- Annual closure of the seminar “Person, Mind & Brain” On November 10th took place the last meeting of this year’s seminar with the lecture “Self, subjectivity and person”, by José Eduardo Moreno. The previous meeting was in charge of Juan Ignacio Blanco Illari, who spoke about: “Idem-Ipse: two models of identity”....
- Idem – Ipse: two models for identity The text of Juan Blanco’s presentation of last October 20th in the seminar Person, Mind & Brain is already published. Download pdf (in Spanish): Juan Ignacio Blanco Ilari – Idem – ipse Juan Ignacio Blanco Ilari is a Research Professor in the area of...
- Transhumanism and the end of the Human Species: dream or nightmare? The seminar “Transhumanism and the end of the Human Species: dream or nightmare?”, coordinated by Dr. Mariano Asla, will take place on Wednesday November 9h, from 8:30 to 12:30. It will be held at the Library of the National Academy of Medicine, on 3081 Pacheco de Melo, 1st floor, CABA....
- The Enhanced Brain The text of Angela Suburo’s presentation of last September 29th in the seminar Person, Mind & Brain is already published. Download pdf (in Spanish): Angela Suburo – El cerebro mejorado Ángela Suburo has a PhD in Medicine (Universidad de Buenos Aires), and...
- Video of the lecture “Neuroscience and Anthropology” The video of the open lecture “Neuroscience and Anthropolgy” given by Dr Juan José Sanguineti on August 11th is already uploaded. This event was organised by the Philosophy Institute in coordination with the Center of Sutdies in Philosophy and Theology of the Order of...
- Science and Philosophy. A Cognoscitive Framework for Interdisciplinary Research From September 22nd to 24th the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Navarra organized the International Conference”The Theory of Knowledge of Leonardo Polo. Between Metaphysical Tradition and Contemporary Philosophy . Claudia Vanney was invited to give the lecture Science...
- Neuropsychology of decision making and social cognition The text of Nora Grañana’s presentation of last August 25th in the seminar Person, Mind & Brain is already published. Download pdf (in Spanish): Nora Granana – Neuropsicologia de la toma de decisiones y cognicion social Nora Grañana is MD and PhD in...
- Personal Identity and Agency The Philosophy Institute has issued a call for proposals for researchers in philosophy and the cognitive sciences to participate in a Workshop on “Personal Identity and Agency”, to be held on March 27-28, 2017. The Workshop aims at fostering specialized interdisciplinary scholarship...
- Neuroscience and Quantum Mechanics A new article has been published in the Diccionario Interdisciplinar Austral. It is an article by Javier Sánchez Cañizares, from Universidad de Navarra. In recent years, progress in the field of neuroscience has stimulated interest in better understanding of the relationship between...
- Neuroscience and anthropology The text of Juan José Sanguineti’s presentation of last August 11th in the seminar Person, Mind & Brain is already published. Download pdf (in Spanish): Juan-J-Sanguineti-Neurociencia-y-antropología.pdf Juan José Sanguineti has a PhD in Philosophy (Universidad de...
- Salvador de Bahia – “The Brain, the Mind and the Human Person” Workshop The Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, University of Oxford and the Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil, held a workshop on The Brain, the Mind, the Person, to be held at Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, 15-19 August, 2016, for Latin American early career scholars. Mariano...
- Visit of Professor Juan J. Sanguineti Between August 1st and 12th we received the visit of Professor Juan José Sanguineti, associated researcher of the project and Professor of Philosophy of Knowledge in the Faculty of Philosophy at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome). On August 2nd and 4th, Professor Sanguineti...
