---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Orsan <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 1:22 PM Subject: [Networked-Labour] Fwd: [marxandphil-list] CfA EEEE Cognition Theory and Marxism - PG Conference at the University of Edinburgh To: [email protected] The core of theEEEE cognition theory is merely a reconfirmation and rediscovery of the same ideas developed by Alexander Bogdanov over a century ago in three books: Empriomonism, Philosophy of Living Experience, and Tektology. And the below event that aims to connect EEEE theory of mind and cognition theory to Marxism, does so almost in an identical way as it was done by Bogdanov; by locating labour and conscious labour activity and collective social consciousness (extended cognition) at the center of the integrity between energy-matter and information; relationship between material and mental reality, or monism of matter and mind. Begin forwarded message: *From:* Tom Bunyard <[email protected]> *Date:* 6 April 2018 at 10:50:25 GMT+2 *To:* marxandphil-list <[email protected]> *Subject:* *[marxandphil-list] CfA EEEE Cognition Theory and Marxism - PG Conference at the University of Edinburgh* DEAR ALL, It is our great pleasure to announce the launch of the *CfA* for our conference, which will investigate the *interconnections between the Embodied, Enactive, Embedded and Extended Theory of Mind in the Philosophy of Cognitive Science, and Marx's critical philosophy and social theory*. Conference *Title*: *The Division of Labour and the Development of the Self*: What can ‘EEEE’ Cognition Theories Tell Us About the Capitalist Paradigm of Development? Conference *Dates*: *July 14th - 15th 2018* Abstracts Submission* Deadline: May 20th 2018* *Location*: Room G.07, Informatics Forum, The University of Edinburgh *Speakers*: Dave Ward (University of Edinburgh) Miranda Anderson (University of Edinburgh) *tbc* Ross Abbinnett (University of Birmingham) *tbc* Anselm Jappe (University of Sassari) *tbc* *CALL for Abstracts * *This conference aims to discuss the interconnections between the ‘EEEE’ theories of cognition, and Marx’s theory of historical materialism and the labour-value dialectic. We will ask whether putting the two to dialogue can help us critically interrogate the present model of social development, with respect to the fundamental role played in it by the division of labour. * *Key to the embodied, enacted, embedded and extended theories of mind in the Philosophy of Cognition, is the idea that thinking and mental representation can be explained only on account of the strict interdependence of the brain and the social and natural environment. The perceptual and sensory-motor systems both store and elaborate upon information about the latter, defining our possibilities for understanding and action to such an extent, that some have suggested we should talk of ‘skillful intentionality’. The more we discover about the mechanisms intermingling world, body and thought the more the ‘aboutness’ of intentionality, or the why of mental states, dispositions, values and intentions, seems the collapse into this action-oriented dialectic. Marx centred his philosophy on the critique of the separation of mind and body that was posited by the Kantian and Hegelian traditions, as much as by Smith’s and Ricardo’s political economic theories; both of which were foundational to the construction of democratic institutions in the West. Key to most of his writings is the analysis of the role of labour as an instrument to the reproduction of the capitalist economic model, a component part of the system of social domination that the latter generates. Marx tried to distinguish between a positive notion of labour, capable of unifying, through action, body and mind; and a negative notion of labour, ‘labour in capitalism’: a labour to which capitalism negated the search for meaning through purposeful social interaction. Such negative alienation, which transfers the rationality and meaning of work outside of our immediate activity and forces labour to seek its self-fulfillment in the unstable realm of social status, is for Marx the consequence of the capitalist division of labour. For the philosopher, the solution to this problem had to lay on the reconfiguring of production to commend the positive aspects of alienation as a necessary component of social living. Thereafter, positive labour would imply not the alienation of the product of one’s work but rather the constant improvement of one’s cognitive abilities through active cooperation. ‘EEEE’ theories of cognition emphasise the way in which cognitive capacities depend on bodily, environmental, cultural and interactive factors and processes.'Marx’s social philosophy puts the dialectical notion of ‘activity’ at the centre of meaning-making and epistemology. Both, therefore, stress on the importance of investigating the relationship between concrete cultural practices and individual cognition, mental representations and intentionality. By putting the two to dialogue, we think, the theoretical-practical debate on the foundations of the capitalist model of development can find new constructive inspiration.* *Reading Suggestions:* Tummolini et al. (2006). “From Extended Mind to Collective Mind” Clark, A. (2007). “Curing Cognitive Hiccups: A Defense of the Extended Mind” Pfeifer, R., & Bongard, J. (2007). *How the Body Shapes the Way We Think: A New View of Intelligence* Slaby, J. (2016). “Mind Invasion: Situated Affectivity and the Corporate Life Hack” Marx, K., & Engels, F. (1843). *The German Ideology* Baudrillard, J. (1975). *The Mirror of Production* Postone, M. (2009). *Time, Labor and Social Domination: A Reinterpretation of Marx's Critical Theory* Sayers, S. (2011). *Marx and Alienation: Essays on Hegelian Themes* Jappe, A. (2014). "Towards a History of the Critique of Value" Papers are invited that engage critically with the themes briefly presented above. Submissions should show an interest in the practical consequences of their critical investigation, in terms of how the capitalist mode of production influences the way we conduct our life, and conceive of the processes of education and socialization. Fields of enquiry worth focusing on, alongside studies by Marx, Marxism and on EEEEC, are (though not limited to): critical social theory, social anthropology, neuroanthropology, psychology, social psychology, philosophy, phenomenology. *Abstracts *(*500 words*) of the papers should be *submitted to the email address [email protected] <[email protected]>*, no later than *May 20th, 2018*. Feedback on the result of individual applications will be sent via email no later than June 1st, 2018. Ideally, full papers should be then submitted by July 5th, 2018. For any queries and clarifications please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected]. Best of Wishes, Simone, Jodie, Harrison, Kris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "marxandphil-list" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/marxandphil-list. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ msgid/marxandphil-list/CADJbwB%3DrfACT1SgoA0GwGpjaRg6% 3DBwOVhtdFto5sVgv7sauUWQ%40mail.gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/marxandphil-list/CADJbwB%3DrfACT1SgoA0GwGpjaRg6%3DBwOVhtdFto5sVgv7sauUWQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . 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