NEW! Young Researchers’ Roundtable (Program download pdf)
10th November (Thu): 10:30-11:45 (Ryusuke Okajima, Hisashi Matsui and Mayuko Nakahara)
11th 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
8th 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)
10th 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
11th 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
13th 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