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[Report] The 5th BESETO Conference

13 April, 2011 IKEDA Takashi, KAZUMORI Hiroko, BOKU Sutetsu, NISHITSUTSUMI Yu Permalink

The 5th Annual Philosophical Meeting for Young Scholars of BESETO was held on January 8 and 9, 2011. 38 young philosophers from Peking University, Seoul National University and University of Tokyo gave talks in the conference.

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[Report] The 24th Tokyo Colloquium of Cognitive Philosophy (TCCP)

12 April, 2011 NISHITSUTSUMI Yu Permalink

The 24th Tokyo Colloquium of Cognitive Philosophy held on December 21, 2010, at Komaba Campus, and I made a presentation about time discounting and will. Here is a brief report about the idea and impression when I did my presentation.

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[Report] Graduate Workshop of the Philosophy of Mind

12 April, 2011 NOBUHARA Yukihiro, TSUTSUI Haruka, └Event Reports, BOKU Sutetsu, NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, SATO Ryoji, Science, Technology, and Society Permalink

The graduate workshop of the philosophy of mind held on March 25th at the University of Birmingham Philosophy Department, and four UTCP researchers made presentations in the workshop. Here is a brief report about it.

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[Guest Blog and Report] Lisa Bortolotti Lecture Series

21 November, 2010 NOBUHARA Yukihiro, TSUTSUI Haruka, └Event Reports, NAKAZAWA Eisuke, NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, Science, Technology, and Society Permalink

We held a series of lectures by Dr. Lisa Bortolotti (University of Birmingham) for five days from the 23rd to 29th of October 2010.

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[Report] KOMABA Brain Cafe (8)

27 July, 2010 └Komaba Brain Café Reports, NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, Science, Technology, and Society Permalink

The 8th Komaba Brain Café “A Scientific Study of an Optical Illusion: A Strange Relation between an Illusion and the Brain” was held on May 19th, 2010.

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[Report] 19th TCCP Colloquium: How can we conceptualize ‘responsibility’ in the framework of the somatic marker hypothesis?

19 April, 2010 TSUTSUI Haruka, NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

TCCP, or Tokyo colloquium of cognitive philosophy, is an English-only seminar which is held as a place for active discussion among UTCP fellows who are interested in neurophilosophy, neuroethics and various related topics.

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[Publication/Translation] Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction [Japanese]

13 March, 2010 NOBUHARA Yukihiro, TSUTSUI Haruka, NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, Publications Permalink

Susan Blackmore's Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction was translated into Japanese by Yukihiro Nobuhara, Haruka Tsutsui and Yu Nishitsutsumi.

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[Report] Brain Matters: New Directions in Neuroethics

13 October, 2009 ISHIHARA Kohji, NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, OGUCHI Mineki Permalink

The international conference "Brain Matters: New Directions in Neuroethics" was held on September 24-26, 2009 in Halifax, Canada. Koji Ishihara, Mineki Oguchi, and Yu Nishitsutsumi of UTCP participated in the conference. The conference was mainly organized by the Novel Tech Ethics research team at Dalhousie University.

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 5, Session 12

24 June, 2009 └Seminar 5: Reading Hauser's Moral Minds, NAKAO Maika, NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

In seminar 5 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we examine Moral Minds by Marc D. Hauser. In session 12 of this seminar, we discussed the latter half of chapter 6 (pp. 334-356).

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Report: The 11th and 12th Tokyo Colloquium of Cognitive Philosophy (TCCP)

12 January, 2009 TSUTSUI Haruka, NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

The 11th and 12th Tokyo Colloquium of Cognitive Philosophy (TCCP) was held in the autumn of 2008.

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[Report] Neuroethics Society First Annual Meeting

26 November, 2008 NOBUHARA Yukihiro, NAKAZAWA Eisuke, NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, UEHARA Ryo, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

The first annual meeting of the Neuroethics Society was held in Washington DC on November 13 and 14 in 2008. Four UTCP researchers paticipated in the conference.

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 4, Session 10

16 October, 2008 └Seminar 4: Reading Burns and Bechara [2007] "Decision Making and Free Will", NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

In the seminar 4 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we read "Decision Making and Free Will: A Neuroscience Perspective (Kelly Burns and Antoine Bechara [2007], Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25: 263-280.)".

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 3, Session 10

16 October, 2008 └Seminar 3: Reading Prinz's The Emotional Construction of Morals, NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, SATO Ryoji, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

New report on our activities: In Session 10 of the 3rd Seminar: "Reading Prinz's The Emotional Construction of Morals", we discussed the chapter 7: "The Limits of Evolutionary Ethics".

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 4, Session 9

15 October, 2008 └Seminar 4: Reading Burns and Bechara [2007] "Decision Making and Free Will", NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

In the seminar 4 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we read "Decision Making and Free Will: A Neuroscience Perspective (Kelly Burns and Antoine Bechara [2007], Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25: 263-280.)".

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 4, Session 8

5 October, 2008 └Seminar 4: Reading Burns and Bechara [2007] "Decision Making and Free Will", NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

In the seminar 4 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we read "Decision Making and Free Will: A Neuroscience Perspective (Kelly Burns and Antoine Bechara [2007], Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25: 263-280.)".

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 4, Session 7

29 September, 2008 └Seminar 4: Reading Burns and Bechara [2007] "Decision Making and Free Will", NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

In the seminar 4 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we read "Decision Making and Free Will: A Neuroscience Perspective (Kelly Burns and Antoine Bechara [2007], Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25: 263-280.)".

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 4, Session 6

22 September, 2008 └Seminar 4: Reading Burns and Bechara [2007] "Decision Making and Free Will", NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

In the seminar 4 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we read "Decision Making and Free Will: A Neuroscience Perspective (Kelly Burns and Antoine Bechara [2007], Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25: 263-280.)".

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 4, Session 5

12 September, 2008 └Seminar 4: Reading Burns and Bechara [2007] "Decision Making and Free Will", NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

In the seminar 4 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we read "Decision Making and Free Will: A Neuroscience Perspective (Kelly Burns and Antoine Bechara [2007], Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25: 263-280.)".

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 4, Session 4

8 September, 2008 └Seminar 4: Reading Burns and Bechara [2007] "Decision Making and Free Will", NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

In the seminar 4 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we read "Decision Making and Free Will: A Neuroscience Perspective (Kelly Burns and Antoine Bechara [2007], Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25: 263-280.)".

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 4, Session 3

3 September, 2008 └Seminar 4: Reading Burns and Bechara [2007] "Decision Making and Free Will", NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

In the seminar 4 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we read "Decision Making and Free Will: A Neuroscience Perspective (Kelly Burns and Antoine Bechara [2007], Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25: 263-280.)".

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 4, Session 2

3 July, 2008 └Seminar 4: Reading Burns and Bechara [2007] "Decision Making and Free Will", NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

In the seminar 4 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we read "Decision Making and Free Will: A Neuroscience Perspective (Kelly Burns and Antoine Bechara [2007], Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25: 263-280.)".

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 4, Session 1

23 April, 2008 └Seminar 4: Reading Burns and Bechara [2007] "Decision Making and Free Will", NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

In the seminar 4 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we read "Decision Making and Free Will: A Neuroscience Perspective (Kelly Burns and Antoine Bechara. (2007). Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25: 263-280.)".

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