Valerie Hardcastle at UC Merced on Thursday, April 29

[Jeffrey Yoshimi]

All:

Valerie Hardcastle,  Dean of the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Cincinnati, will present this Thursday, April 29,  in the Chancellor's Conference Room, KL 232, 4-5.15pm.

Title: Moving from Data to Theory: Imaging Studies and Pain Processing.  

Abstract:  As we realize the simple "boxology" of the past is no longer viable as a theoretical approach in cognitive science, the question arises: what should theories in cognitive science look like?  This presentation starts to answer this question, using imaging studies of pain processing as a case study.  I suggest that these studies not only change our fundamental definition of pain itself, but they also highlight the importance of individual variation, details, and complex narratives to understanding in cognitive science.  While fMRI studies might not be telling us as much as we would like right now, they can and should influence how we build our theories in neuroscience. 

Bio: Valerie Gray Hardcastle serves as the Dean of the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Cincinnati.  Appointed in September 2007, she has embarked on an ambitious program of enhancing McMicken College’s national profile.  An internationally recognized scholar, Dean Hardcastle is also Professor of Philosophy and Psychology.  Currently the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Consciousness Studies and the author of five books and over 120 essays.  She studies the nature and structure of interdisciplinary theories in cognitive science and has focused primarily on developing a philosophical framework for understanding conscious phenomena responsive to neuroscientific and psychological data.  Dean Hardcastle received a bachelor’s degree with a double major in philosophy and political science from the University of California, Berkeley, a master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Houston, and an interdisciplinary PhD in cognitive science and philosophy from the University of California, San Diego.

Questions to: jyos...@ucmerced.edu

Directions to campus are available here: http://www.ucmerced.edu/maps/  KL 232 is on the second floor of the building marked "student services" in the map on the linked page above.   There is limited parking just outside that building, so you may have to park in one of the "Lake Lots" and then walk up.   You can purchase a parking sticker from one of the yellow machines.

- Jeff

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