VORTRAG ******* Oesterreichisches Forschungsinstitut fuer Artificial Intelligence(OeFAI) Schottengasse 3, A-1010 Wien Tel.: +43-1-53361120, Fax: +43-1-5336112-77, Email: sec@oefai.at ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Joseph Goguen and Ryoko Goguen University of California, San Diego LECTURE/DEMONSTRATION ON QUALIA IN MUSIC WITH TALKING BY JOSEPH GOGUEN AND DEMONSTRATION BY RYOKO GOGUEN Philosophers have generally taken a simplistic view of qualia, as feeling tones associated with basic perceptions, such as a patch of red. But much more complex qualia appear in music, involving simultaneous perceptions, sequences of perceptions, emergent properties of blended qualia, sensory and conceptual discrimination limitations, both short and long term memory, and more. We will discuss and demonstrate such phenomena, and also consider improvisation, mentioning some challenges that it poses to the philosophy of music. We will argue that certain problematic aspects of both qualia and improvisation arise from failure to take full account of the situatedness of human experience, especially its social contextualization. Zeit: Donnerstag, 20. Maerz 2003, 18:00 Uhr pktl. Ort: Institut fuer Medizinische Kybernetik und Artificial Intelligence der Universitaet Wien Freyung 6, Stiege 2, (Schottenhof), 1010 Wien. OESTERREICHISCHES FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUER ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE o.Univ.-Prof. Ing. Dr. Robert Trappl