We would like to invite you to the conference On Dialogical Reason, organized by Sonia de Jager (ESPhil, EUR) and Ties van Gemert (TiLPS, Tilburg University). The keynote speakers, all presenting in person, are Mahault Albarracin (Université du Québec à Montréal, active inference and cognitive computing scholar), Ray Brassier (American University of Beirut, author of Nihil Unbound), Catarina Dutilh Novaes (VU, author of The Dialogical Roots of Deduction and winner of the 2022 Lakatos Award) and Reza Negarestani (New Centre for Research and Practice, author of Cyclonopedia). Additionally, we will be joined by interlocutors and moderators Matt Hare, Marjolein Holvoet, Inigo Wilkins and more t.b.a.
Speaker Biographies
⌀ Mahault Albarracin is a doctoral candidate in Cognitive Computing at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She has published extensively on active inference in epistemic interactions and the architecture of consciousness.
⌀ Ray Brassier is a professor at the Department of Philosophy of the American University of Beirut. He is the author of Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction (2007).
⌀ Catarina Dutilh Novaes is a professor at the Department of Philosophy of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her monograph The Dialogical Roots of Deduction (2020) won the 2022 Lakatos Award.
⌀ Reza Negarestani is the director of the critical philosophy program at the New Centre for Research and Practice. He is the author of Intelligence and Spirit (2018) and Abducting the Outside (2024).
Practical Information
⌀ Date: Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 September
⌀ Doors open: 18:30
⌀ Presentations: 19:00 – 22:00
⌀ Language: English
⌀ Free admission, R.S.V.P. required
⌀ Location: RADIUS Water Tower, Kalverbos 22
⌀ Note that the location is not wheelchair accessible. Please get in contact with us to discuss alternative ways to allow your participation.
⌀ This event is funded by NWO (PGW.20.021) and the Evert Willem Beth Foundation (KNAW WF/2463 – 25).