Philosophical Clarification

    16.00 Coffee break

    16.30 – Paul Thagard
    Philosophical Contributions to Theoretical Neuroscience

    17.30-18.30 – Panel discussion.
    Chair: Cédric Brun

    Registration

    Free but mandatory.