Embodied Cog BMC 2019: Embodied Cognition Workshop BMC 2019 Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA, United States, October 18-20, 2019 |
Conference website | https://embodiedcognitionworkshopbmc2019.wordpress.com/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=embodiedcogbmc2019 |
2019 AALAC Workshop: “Embodied Cognition: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration”
Embodied cognition is a growing field of interdisciplinary concern. Scholars in sociology, neuroscience, psychology, biology, and philosophy have all engaged in projects designed to unravel the mind-body problem in order to better understand the links between our minds, bodies, behaviors, and social interactions. Unfortunately, the outcomes of this research rarely circulate across disciplinary boundaries, resulting in major gaps in knowledge and incomplete disciplinary understandings of what embodied cognition means as well as the processes through which it occurs.
In order to help answer questions about how embodiment influences the scientific process, there is a growing literature in the philosophy of mind and philosophy of science concerning situated cognition, embodied cognition, and the role of embodiment in scientific observation. For example, several feminist philosophers have long argued that standard theories of cognition need to incorporate physical states of the body and their role in cognition in order to understand the influence of human concepts, theories, and assumptions on observation. In addition to these more theoretical investigations, psychologists have also been collecting empirical evidence about how bodily states and emotions impact perception and cognition. What is more, Sociologists have taken up both theoretical and empirical projects regarding embodied cognition in order to better interrogate the meanings we assign to bodies and minds, the ways that these meanings in turn shape social action and the production of knowledge, and the ways in which embodied cognition shapes and is shaped by social structures.
This workshop will bring together faculty from a range of fields including sociology, philosophy, psychology, and cognitive science to explore the connections and disagreements concerning embodied cognition in our respective disciplines. The workshop will take place at Bryn Mawr College over two days on October 18th and 19th. The workshop will include opportunities for participants to present current research on topics relating to embodied cognition as well as working sessions to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations on new projects.
Submission Guidelines
All abstracts/papers must be original and not previously published. If you are interested in presenting your work at the workshop, please submit an abstract of no more than 1000 words. Out of respect for different disciplinary conventions, abstracts have no minimum word count, but they should provide sufficient information to determine the overall content of the talk you would provide. Interdisciplinary collaborations are especially welcome, but not required.
To submit an abstract, go to: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=embodiedcogbmc2019
The extended deadline for submitting abstracts is July 1st, 2019. Decisions will be made in August.
Invited Speakers
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Victoria Pitts-Taylor (Sociology, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Wesleyan University)
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Shannon Spaulding (Philosophy, Oklahoma State University)
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Chaz Firestone (Psychology, John Hopkins University)
Venue
Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania October 18th and 19th
Contact
crice3@brynmawr.edu
Sponsors
Alliance for the Advancement of Liberal Arts Colleges (AALAC)