Researchers working at the nexus of science and the humanities will convene for Art & Science of Thinking, a conference Oct. 21-22 in Goldwin Smith Hall’s Kaufmann Auditorium (G64). All sessions are free and open to the public.
A picture generated by AI (using Dall-e) showing the relation between the art and the science of thinking
“We want to open a robust dialogue between humanists and scientists around the very notion of ‘thought’ and ‘thinking,’ with a particular emphasis on philosophy (both ‘analytic’ and ‘Continental’), literary studies, and cognitive science,” said Laurent Dubreuil, professor of Romance studies and comparative literature in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), who is organizing the conference along with Morten Christiansen, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Psychology (A&S).
The conference is a project of the Humanities Lab, which fosters research at the interface of the sciences and the humanities. Conference sponsors are the French Studies Program, the Department of Romance Studies, the Department of Comparative Literature and the Cognitive Science Program.
Additional support comes from a New Frontier Grant from the College of Arts and Sciences with which Dubreuil and Christiansen have been conducting empirical research on poetry, connecting the humanities, AI and cognitive science.
Read the full story on the College of Arts and Sciences website.
