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Workshop on Intelligence and Abilities (SCIoI/Human Abilities – Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, HU Berlin)
This two-day workshop, co-organised by the Berlin-based Science of Intelligence Cluster and Human Abilities – Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, brings together philosophers and cognitive scientists to discuss the relationships between intelligence and abilities in humans, nonhuman animals, and artificial systems. Is intelligence best seen as an ability? How to understand cognitive abilities and skills to start with? How can we investigate abilities and intelligence philosophically and scientifically?
The workshop will take place on 22 and 23 March from 2–6:30pm (CET), and the speakers are:
Ellen Fridland (London)
Romy Jaster (Berlin)
Dimitri Coelho Mollo (Berlin)
Carlotta Pavese (Cornell)
Martin Rolfs (Berlin)
Barbara Vetter (Berlin)
The workshop will take place on Zoom, with social gatherings on Wonder. To register, please write an email to communication@scioi.de.
For questions, feel free to contact the organisers, Dimitri Coelho Mollo (dimitri.coelhomollo@hu-berlin.de) and Sanja Dembić (sanja.dembic@hu-berlin.de).
Programme (all times in CET):
March 22 (Monday)
14:00-15:00: Dimitri Coelho Mollo: Unifying the sciences of intelligence: abilities and representation
15:00-15:15: Break
15:15-16:15: Martin Rolfs: Delineating abilities of an active visual system
16:15-16:30: Break
16:30-17:30: Barbara Vetter: The epistemology of ability
17:30-17:45: Break
17:45-18:30: Roundtable with all workshop speakers
March 23 (Tuesday)
14:00-15:00: Romy Jaster: A Challenge for Ability Accounts of Practical Intelligence
15:00-15:15: Break
15:15-16:15: Ellen Fridland: Practical Intentions, Action Schemas, and Strategic Control in Skill
16:15-16:30: Break
16:30-17:30: Carlotta Pavese: Intelligence, Regress, and Novelty.
17:30-17:45: Break
17:45-18:30: Roundtable with all workshop speakers
Full programme with abstracts can be downloaded here.