The Expression, Communication, and Origins of Meaning (ECOM) Research Group is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a conference on:
May 11-13, 2017
University of Connecticut, Storrs
The conference will bring together researchers from a number of disciplines working on continuities and discontinuities in human/nonhuman cognition, emotions, social organization and morally relevant behavior, and implications for the human treatment of nonhuman animals.
Invited Speakers:
- Peter Carruthers (Philosophy, Maryland)
- Katherine Cronin (Lincoln Park Zoo)
- Hans-Johann Glock (Philosophy, Zurich)
- Lori Gruen (Philosophy, Wesleyan)
- William Hopkins (Psychology, Emory & Georgia State)
- Kristin Leimgruber (Psychology, Harvard)
- Darcia Narvaez (Psychology, Notre Dame)
Contributed Papers:
- Gary Comstock & William Bauer (Philosophy, NC State)
- Nicolas Delon & Duncan Purves (Environmental Studies, NYU)
- Kelsey Gipe (Philosophy, Maryland)
Full titles, schedule and abstracts are available at our conference webpage.
REGISTRATION:
Please register for the conference by clicking here. Registration is completely free, but mandatory, so that we can properly arrange for catering.
ECOM welcomes interested researchers from all nearby institutions to attend. Travel information for visitors to UConn can be found at the conference webpage.
The conference will also have a full conference dinner at Chang's Garden on Friday evening. If you would like to attend the conference dinner, please register for the dinner by clicking here.
Conference Schedule:
Thursday, May 11th:
2:00-3:00PM Registration & Welcome
2:15-2:30PM Opening Remarks
2:30-3:45PM Lori Gruen - "Empathy in Mind"
4:00-5:00PM Kelsey Gipe - "Empathy and the Problem of Altruism"
5:15-6:30PM Kristin Leimgruber - "Sensitivity to Social Rewards and the Evolution of Uniquely Human Prosocial Behavior: Evolution from Young Children and Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella)"
2:00-3:00PM Registration & Welcome
2:15-2:30PM Opening Remarks
2:30-3:45PM Lori Gruen - "Empathy in Mind"
4:00-5:00PM Kelsey Gipe - "Empathy and the Problem of Altruism"
5:15-6:30PM Kristin Leimgruber - "Sensitivity to Social Rewards and the Evolution of Uniquely Human Prosocial Behavior: Evolution from Young Children and Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella)"
Friday May 12th:
9:30-10:00AM Breakfast - Coffee & Bagels
10:00-11:15AM Peter Carruthers - "Basic Questions"
11:30-12:30PM Gary Comstock* - "Psychological Unity in First-Order Accounts of Metacognitive Behavior in Animals"
12:30-1:30PM Lunch! (sandwiches, etc. provided)
1:30-2:45PM Hans-Johann Glock - "Determinacy of Content -- The Hard Problem about Animal Thinking"
3:00-4:00PM Nicolas Delon & Duncan Purves - "Meaning in the Lives of Humans and Other Animals"
4:15-5:30PM Darcia Narvaez - "Humanity's Evolved Nest and its Co-Construction of Human Nature and Morality"
6:30PM Workshop Dinner at Chang's Garden
Saturday May 13th:
9:30-10:00AM Breakfast - Coffee & Bagels
10:00-11:15AM William Hopkins - "Cognitive Neuroscience Research with Chimpanzees and Other Great Apes: Benefiting Human Health and Improving Animal Welfare"
11:30-12:45PM Katherine A. Cronin - "Advancing Primate Welfare Through Science at a Modern Zoo"
12:45-2:00PM Lunch! (sandwiches, etc. provided)
2:00-3:30PM Panel Discussion
* Joint work with William Bauer.
9:30-10:00AM Breakfast - Coffee & Bagels
10:00-11:15AM Peter Carruthers - "Basic Questions"
11:30-12:30PM Gary Comstock* - "Psychological Unity in First-Order Accounts of Metacognitive Behavior in Animals"
12:30-1:30PM Lunch! (sandwiches, etc. provided)
1:30-2:45PM Hans-Johann Glock - "Determinacy of Content -- The Hard Problem about Animal Thinking"
3:00-4:00PM Nicolas Delon & Duncan Purves - "Meaning in the Lives of Humans and Other Animals"
4:15-5:30PM Darcia Narvaez - "Humanity's Evolved Nest and its Co-Construction of Human Nature and Morality"
6:30PM Workshop Dinner at Chang's Garden
Saturday May 13th:
9:30-10:00AM Breakfast - Coffee & Bagels
10:00-11:15AM William Hopkins - "Cognitive Neuroscience Research with Chimpanzees and Other Great Apes: Benefiting Human Health and Improving Animal Welfare"
11:30-12:45PM Katherine A. Cronin - "Advancing Primate Welfare Through Science at a Modern Zoo"
12:45-2:00PM Lunch! (sandwiches, etc. provided)
2:00-3:30PM Panel Discussion
* Joint work with William Bauer.
Support:
This conference is made possible with generous support from the UConn Philosophy Department, UConn Humanities Institute and the Connecticut Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences.
