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Philosophy of Science, Technology, Art and Society

Call for applications of 2 national PhD scholarships and 3 mixed PhD scholarships open from 15th June to 7th September 2015

Please see here the Call for Application >>

The FCT International Doctoral Programme in Philosophy of Science, Technology, Art and Society is based on the widely recognized need to clarify the metaphysical horizons that support many of the current research programmes in natural sciences as well as in formal and human sciences. The Programme also aims to understand the impact of the scientific and technological culture in the contemporary world (ecological equilibriums, clinical practices, political experiences and aesthetical experimentation).

The Programme aims to develop an understanding of the nature, scope and limits of scientific knowledge in what it regards science’s most iconic results (material and ideal). Those facts of true knowledge are confronted with the major traditions of philosophy of science, from the more formalised models – explaining science through the analysis of its logical procedures – to the phenomenological methodologies – describing the forms of scientific conscience – including cognitive sciences. At the same time, thanks to the collaboration of experts from the areas of Law, Biomedicine, Sociology, Technology and Art, the Programme also aims to think those scientific dimensions which are not directly cognitive – for instance, those referring to the existence of scientific communities, or the forms of rationality present in contexts of procedural argumentation or clinical dialogue. Conversely, the Programme will explore the cognitive dimension of arts and technologies, where truth is materialized in artefacts and instruments.

The Programme is designed to train experts in Philosophy of Science, Technology, Art and Society who may contribute to the development of the various forms of scientific knowledge, both at a theoretical, and at a technical or artistic level, and also to the deepening of critical awareness of the consequences of modern science and technology over our condition of humans always incomplete.

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The FCT International Doctoral Programme in Philosophy of Science, Technology, Art and Society was approved by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.
Starting in the academic year 2014-2015, the Programme includes the participation of a highly specialized faculty in different areas of Philosophy, Sciences and the Arts. This Programme, directed by Professor Olga Pombo, has the participation of the following institutions:

The Programme received funding for 5 annual scholarships (2 national and 3 mixed), a total of 20 scholarships over the period 2014-2017.
More informations at http://phd-fctas.fc.ul.pt/

SIM 2 meeting

A meeting of the monthly investigation seminar Seminário de Investigação Mensal 2 (SIM 2, coordinator Augusto Silva Dias) is held on July, 24th at 3pm, with the following agenda:

  • Update about the progress of the project “Financial and Economic Crises and the Role of the Criminal Law” and other ongoing projects of SIM 2;
  • Presentation of the preliminary programme of the Post graduation course on “Enforcement and Compliance”, starting in November 2015;
  • Presentation of the preliminary programme of the concluding international Colloquium of the project, which will take place next year;
  • Address about “Intent in Risk Decision” by João Matos Viana.

SIM 1 meeting

A meeting of the monthly investigation seminar Seminário de Investigação Mensal 1 (SIM 1, coordinator Maria Fernanda Palma) is held on July, 22nd with the following agenda:

  • Evaluation and conclusions of the activities carried out during the past year;
  • Conclusions of the international conference “Mind and Responsibility”;
  • Consideration of methodological criteria regarding the development of research activity in the forthcoming year: the issue of the relationship between studies in Criminal Law and data originating from behavioural and cognitive sciences;
  • Organization of future seminars on:
    – “From Naturalist Fallacy to Normative Fallacy”
    – Methodology of foundation, argumentation and decision in Criminal Law
    – Critical Case law studies
    – Studies on Gender Violence
    – Statistical research in Criminology in Portugal
  • Manifesto on the scientific commitment of researchers in Legal-Criminal Sciences and interdisciplinary researchers

Internacional Conference: Mind and Responsibility

The Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences and its Research Centre are organizing the International Conference on “Mind and Responsibility – Philosophy, Sciences and Criminal Law”, which will take place at the Law School of the University of Lisbon, on Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd May.

 SEE HERE VIDEO RECORDINGS:

  • OPENING SESSION

(1) | (2) | (3)

  • Session I: NEUROSCIENCES AND FREE WILL

Free will and Determinism: The Psychosurgery Saga | Language of Conscience is Crucial to Criminal Responsibility? | Contemporary Challenges in Knowledge Cartographies | Free Will and the Metaphysics of Modalit | Report

  • Session II: NEUROCRIMINAL LAW

Social Brain, Cultural Diversity and criminal liability | Freedom, Culpability and Neurosciences | Determinism, Neurosciences and Criminal Responsibility| The Relationship between Neurosciences and Criminal Law from the Humanist Compatibilism Point of View | Report

  • Session III: MENTAL SATES IN PSYCHOLOGY, CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY AND NON-CRIMINAL SOLUTIONS

The Development of Mentalizing Theory | Anti-Social Personality Disorder, the Failure of Mentalizing and the Structure of Mental Disorder | Promoting Mentalizing and Rekindling Trust: The Path to Restoring Agency and Responsibility in Adolescents | Report 1 | Report 2

  • Session IV: THE LANGUAGE AND THE LOGIC OF RESPONSIBILITY ASCRIPTION

Legal Knowledge Representation and the Possibility of a Legal Inference Engine | Computational basis of responsibility ascription | Artificial intelligence, Robotics and Emotions | Report 1 | Report 2

Lecture cycle SIM 1 – Seminário de Investigação Mensal

The Research Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences at the University of Lisbon School of Law is organizing a lecture cycle, as part of its monthly Investigation Seminar 1 (coordinator: Professor Fernanda Palma – CIDPCC/IDPCC).

  • “Artificial Intelligence – Challenges, Opportunities and Risks”
    Prof. Luís Custódio | Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon
    23 February – 3pm
  • “Freedom of Choice: Semantics and Existence”
    Ricardo Tavares da Silva | Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon, CDIPCC
    2 March – 3pm
  • “Self-reference and Hetero-reference in Musical Communication”
    Prof. Mário Vieira de Carvalho | Sociology and Musical Aesthetics Research Center at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa
    16 March – 3pm
  • “Physics and Concepts of Freedom “
    Prof. Rui Moreira | Faculty of Sciences of the University ofLisbon
    30 March – 3pm
  • “Two arguments regarding responsibility”
    Ricardo Tavares da Silva | FLUL, CIDPCC
    13 April – 3pm
  • Dr. João Matos Viana | CIDPCC
    soon to be announced

Free entrance, subject to room capacity.

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