Theory of Mind and the Social Design of the Mind
An Open Mind workshop
June 14-15, 2013
Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Bucharest
Soseaua Panduri 90, Bucharest

PARTICIPANTS

Radu Bogdan (Tulane University and University of Bucharest)
Patricia Ganea (University of Toronto)
Gyorgy Gergely (Central European University)
Jessica Hobson (University College London)
Peter Hobson (University College London)
Josef Perner (University of Salzburg)
Wolfgang Prinz (Max Planck Institute for Human Cognition and Brain Sciences)
Hannes Rakoczy (University of Gottingen)

PROGRAM

Friday, June 14

9.00-9.30 Radu Bogdan (Tulane University and University of Bucharest) Introducing the Theme of the Workshop

9.30-10.30 Peter Hobson and Jessica Hobson (University College London) Interpersonal Engagement, Communication, and Understanding: What Leads to What?

10.30-11.00 Discussion

11.00-11.15 Coffee

11.15-12.15 Patricia Ganea (University of Toronto) Mapping Language to Mind: Toddlers’ Understanding of the Mentalistic and Representational Nature of Language

12.15-12.45 Discussion

12.45-15.00 Lunch

15.00-16.00 Josef Perner (University of Salzburg) Object of Thought Meets Object

16.00-16.30 Discussion

16.30-16.45 Coffee

16.45-17.45 Gyorgy Gergely (Central European University) Ostension, Epistemic Trust and Deferential Beliefs: the Social Origins and Cultural Transmission of Cognitively Opaque Knowledge about Kinds

17.45-18.15 Discussion

Saturday, June 15

9.30-10.30 Hannes Rakoczy (University of Gottingen) How Human Children and Non-human Primates Represent Regularities and Rules: the Difference Made by Social Norms and Theory of Mind

10.30-11.00 Discussion

11.00-11.15 Coffee

11.15-12.15 Wolfgang Prinz (Max Planck Institute for Human Cognition and Brain Sciences) How Mirrors Make Minds

12.15-12.45 Discussion

12.45-15.00 Lunch

15.00-16.00 Radu Bogdan (Tulane University and University of Bucharest) Intuitive Psychology as Mind Designer

16.00-16.30 Discussion

16.30-16.45 Coffee

16.45-18.30 General Discussion

OPEN MIND
An International School of Advanced Studies in Cognitive Science

http://www.unibuc.ro/e/n/cercetare/stii-cogn/index.php

For more information, please, contact dr. Alina Tigau, Open Mind program coordinator: alina_mihaela_tigau@yahoo.com