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Résumé La pertinence de la méthode critique pour la critique du capitalisme réside dans sa capacité à articuler raison et histoire pour analyser les structures sociales contemporaines. En s’appuyant sur Kant et Marx, cette approche examine les fondements …

Résumé L’objet de cette leçon inaugurale est de sensibiliser à la modélisation mathématique de phénomènes complexes, d’expliquer pourquoi on cherche à les simuler et ce que l’on peut en attendre. La découverte de la notion de modèles mathématiques pour …

Résumé One of the most pressing issues facing the Japanese economy in recent decades is the set of profound demographic changes. Japan has been experiencing simultaneous shifts: an overall decline in population, a rapid acceleration of population aging, …

Résumé The Language of Thought (LoT) hypothesis posits that mental representations are best understood as programme-like objects; indeed, "thoughts" share properties such as productivity and systematicity with programming languages. I tackle questions …

Résumé Quantitative modeling approaches are routinely used in cognitive science to make sense of behavior. Statistical models are designed to test *what* specific patterns are present in behavior, whereas cognitive computational models are developed to …

Résumé The brain is fundamentally a predictive organ that uses internal models to extrapolate future events from current inputs. While this predictive capacity exists across species, what may be uniquely human are the specific internal models we employ. …

Résumé Monkeys are widely used as model organisms for vision and cognition. While their anatomy and physiology have strong correspondences with humans, it is unclear whether they truly see the way we do. In most studies, monkeys are extensively trained on …

Résumé Graphics are a cultural product, meaning that they are a human invention with defined rules and syntax. In this respect, they are very similar to written words and numbers, probably the two most famous cultural inventions. However, unlike them, …