Remembering: Analytic and Bergsonian Perspectives 4
(Keio University)

Schedule:

28 June 2025

  • 13:05-13:55. Continuism and Bergson’s theory of memory. Kourken Michaelian (Université Grenoble Alpes).
  • 14:00-14:50. The direction of memory in Bergson. Emiri Amano (Takasaki City University of Economics).
  • 14:55-15:45. Bergson's concept of 'present memory'. Ken-ichi Hara (Kanazawa Institute of Technology).
  • 15:45-16:00. Break.
  • 16:00-16:50. From a Bergsonian intuition to an analytic perspective: remembering and acting episodically. Doudja Boumaza (University Grenoble Alpes/Keio University).
  • 16:55-17:45. A Bergsonian approach to dementia. Hisashi Fujita (Kyoto University of Technology).
  • 19:00. Dinner.

29 June 2025 (symposium on Yasushi Hirai's multi-timescale interpretation of Bergson's theory of pure memory)

  • 10:00-10:50. A multi-timescale interpretation of Bergson's theory of pure memory. Yasushi Hirai (Keio University/Project Bergson in Japan).
  • 10:55-11:45. The explanatory power of memory traces: Against Bergson. Denis Perrin (Université Grenoble Alpes).
  • 11:45-13:15. Lunch.
  • 13:15-14:05. Remembering recalling. Shin Sakuragi (Shibaura Institute of Technology).
  • 14:10-15:00. Hirai's Bergsonism about episodic memory, situated. Christopher Jude McCarroll (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University).
  • 15:05-16:25. Response by Yasushi Hirai + general discussion.

Organisers: Doudja Boumaza (Université Grenoble Alpes/Keio University), Yasushi Hirai (Keio University), Kourken Michaelian (Université Grenoble Alpes).