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Dario Mantovani
The laws of attraction : metaphorical alluvia in the language of Roman jurists
Dario Mantovani
The laws of attraction : metaphorical alluvia in the language of Roman jurists
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Abstract This course explores spatial metaphors in the language of Roman jurists. The analysis will show that the reification of legal concepts is achieved not only through explicitly corporeal terms such as manus or capitis deminutio , but also through a …
14:30 to 15:30
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09:30 to 11:15
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Abstract This lecture, based on a new book entitled Two Paths to Prosperity: Culture and Institutions in Europe and China, 1000-2000 will ask the question why Europe and China reversed positions in economic development and technological capabilities …
17:30 to 18:30
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Saint Luke as a copyist (BnF, Coislin 195 f° 240 v°, 10th century) © Gallica. Presentation The seminar offers complementary Spotlights on the lecture or discussions on new texts. This year, in addition to a presentation of a new ERC project on Greco-Roman …
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Documents et médias Télécharger le support Abstract This lecture will introduce the concept of nature's contributions to human populations, or ecosystem services. It will show how functional ecology approaches enable ecosystem services to be quantified on …
14:00 to 15:30
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A single blow and everything collapses , excerpt from the book Histoire des deux carrés : conte suprématiste en six figures , El Lissitzky, 1922. Public domain. Presentation The aim of this year's lectures is to re-elaborate the concept of moral socialism …
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Documents and media Download support Abstract Faced with an alarming ecological diagnosis, we urgently need to change our modes of operation and production towards mutual and harmonious growth of the economy and natural ecosystems. We show how solutions …
10:00 to 11:00
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Left: a monk learning the craft of copyist practises drawing book decorations (7th century). © Coptic Museum, Cairo. Right: an apprentice copyist practises his scales (5th/7th century). © IFAO. Presentation Our investigations of monastic and Coptic …
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Chair: Victor Tamburini Hannah Steinicke Hannah Steinicke is currently pursuing her master’s degree in Mind, Brain and Behavior at Justus-Liebig University Gießen in Germany. Recently, she worked on the mental representation of sets in infants in …
16:00 to 17:15
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Chair: Victor Tamburini Abstract Children become able to process verbal identity statements as they learn to attribute false beliefs. The mental files explanation points to the need for linked indexed files for solving both tasks, which children achieve …
14:20 to 15:35
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Chair: Michael Murez Abstract Scene constructions, or more broadly, episodic simulations, are internal representations of states, relations, and events in the spatial navigational system of the brain. These constructions serve various purposes, including …
11:35 to 12:50
Sam Cumming
Guises of 'I'
Sam Cumming
Guises of 'I'
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Chair: Nicholas Shea Abstract I propose that communication with the indexical pronoun 'I' requires coordination on a familiar discourse referent, just like communication with anaphoric (or deictic) use of 'she'. This proposal improves on a contrasting …
17:30 to 18:45
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Chair: Nicholas Shea Abstract Discourse referents are "mental files" insofar as they are mental representations that function like variables: they architecturally separate addresses from contents. I argue for a construal of discourse referents in which …
15:55 to 17:10
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Chair: Nicholas Shea Abstract In previous work, I argue that discourse referents-devices for tracking objects under discussion in discourse-are best understood as mental files: vehicles for tracking the same object in cognition independently of any …
14:20 to 15:35
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Chair: Joulia Smortchkova Abstract MSDRT (Mental State Discourse Representation Theory) has developed a number of different Types of Entity Representations (its term for what is referred to by others as Mental Files). The different ER Types are for …
11:40 to 12:55
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Chair: Joulia Smortchkova Abstract Two ideas characterize many discussions of discourse files or discourse referents. One is that they are only temporary, serving as mental proxies for individuals only across some segment of discourse. Dissociations …
10:05 to 11:20
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Table ronde sur le thème : Mithra en dialogue en Asie centrale, Iran et Rome : 1. Le point de vue iranologique (la partie 2. Le point de vue des études gréco-romaines , se déroulera à Sorbonne Université en novembre ou décembre …
10:00 to 11:30