2016-2017
Title of the seminar : « Anthropology, philosophy and neurobiology of hallucinogenic experiences ».
This seminar explores the main mechanisms through which neurobiological processes and cultural schemas interactions generate the characteristic contents and phenomenology of hallucinogenic experiences. Philosophical consequences in the field of philosophy of perception and philosophy of mind will also be thoroughly investigated.
For a detailed description of the content of the seminar as well as bibliographical recommendations, see: « Les expériences hallucinogènes », 2016-2017 (in French).
2014-2015
Title of the seminar : « Animistic cognition: a trandisciplinary approach ».
Seminar attended by ENS and EHESS graduate students in anthropology, philosophy and cognitive science.
This seminar discussed contemporary anthropological theories of animism in the light of Amazonian ethnographic data as well as recent findings from cultural psychology, cultural neuroscience, social, cognitive and developmental psychology and cognitive science of religion.
For a detailed description of the content of the seminar as well as the summary of each session of the seminar, see: « La cognition animiste », 2014-2015 (in French).