NEW! Young Researchers’ Roundtable (Program download pdf)

10^th November (Thu): 10:30-11:45 (Ryusuke Okajima, Hisashi Matsui and Mayuko Nakahara)

11^th November (Fri): 10:00-11:15  (Masayoshi Kosugi, Jo Kasagi and Ai Sato)

Diagnoses of Matter and Memory:

Bergson and the Problems of Brain, Time and Memory

8^th International Colloquium of PBJ (Project Bergson in Japan) 2016

Under the responsibility of Yasushi HIRAI (Fukuoka University),

Shin ABIKO (Hosei University) and Hisashi FUJITA (Kyushu Sangyo University)

 

10^th November (Thu): Time and Metaphysics

Hosei University Ichigaya Campus, Boissonade Tower 26F Sky Hall

10:30-11:45 Young Researchers’ Roundtable (Ryusuke Okajima, Hisashi Matsui and Mayuko Nakahara)

13:00-15:00 Session 1                      Chairman: Shin Abiko (Hosei University)

Camille Riquier (Institut catholique de Paris): Matière et Mémoire et la relève intuitive de la métaphysique

Tatsuya Murayama (Tohoku University): Bergson's Concept of Virtuality

Respondent : Hisashi Fujita (Kyushu Sangyo University)

15:20-17:20 Session 2                       Chairman: Yasushi Hirai (Fukuoka University)

Barry Dainton (University of Liverpool): Bergson on Seeing, Dreaming and Being

Hiroyuki Ohta (National Defence Medical College): From spatio- to temporal-neural compression

Respondent: Michael R. Kelly (University of San Diego)

17 :40-18 :30 General Discussion

 

11^th November (Fri): Brain and Memory

Meiji University Surugadai Campus, Academy Common (2F) A2-A3

10:00-11:15 Young Researchers’ Roundtable (Masayoshi Kosugi, Jo Kasagi and Ai Sato)

12:30-14:30 Session 1                      Chairman: Masato Goda (Meiji University)

Jean-Luc Petit (Université de Strasbourg): Mémoire et cerveau : l'erreur de Bergson

Kosuke Kanemoto (Aichi Medical University): A trial of understanding the first memory of Bergson via Freudian memory and visual Agnosia

Respondent: Takeshi Miyake (Kagawa University)

14:50-16:50 Session 2                       Chairman: Hisashi Fujita (Kyushu Sangyo University)

David Kreps (University of Salford): Matter and Memory and Deep Learning

Yasushi Hirai (Fukuoka University) : Tense and Aspect of the Memory under the Temporally Extended Ontology

Respondent: Takuya Nagano (National Institute of Technology, Kumamoto College)

17 :10-18 :00 General Discussion

 

13^th November (Sun): Memory and Future

Osaka University Suita Campus, School of Human Sciences Main School House 5F Room 51

13:00-15:00 Session 1                      Chairman : Yasuhiko Sugimura (Kyoto University)

Ioulia Podoroga (University of Geneva/IAS (Paris)): Fragility of the Present. Bergson and Aesthetic Experience

Tatsuya Higaki (Osaka University): What is the pure memory? Why does all the past survive in the theory of

Bergson?

Respondent : Yasuhiko Masuda (Ryukoku University)

15:20-17:20 Session 2                       Chairman: Tatsuya Higaki (Osaka University)

Michael R. Kelly (University of San Diego): The Happy Disposition of Memory: Bergson's Matter and Memory and the Evolution of Morality

Hisashi Fujita (Kyushu Sangyo University): The Future of Bergson: From Matter and Memory to Creative

Evolution and Back Again

Respondent: Tatsuya Murayama (Tohoku University)

17 :40-18 :30 General Discussion