Workshop on Life Mind Continuity

Workshop on Life Mind Continuity

The aim:

We attempt to deepen understanding of mind through discussions of various issues including life mind continuity, theory of mind, embodied mind, phenomenal consciousness, alife and artificial intelligence.

Date:         1pm - 5:35pm, November 25th, 2022

Location:  Room1, OIST Conference Center

Organized by Kazuo Okanoya, Takashi Ikegami, and Jun Tani

Program: 

13:00-13:15   Opening by Kazuo Okanoya

13:15-14:00   "The other-origin theory of mind" by Kazuo Okanoya

14:00-14:45   "Naturalizing agency in life and mind" by Tom Froese

14:45-15:00   Coffee Break

15:00-15:45   "Offloaded mind" by Takashi Ikegami

15:45-16:30   "Where does the “soul” reside in the brain?" by Shigeru Kitazawa

16:30-16:50 "Cognitive neurorobotics studies using active inference" by Jun Tani

16:50-17:00 Move to the robot lab in CNRU (Lab2 A615)

17:00-17:25 Robot demonstration by Torobo team members in CNRU

17: 25- 17:35 Concluding remarks by Jun Tani