Modes of a second order? Mode accounts of collective intentionality and the "metamode" problem"

Abstract: Can collective intentionality be a matter of mode? At first glance, an important feature seems to distinguish collective intentionality from psychological attitudes: it exhibits a "second-order" aspect, insofar as it is always associated with other attitudes on which it operates, thereby giving rise to collective attitudes such as collective emotions and collective intentions. This feature has led many authors to distance themselves from the mode approach, despite its clear affinities with their own views.

Hierarchical Organisation of Social Categorization of Faces: impact of culture and emotion

Social categorization is one of the most fundamental mechanisms identified in social psychology. When facing a person, rather than considering her or him in terms of her or his unique characteristics, we instead consider the person based on the social categories to which she or he belongs or, more precisely, to which we think he or she belongs. However, an important question remains largely unresolved: How does social categorization operate when multiple sources of social information, such as gender, ethnicity, age, occupation, etc. are simultaneously available?

Neurones, psyché, conscience. Regards épistémologiques et psychopathologiques pluralistes

Cette journée d'étude vise à ouvrir un espace de réflexion interdisciplinaire sur la distance qui subsiste entre les recherches et les données à la troisième personne (neuronales, cérébrales) et celles à la première personne (psychanalytiques, phénoménologiques), ainsi que sur les articulations possibles entre ces différentes approches.

Perception under construction

Perception under construction is a new online seminar in philosophy of perception, which finds ts origin in the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy of Perception. The Handbook  will mirror the shifting theoretical landscape of contemporary philosophy of perception.  Not only has there been an increase in research on philosophy of perception but also a shift to more empirically informed philosophical methods, as well as the newfound interest in the diversity of perceptual modalities beyond vision.

PINTS 2026

PINT

PINTS is a one-day meeting that brings together the neuroscience, theory, and systems community across Paris and the Île-de-France region. Talks and posters span experimental, computational, and theoretical work.

Registrations and abstract submissions are open until 06/10/2026.

Ce que la musique révèle sur le cerveau humain

Au cours d’une conversation, notre cerveau anticipe en permanence le mot qui va suivre. Cette capacité nous aide à comprendre ce qui se dit dans un endroit bruyant ou à anticiper la phrase suivante d’une amie. Cette capacité d’anticipation est également étroitement liée au plaisir que nous procure la musique.

Pour Shihab Shamma, neuroscientifique spécialisé dans l’audition à l’École normale supérieure de Paris et à l’université du Maryland aux États-Unis, comprendre comment le cerveau traite la musique est crucial.