Forthcoming
• 12/12 | “Folkbiological and folksociological (non-)essentialism in the Peruvian Amazon”, Cognitive Science Center, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
2019
• 09/10 | “Studying the correlation between the neuropharmacology and phenomenology of hallucinations: theoretical and diagnostic implications”, ECHR Meeting, International Consortium on Hallucination Research, Durham University, UK.
• 06/28 | “The cultural shaping of consciousness”, 23rd Annual Meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC), London Ontario, Canada.
2018
• 11/17 | “Making anthropology more experimental and psychology more anthropological”, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, San Jose, USA.
• 06/02 | “The neuroanthropology of hallucinogenic experiences: Beyond nativism and culturalism”, APRA Symposium, SPUI25 (Amsterdam), Netherlands. [Video Recording]
• 05/17 | “L'animisme sans essence: âmes, maîtres et identité biologique chez les Pano d'Amazonie et au-delà”, Journée d'étude L'animisme aujourd'hui (organized by Perig Pitrou & Joffrey Becker), Collège de France (Paris), France.
• 05/09 | “Psychédéliques, créativité et flexibilité cognitive”, Journée d'étude Science psychédélique (organized by the French Psychedelic Society), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (Paris), France.
2017
• 12/15 | “The Amazonian challenge to the purported universality of psychological essentialism: Biological and ethnic non-essentialism among the Shipibo-Konibo and the Huni Kuin (Peruvian Amazon)”, discussant: Dan Sperber, Doc'in Nicod Series (organized by Géraldine Carranante & Armando Lavalle), Institut Jean Nicod (Paris), France. [Abstract]
• 12/14 | “Entre pharmakon et toxikon: La détermination neuropharmacologique, posologique et contextuelle des psychotropes”, Séminaire Consommations et prohibitions de drogues: approche transversale (organized by Alessandro Stella et al.), École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris), France. [Program (FR)] [Video Recording]
• 12/09 | “How the sense of reality and religious systems are uniquely shaped by serotoninergic and anticholinergic hallucinogens”, ALIUS Workshop 2017, École Normale Supérieure (Paris), France. [Program]
• 10/05 | “When the sense of reality becomes paradoxical: Double bookkeeping in schizophrenia and psychedelic experience”, Conference on the Philosophical Issues in Psychedelic Drug Use (organized by John Callender), Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, UK. [Abstract]
• 10/03 | “Anthropologie et neuropharmacologie des visions: Un nouveau regard sur quelques questions classiques”, Journée d'Etude Anthropologie visionnaire: Anthropologie de l'art visuel des hallucinations (organized by Maddalena Canna & David Dupuis), Collège de France (Paris), France. [Abstract (FR)]
• 09/17 | “The varieties of hallucinogenic experiences: A neuroanthropological exploration of the differences between psychedelics and deliriants”, Psykedelisk Symposium (organized by the Danish Psychedelic Society), Metropolitan University College, Copenhagen, Denmark. [Abstract] [Video Recording]
• 09/15 | “The non-essentialist conception of humans and animals among the Shipibo-Konibo and the Huni Kuin (Peruvian Amazon): Towards a new model of Amazonian animism”, Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University, Denmark. [Abstract]
• 07/23 | “Amazonian animism as non-essentialism: The case of ethnic and biological identities among the Pano”, Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America XI Sesquiannual Conference, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Lima), Peru. [Abstract]
• 06/20 | “Rethinking philosophy of mind in the light of Bayesian models of cognition and consciousness”, Grupo Mente y Lenguaje (organized by Pablo Quintanilla), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Lima), Peru. [Abstract]
• 05/20 | “Measuring ontological judgments about supernatural entities in non-WEIRD cultures”, Spiritual Curiosity Workshop (organized by Tanya Luhrmann), Stanford University, USA.
• 05/18 | “Sense and judgment of reality in hallucinogenic experiences: Philosophical, neurophenomenological, and experimental issues”, Seminar on Contemporary Theories of Religious Experience (organized by Michiel van Elk), Stanford University, USA.
• 04/21 | “The sense of reality in hallucinogenic experiences: A comparative study of serotoninergic and anticholinergic plants”, MAPS and Beckley Foundation Psychedelic Science Conference 2017, Plant Medicine Track (organized by Bia Labate), Oakland Marriott City Center, USA. [Abstract] [Video Recording]
• 04/19 | “Hallucinogenic experiences and the evolution of religious representations: Identifying pharmacologically-induced cultural attractors through data-mining”, Workshop on Neuroscientific and socio-cultural approaches to hallucinogenic experiences, Stanford University, USA. [Program]
• 04/17 | “The non-essentialist conception of humans and animals among the Pano (Peruvian Amazon): Towards a new model of Amazonian animism”, Brown Bag Series, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, USA. [Abstract]
• 01/12 | “Towards a heterogeneous account of the sense of reality: A comparative look at serotoninergic and anticholinergic hallucinogens”, Workshop on Microphenomenology, Ecotron, Saint-Pierre-les-Nemours, France.
2016
• 11/23 | “L’animisme est un anti-essentialisme: illustration par le cas de l’ethnobiologie amazonienne”, Séminaire Anthropologie de la vie et des représentations du vivant (organized by Dimitri Karadimas & Perig Pitrou), Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Sociale (Paris), Collège de France/EHESS. [Abstract (FR)]
• 10/08 | “La face cachée du sensoriel : L’hétérogénéité du sens de réalité et la nature des expériences religieuses”, Atelier Expérience sensorielle et normes rituelles dans les mondes anciens (organized by Adeline Grand-Clément & Anne-Caroline Rendu-Loisel), Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès, France. [Abstract (FR)]
• 09/13 | “Sens de réalité et perception” et “Les fondements neuronaux de l'hétérogénéité du sens de réalité”, Journée d’étude ARTEMOC/ALIUS, École Normale Supérieure (Paris), France.
• 08/30 | “Vindicating Illich’s early writings: The peirastic method and its relevance in today’s society”, Simposio Ivan Illich: Lo político en tiempos apocalípticos, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (Cuernavaca), Mexico. [Abstract]
• 08/29 | “Altered sense of reality: The neurophilosophy and neurophenomenology of hallucinogenic experiences and other anomalous experiences”, Workshop on hallucinations (organized by Juan Gonzalez), Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (Cuernavaca), Mexico. [Abstract]
• 08/26 | “Altered sense of reality: The neurophilosophy and neurophenomenology of (anomalous) ontological commitments”, Grupo Mente y Lenguaje (organized by Pablo Quintanilla), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Lima), Peru. [Abstract]
• 07/05 | “Children’s selective learning from informants who exhibit supernatural powers: A cross-cultural study on trust and testimony”, Grupo Mente y Lenguaje (organized by Pablo Quintanilla), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Lima), Peru. [Abstract]
• 06/22 | “Word learning and the diversity of structured overhypotheses: Importing hierarchical Bayesian models into Amazonia”, Language and Cognition Lab Seminar (organized by Michael Frank), Stanford University, USA. [Abstract]
• 06/17 | “Supernatural thinking as algorithmic reasoning: Modeling the cognitive mechanisms of supernatural agency detection”, B4C Seminar, Stanford University, USA. [Abstract]
• 06/02 | “The heterogeneity of the sense of reality: Intentional reality, qualitative reality and modal reality”, Doc’in Nicod (organized by Michael Murez), Institut Jean Nicod (Paris), France. [Abstract]
• 06/01 | “Metacognition in supernatural thinking: A probabilistic approach”, DividNorm Conference: Metacognitive diversity across cultures: advances and perspectives (organized by Joëlle Proust), École Normale Supérieure (Paris), France. [Abstract] [Video Recording]
• 05/25 | “The promises and limits of the cognitive science of religion: Modeling the detection of supernatural agency”, Post-secular Humanities Seminar (organized by Ewa Domanska), Stanford University, USA.
• 05/09 | “Complexity drop explains the detection of supernatural agency: A probabilistic account of the origins of religion”, XBA (Experimental Biological Anthropology) Seminar (organized by Clark Barrett), UCLA, USA. [Abstract]
• 05/06 | “Complexity drop explains the detection of supernatural agency: Investigating the evolutionary origins of religion” (Poster), California Workshop on Evolutionary Social Science, Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo, USA. [Abstract]
2015
• 12/09 | “Supernatural thinking as probabilistic reasoning: Studying children’s selective learning from informants who exhibit supernatural powers”, XPhi Seminar (organized by Brent Strickland), Institut Jean Nicod (Paris). [Abstract]
• 12/04 | “How real does the world feel to you?: Ontological commitments, from psychiatric conditions to psychotropic experiences”, CRAG Confluence, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. [Abstract] [Video Recording]
• 11/21 | “Les théories de la perception face aux expériences hallucinogènes : indiscriminabilité, parasitisme et sens de réalité”, Colloque Les concepts d'hallucination et d'état modifié de conscience en question (organized by Guillaume Dumas & Martin Fortier), École Normale Supérieure (Paris). [Abstract (FR)]
• 11/19 | “Phénoménologie et psychopharmacologie du sens de réalité: vers une modélisation bayésienne des hallucinations”, Colloque Les concepts d'hallucination et d'état modifié de conscience en question (organized by Guillaume Dumas & Martin Fortier), École Normale Supérieure (Paris). [Abstract (FR)]
• 09/25 | “La métamorphose, la prédation et le modèle contemporain de l’animisme : Les apports de De boas, Incas y otros seres, de Jacques Tournon”, Autour de De boas, Incas y otros seres (organized by Nancy Ochoa), Maison de l’Amérique Latine (Paris).
• 06/24 | “The sense of reality in hallucinogenic experiences : Bad news for disjunctivism and parasitism”, Perception Seminar (organized by Roberto Casati & Jérôme Dokic), Institut Jean Nicod (Paris). [Abstract]
• 05/06 | “Amazonian ethnoepistemology: Gettier intuitions, sensory modalities and epistemic (mis)fortune”, Doc’in Nicod (organized by Brice Bantegnie), Institut Jean Nicod (Paris). [Abstract]
• 03/14 | “Philosophy meets Amazonian anthropology: Epistemic intuitions, sensory modalities and supernatural agents”, Philosophy meets cultural diversity conference (organized by Edouard Machery & Stephen Stich), University of Pittsburgh, USA. [Conference program]
2014
• 11/25 | “Expériences psychédéliques et engagements ontologiques”, Symposium Aventures ontologiques. Explorations en philosophie et en anthropologie contemporaines, ECAL, Lausanne, Switzerland. [Abstract (FR)]
• 10/16 | “Why art is nothing special: Inner imaginary experience, concrete imagination, intuitive skills and aesthetic pleasure in everyday life”, CRAG Seminar, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. [Abstract]
• 07/08 | “Importing bayesianism into anthropology? An ethnobiological look at probabilistic models of categorisation”, SAND (Society for Autonomous Neurodynamics) conference on The principles of autonomous neurodynamics, Institut Pasteur (Paris). [Abstract & Outline]
• 06/11 | “Les promesses déçues du tournant ontologique : comment l’anthropologie cognitive peut (paradoxalement) réussir là où l’anthropologie ontologique a échoué”, Journée d’étude Anthropologie et ontologie : Une évaluation critique (organized by Martin Fortier, Frédéric Nef & Francis Wolff), Formation Philosophie et sciences sociales de l’EHESS & Département de philosophie de l’ENS, École Normale Supérieure (Paris). [Abstract (FR)] [Recording (FR)]
• 05/12 | “Disentangling noetic feelings from perceptual content in hallucinogenic experiences: A tentative proposal”, Perception Seminar (organized by Valeria Giardino), Institut Jean Nicod (Paris). [Abstract]
• 03/27 | “L’étude de la cognition sociale animique : Une perspective cognitive sur l’ethnographie amazoniste”, Séminaire américaniste (organized by Emmanuel de Vienne), Université Paris-Ouest Nanterre La Défense. [Outline (FR)]
• 03/13 | “Diversité des ontologies ou diversité des vécus ? (II) Dépasser l’anthropologie ontologique à l’aide de l’anthropologie du vécu”, Séminaire Pluralisme (organized by Jim Gabaret), École Normale Supérieure (Paris). [Abstract (FR)] [Recording (FR)]
• 02/13 | “Diversité des ontologies ou diversité des vécus ? (I) Une critique conceptuelle, ethnographique et cognitive du tournant ontologique en anthropologie”, Séminaire Pluralisme (organized by Jim Gabaret), École Normale Supérieure (Paris). [Abstract (FR)] [Recording (FR)]
• 01/15 | Table ronde de l’atelier “Hallucinations” (organized by Jérôme Dokic), École Normale Supérieure (Paris). [Abstract (FR)]
2013
• 06/04 | “Vérifaction et perception. Rendre compte des visions surnaturelles à l’aide d’une théorie quadripolaire de l’expérience visuelle”, Atelier de Métaphysique et d’Ontologie Contemporaines (ATMOC) (organized by Raphaël Millière), École Normale Supérieure (Paris). [Abstract (FR)]
• 03/24 | “Totalité et transgression. Le régime post-transgressif chez Bataille et Mehdi Belhaj Kacem”, Colloque Penser le contemporain à la lumière de L’Esprit du nihilisme. Autour de Mehdi Belhaj Kacem (organized by Martin Fortier & Nicolas Nely), Club de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, École Normale Supérieure (Paris). [Abstract (FR)] [Handout (FR)] [Recording (FR)]
2012
• 12/01 | “Illich et la fondation peirastique de l’écologie”, Colloque Vivre et penser avec Ivan Illich. Dix ans après (organized by Martin Fortier, Nicolas Nely & Thierry Paquot), Club de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, École Normale Supérieure (Paris). [Abstract (FR)] [Handout (FR)] [Recording (FR)]
• 05/24 | “Le concept d’hallucination à l’épreuve des expériences psychédéliques”, Séminaire Approche pluridisciplinaire des usages contemporains de l’ayahuasca (organized by David Dupuis), École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris). [Abstract (FR)]
• 03/17 | “Repenser nos formes de vie à l’aune des nouvelles technologies : Présentation de la problématique”, Colloque Repenser nos formes de vie à l’aune des nouvelles technologies (organized by Martin Fortier, Julien Neulat & Marc Santolini), Club de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, École Normale Supérieure (Paris).
• 01/19 | “Comprendre l’ayahuasca à la lumière d’une histoire conceptuelle du psychédélisme”, Séminaire Approche pluridisciplinaire des usages contemporains de l’ayahuasca (organized by David Dupuis), École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris). [Outline (FR)] [Handout (FR)]
2011
• 12/02 | “Quentin Meillassoux (II). L’isolation d’un absolu dans Après la finitude. Sur la putative capacité de la contingence à relever le corrélationisme fort”, Atelier de Métaphysique et d’Ontologie Contemporaines (ATMOC) (organized by Raphaël Millière), École Normale Supérieure (Paris). [Abstract (FR)] [Handout (FR)]
• 11/25 | “Quentin Meillassoux (I). Par-delà dogmatisme et corrélationisme : l’instauration d’un matérialisme spéculatif. Une introduction critique à Après la finitude”, Atelier de Métaphysique et d’Ontologie Contemporaines (ATMOC) (organized by Raphaël Millière), École Normale Supérieure (Paris). [Abstract (FR)] [Handout (FR)]
• 03/19 | “Prolégomènes à une épistémologie de la vision chamanique”, Journée d’étude Les enjeux scientifiques de l’ayahuasca. Bilan des recherches passées, perspectives des recherches à venir (organized by Ali Aouad, Maxime Delpierre, Martin Fortier, Michaël Morera, Marc Santolini), Club de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, École Normale Supérieure (Paris). [Abstract (FR)]