Jean Petitot (França/ France)
Director de Estudos do “Centre d'Analyse et de Mathématique Sociales” (CAMS) da “École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales” (EHESS) e membro do “Centre de Recherche en Épistémologie Appliquée” (CREA) da “Ecole Polytechnique”, ambos em Paris (França)./ Full Professor at the “Centre d'Analyse et de Mathématique Sociales” (CAMS) at “École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales” (EHESS) and member of the “Centre de Recherche en Épistémologie Appliquée” (CREA) at “Ecole Polytechnique”, both in Paris (France).
Research Intrests/ Interesses de Investigação
- Dynamical Models in Cognitive Sciences: Morphodynamical Models, Connectionist Models and Complex Systems; Learning and Categorization; Differential Geometry and Computational Vision; The Constituency Problem in Dynamical and Connectionist Models; Logic and Geometry; Naturalized Phenomenology; Semiotics and Morphodynamics.// Modelos dinâmicos nas Ciências Cognitivas: Modelos Morfodinâmicos; Modelos Conexionistas e Sistemas Complexos; Aprendizagem e Categorização; Geometria Diferencial e Visão Computacional; O Problema da Constituência nos Modelos Dinâmicos e Conexionistas; Lógica e Geometria; Fenomenologia Naturalizada; Semiótica e Morfodinâmica.
- Epistemology of Mathematical Models: The Platonist Problem in Philosophy of Mathematics; New Trends in Philosophy of Mathematics; Epistemology of Mathematical Physics; Philosophy and Phenomenology of Form// Epistemologia dos Modelos Matemáticos: O Problema Platónico na Filosofia da Matemática; Novas Tendências na Filosofia da Matemática; Epistemologia da Física Matemática; Filosofia e Fenomenologia da Forma.
Education/ Graus Académicos
- "Doctorat d'Etat es Lettres et Sciences Humaines" (Habilitationsschrift) (1982)
- Degree of the EHESS (1973)
- "Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies" in Mathematics (1968)
- Degree of the Ecole Polytechnique (1967)
Publications/ Publicações Recentes
- Cognitive Morphodynamics. Dynamical Morphological Models of Constituency in Perception and Syntax (with R. Doursat), Peter Lang, Bern (forthcoming, 2011)
- (with A. Sarti & G. Citti). Neuromathematics of vision, Special Issue of the Journal of Physiology-Paris, 103, 1-2, 2009.
- Neurogéométrie de la vision. Modèles mathématiques et physiques des architectures fonctionnelles (Les Editions de l'Ecole Polytechnique, Distribution Ellipses, Paris, 2008)
- (with J. Lorenceau). Neurogeometry and Visual Perception, Special Issue of the Journal of Physiology-Paris, 97, 2-3, 2003
- Morphogenesis of Meaning (Peter Lang, Bern, 2003)
- Morphologie et Esthétique (Maisonneuve et Larose, Paris, 2003)
- Morphogenèse du Sens (PUF, Paris, 1985)