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Wissenschaft
12/08/2010 - 12/08/2010 | Berlin
The lecture concerns the representations of the human being as a machine and the various ways in which the human being can be described as a machine. Two models will be distinguished, two paradigms for this machine that represents the human body. Firstly, Descartes' machine, conceived as a kind of clock, is to reproduce our bodily movements. Secondly, the Turing machine is a calculating machine, which above all is intended to reproduce our thinking processes. These two models can be used as markers to which compare other machines. Leibniz' spirituale automata, Poe's detective Arsène Dupin, Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Ph. K. Dick's androids or Jean Perdrizet' strange inventions will serve as examples. In this process of comparison, the properties of the two paradigms will be enriched. Finally, the lecture will evoke a series of human functions and compare the two machines' ability to execute them: speech, retroaction, reproduction.
Moderation: Jan Söffner (ZfL)
Der Vortrag erfolgt in englischer Sprache.
Zur Person
Cassou-Noguès ist Programmdirektor am französischen Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) und Leiter des Projekts „Différenciations et mutations dans les sciences après la première modernité“. Nach seiner Promotion an der Université de Lille zur Wissenschaftsphilosophie Jean Cavaillès', hat sich Cassou-Noguès vor allem mit der französischen Philosophie der Mathematik im 20. Jahrhundert beschäftigt, der Geschichte und Philosophie der Logik nach Gödel, mit Maschinenvorstellungen in Wissenschaft und Literatur und der Kritik am Bewusstseinsbegriff.
Publikationen (Auswahl)
Le concept, le sujet et la science (Cavaillès, Canguilhem, Foucault) (Mithg., Paris 2009); Les démons de Gödel. Logique et folie (Paris 2007); Une histoire de machines, de vampires et de fous (Paris 2007); Gödel (Paris 2004); De l’expérience mathématique. Essai sur la philosophie des sciences de Jean Cavaillès (Paris 2001); Hilbert (Paris 2001).
Information on participating / attending:
Date:
12/08/2010 20:00 - 12/08/2010 22:00
Event venue:
Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung, Schützenstr. 18, Berlin-Mitte, 3. Et., Trajekte-Tagungsraum 308
10117 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars, Students
Relevance:
regional
Subject areas:
Language / literature, Philosophy / ethics
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
09/13/2010
Sender/author:
Sabine Zimmermann
Department:
Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin (ZFL)
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event32470
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