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Symposium Critical Thinking

The socio-cognitive determinants of critical thinking]

  • 12th June 2023,
  • 09:00 – 18:00
  • Université libre de Bruxelles
  • Salle Dupréel
What is epistemic truth? How do you know that what you know is true? How to fight information disorders such as fake news or conspiracy theories? Are strong educational background, high literacy level, good sourcing abilities or reasoning skills protecting us from being gullible? What are the links between emotions, knowledge, partisanship and truthfulness? Are there specific types of interventions that could improve critical thinking and decrease credulity?  
In this one-day interdisciplinary symposium planned on June 12, 2023, at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, we aim to bring together specialists from social sciences and humanities concerned with these questions.
 
Keynote speakers
 
  • Aleksandar Bulajic, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
  • Bastiaan Rutjens, University of Amsterdam
  • Myrto Pantazi, Université libre de Bruxelles
Poster presentations
 
  • Habiba Bouali (Université libre de Bruxelles) : Source and Message content: Expectations vs. Reality
  • Arnal Camila (Université libre de Bruxelles) : Do perceptions of injustice explain the endorsement of conspiracy theories?
  • Laura Faragó (Eötvös Loránd University) : Hungarian, Lazy, and Biased: The Role of Analytic Thinking and Partisanship in Fake News Discernment on a Hungarian Representative Sample.
  • Achilleas Piliousis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) : Climate change misinformation: Distinguishing ‘green’ conspiracy theories from ‘green’ fake news.
Program
 
  • 08:30 - 09:00   Registration
  • 09:00 - 09:10   Introduction
                              Régine Kolinsky (Université libre de Bruxelles)
  • 09:10 - 09:45   The Magic Words of Social Science
                              Aleksandar Bulajić (University of Kaiserslautern-Landau & University of Belgrade)
  • 09:45 - 10:05   Critical thinking as context-sensitivity in knowledge attributions
                              Olivier Sartenaer (Université de Namur)
  • 10:05 - 10:25   Lay misconceptions of critical thinking and their impact on critical thinking
                              Céline Schöpfer (University of Geneva)
  • 10:25 - 10:40   Discussion
  • 10:40 - 11:00   Coffee Break
  • 11:00 - 11:35   The psychology of science rejection
                              Bastiaan Rutjens (University of Amsterdam)
  • 11:35 - 11:50   Polarized imagination: Are counterfactual reflections a useful tool for critical thinking in the political domain?
                              Kai Epstude (University of Groningen)
  • 11:50 - 12:05   What If it Were True? What If it Were False? The Effects of Counterfactual Messages as a Prebunking Strategy against Fake News
                              Mauro Bertoloti (Catholic University of Milan)
  • 12:05 - 12:20   Beyond Directional Motivated Reasoning: Social Identity and Partisan Truth
                              Michael Platow (The Australian National University)
  • 12:20 - 12:35   Discussion
  • 12:35 - 13:45   Lunch & Poster Session
  • 13:45 - 14:20   Too much trust or too much distrust? Striking the balance in a complex digital world
                              Myrto Pantazi (Université libre de Bruxelles & University of Amsterdam)
  • 14:20 - 14:40   Impact of training courses on teachers’ critical thinking and classroom activities
                              Virginie Bagneux (Université de Caen-Normandie)
  • 14:40 - 15:00   Measures of critical thinking
                              Arie van der Lugt (Maastricht University)
  • 15:00 - 15:15   Discussion
  • 15:15 - 15:35   Coffee Break
  • 15:35 - 15:55   ThinkFRE: A Spontaneous Self-Reasoning Strategy for Bringing Back Facts, Critical Thinking, and Experts in a Post-Truth Era
                              Ruth Mayo (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
  • 15:55 - 16:15   Science and pseudo-scientific examples: impact of training courses on students’ critical thinking
                              Denis Caroti (Aix-Marseille Université)
  • 16:15 - 16:30   Discussion
  • 16:30 - 17:00   Concluding Remarks
                              José Morais (Université libre de Bruxelles)
  • 17:00 - 18:00   Drinks
Registration
 
  • PhD/ Students: 35€
  • Post-doc: 40€
  • Faculty Member: 65€
  • Lunch and Drinks Fee (optional): 30€
     
  • Important information before completing your registration:
    The payment for the conference should be made via bank transfer.
    Please ensure that you have already completed a bank transfer of the payment fee corresponding to your current status (+ optional Lunch and Drinks if you wish) before submitting the form !
    We will ask you to submit a copy of your bank transfer at the end of the form !
    Registrations close on May 25th 2023 !
     
  • Bank Account information:
    IBAN: BE04 3751 0081 7031
    BIC: BBRUBEBB
    Account holder: Université libre de Bruxelles
    Address: Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, 50, 1050 Bruxelles
    Communication:  Conférence ARC 23 - Your first and last name - 4R00E000038
    Please make sure to include the correct communication (as exhibited above) in your bank transfer !
     
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Event address
 
  • Université libre de Bruxelles
    ULB Campus du Solbosch - Bâtiment S - Salle Dupréel
    Avenue Jeanne 44 - 1050 Bruxelles - Belgium

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Mis à jour le 26 mai 2023