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Gergely Csibra
Tracking discourse referents in symbolic depictions
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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'
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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

Eglantine Heude
The Evolution of Developmental Mechanisms
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09:05 to 09:50

Louis Fensterbank
Introduction
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09:00 to 09:05

Gabor Brody
Variables keep them(selves) separate
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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

Karen Lewis
Discourse referents as mental files
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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

Hans Kamp
Types of entity representations in MSDRT
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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

Ellen Lau
Discourse files and human memory systems
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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

What is consciousness, and what are its brain mechanisms?
Stanislas Dehaene, chair Experimental Cognitive Psychology
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Michel Boudot
Sensitive metaphor and technical metaphor in private law
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16:00 to 18:00

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

Niels Obers
Non-Lorentzian Geometry in Gravity and String Theory
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16:00 to 17:30

In the cities: Greece as a sacrificial culture
Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge, chair Religion, History and Society in the Ancient Greek World
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Attic columned black-figure krater . London, British Museum 1837.0609.38. Side A: Sacrifice scene in front of a hermaic pillar . Date: circa 520-510 B.C. Beazley Archive Pottery Database 30320 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Presentation For at least a millennium, the …
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Marc Henneaux
Algebraic Aspects, Inönü-Wigner Contraction
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14:00 to 15:30

Nicolas Regnault
Fractional Chern Insulators: Toy Models, Moiré and New Mysteries
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11:30 to 12:45

Antoine Georges
The fractional quantum Hall effect
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09:30 to 11:15

Readings from Sanskrit philosophical texts: On pseudo-perceptions and perceptual error in the Dharmakīrtian tradition
Isabelle Ratié, chair History of Indian Systems of Thought
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The Buddha tempted by the armies of Māra, Kashmir, 8th c. (detail), Cleveland Museum of Art. Public domain. Presentation This year's seminar will be held in English, and participation requires a good knowledge of Sanskrit. It will be devoted to a reading …
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Judith Revel
Strapped to a tiger's back. Michel Foucault and truth
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16:30 to 18:00

Didier Fassin
Truth
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14:00 to 15:00

Sandra Lavorel
Ecosystem services
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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

Consciousness and identity: the Indian dispute over the self
Isabelle Ratié, chair History of Indian Systems of Thought
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The Buddha tempted by the armies of Māra, Kashmir, 8th century (detail), Cleveland Museum of Art. Public domain. Presentation This year's lecture explores one of the major controversies of ancient and medieval India, namely the dispute over the existence …
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Claude Grison
Ecocatalysis, a green and sustainable revolution in chemistry
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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

Frantz Grenet & Samra Azarnouche
The Lord of the Covenant: Mihr the Judge and the Celebration of Mihragān
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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

A climate of inequality
Philippe Aghion, chair Economics of Institutions, Innovation and Growth
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Seminar for high school students. …