A transdisciplinary conference was held at Cornell on October 21-22, 2022 in Goldswin Smith Hall: Kaufmann Auditorium (G64). Additional info here.

October 21, 2022

2:15-2:30pm General Introduction & Welcome

2:30-3:45pm LA Paul (Yale: Philosophy, Cognitive Science), “Knowing How to Value”

3:45-5pm Joshua Landy (Stanford: French, Comparative Literature), “Cognitive Biases are a Writer’s Best Friend”

October 22, 2022

10-11:15am Brian Reilly (Fordham: French) “Beneath the Verse: The Cognition of the Levinasian Face”

11:15am-12:30pm Deborah Jenson (Duke: Romance Studies, Global Health) “Representation, Mimesis, or 4E Cognition?”

1:45-3pm Laurent Dubreuil (Cornell: Romance Studies, Comparative Literature, Cognitive Science; Tsinghua: Transcultural Theory), “Mind & Soul”

3-4:15pm Morten Christiansen (Cornell: Psychology, Cognitive Science; Aarhus: Cognitive Science of Language), “AI, Poetry and Human Language”

4:30-5:30pm Roundtable on “Art & Science” with Cornell Humanities Lab members: Angel McLaren de Riordan (Aesthetics & Geometry), Jacob Matthews (Romance Studies), Amritpal Singh (Psychology) moderated by Marc Kohlbry (Comparative Literature).

A transdisciplinary workshop was held on the same topic at Cornell in May 2022, featuring recent work accomplished by lab members and select guests: Pablo Contreras Kallens, Marc Kohlbry, Angel McLaren de Riordan, Tyler Lutz, Jacob Matthews, Teddy Kellog, Owen Morgan, Penelope Rosenstock-Murav, Amritpal Singh.