Seeing and Understanding the World Differently
Ringvorlesung of the Commission UZH Interdisciplinary
Research on human cognition typically assumes that human beings experience, categorize and model the world in terms of objects. Just like classical Western logic, most philosophical and empirical conceptions of the world and the self rely on object-centered categorization frameworks. While this may seem to be a rather detached theoretical observation at first sight, some very fundamental ideas about the world crucially depend on it.
Conducted in the form of moderated panel discussions, individual sessions of the series will be devoted to theories of time and space, cognition, action, perception, language, art, aesthetics, society and self, developed in physics, philosophy, religious studies and several other fields that work on “alternative”, often relational models of understanding the world and increasingly move away from the predominantly object-centered approaches that still dominate in “the West”. Juxtaposing perspectives from the past with modern systems of knowledge, this lecture series will present a scientific conversation between historically oriented, theoretical and empirical fields, working on different aspects of human thought, perception and behaviour.
Most of the lectures will be held in English.
Program
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30.3.2023, 18:15: Modifying the self and object-perception
Jens Schlieter (Institut für Religionswissenschaft, Universität Bern) / Clifford Saron (Center for Mind and Brain, UC Davis College of Letters and Science) / Manos Tsakiris (Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London & Centre for the Politics of Feelings, University of London) / Moderation: Grzegorz Polak (Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin); Ort: KOL, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: F-104 -
20.4.2023, 18:15: How the mind produces “objects”: object-centered vs. relational models of cognition
Ching Keng (Department of Philosophy, National Taiwan University, Taipei) / Thomas Metzinger (Philosophisches Seminar, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) / Klaus Oberauer (Psychologisches Institut, Universität Zürich) / Moderation: Juen Chien (Promotionsprogramm Buddhismus-Studien, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München); Ort: KOL, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: F-104 -
27.4.2023, 18:15: Concept formation and language categories: Objects or relations?
Balthasar Bickel (Institut für Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Zürich, und NFS Evolving Language) / Alexis Hervais-Adelman (Psychologisches Institut, Universität Zürich) / Raji C. Steineck (Asien-Orient-Institut, Universität Zürich) / Moderation: Rafael Suter (Asien-Orient-Institut, Universität Zürich); Ort: KOL, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: F-104 -
4.5.2023, 18:15: Representation and non-representation in the visual arts
Victor Fan (Department of Film Studies, King’s College London) / Markus Klammer (Departement Künste, Medien, Philosophie, Universität Basel) / Moderation: Polina Lukicheva (Asien-Orient-Institut, Universität Zürich); Ort: KOL, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: F-104 -
11.5.2023, 18:15: Rhythmus und Raum: Dimensionen ästhetischer Erfahrung
Heiko Hausendorf (Deutsches Seminar, Universität Zürich) / Winfried Menninghaus (Max-Planck-Institut für empirische Ästhetik, Frankfurt am Main) / Moderation: Wolfgang Behr (Asien-Orient-Institut, Universität Zürich); Ort: KOL, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: F-104 -
25.5.2023, 18:15: Fluid identities in activism and aesthetics
Chia-Ju Chang (Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Brooklyn College, CUNY, New York) / Prasenjit Duara (History Department, Asia Pacific Studies Institute, Duke University) / Brandon LaBelle (The Listening Biennial) / Jia Tan (Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) / Moderation: Andrea Riemenschnitter (Asien-Orient-Institut, Universität Zürich); Ort: KOL, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: F-104 -
1.6.2023, 18:15: Mapping and modelling behaviours and economies
Carlos Alós-Ferrer (NOMIS Professorship, Zurich Center for Neuroeconomics, Universität Zürich) / Steven Sloman (Cognitive, Linguistic & Psychological Sciences, Brown University) / Moderation: Andrea Bréard (Department Alte Welt und Asiatische Kulturen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg); Ort: KOL, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: F-104