2022 Joint Conference with Society of Embodied Cognition, Institute of Body and Culture, Embodied Cognition Research Group, and Smart Cures Convergences System Technologies

“Body, Cognition, and Brain"

Date: November 5th, 2022 (from 9:00 to 18:10)
Place: Room 411, Heavy Experimental Building, Konkuk University.
Host: Society of Embodied Cognition, Institute of Body and Culture, Embodied Cognition Research Group,
       and Smart Cures Convergences System Technologies
Sponsors: The Ministry of Korean Education, Korea Research Foundation, and Konkuk University.

Announcement (09:30 ~ 09:40)
Moderator: Hee-Don Ahn(Konkuk Univ.)
Opening Remarks: Jong-gab Kim(Director of IBC)

Keynote Speech (09:45~10:30): Shaun Gallagher(Univ. of Memphis)
: “How the brain really works: Embodied cognition and the critique of neurocentrism and narrow-minded philosophy of mind”

Session Ⅰ (10:30~12:00)
Moderator: Hee-don Ahn(Konkuk Univ.)
Jong-gab Kim(Director of IBC): “Is the brain disembodied? Embodied theory of the brain”
Young-eui Rhee(Korea Univ.): “Does cognitive neuroscience commit the mereological fallacy?”

Lunch break(12:00~13:00)

Session Ⅱ (13:00~14:30)
Moderator: Ji-won Shim(Dongguk Univ.)
Shin-hyun Park(Konkuk Univ.): “Social Aesthetics of the Anthropocene Narrative: Embodied Simulation and Positive Affect”
Young-ji Jang(Seoul National Univ.): “The Body of the Play and Its Meaning: Focusing on Ibsen’s
                                              and Mabou Mine’s ”
Kee-wha Joo(Konkuk Univ.): “Embodied Untact, Phygital Contact”
 
Break(14:30~14:50)
 
Session Ⅲ (14:50~16:20)
Moderator: Jae-mok Choi(Yeungnam Univ.)
Sang-uk Lee(Dongeui Univ.): “Emotion Generation Strategies in Interactive Storytelling: Focusing on the                                                         Interrelationship Between Body and Brain”
Woo-jin Jung(Kyunghee Univ.): “Zhuangzi’s Cognition and Mcdowell-Dreyfus Debate”
Hye-yoon Chung(Myongji Univ.): “Skillful Self-An Enactive Approach”
 
Break(16:20~16:30)
 
Session Ⅳ (16:30~17:30)
Moderator: Yun-ho Seo(Konkuk Univ.)
Moon-jung Bae(Woosuk Univ.): “How the Mind Becomes a Machine?”
Jung-woo Son(Catholic Kwandong Univ.): “From Assisting Bodily Functions to Expanding the Mind?
                                                     Brain-Machine Connection Technology”
  
General Discussion(17:30~18:10)
Moderator: Sung-ryong Koh(Seoul National Univ.)
  
Closing 18:10