For a long time, sensibility has been largely overlooked in philosophical inquiry, often eclipsed by an emphasis on abstraction, formal reasoning, and linguistic capacities. In recent years, however, the sensible has re-emerged as a central philosophical concern. Sensibility (understood in terms of embodiment, perception, affectivity, and the gaze) appears today as a defining dimension of natural intelligence, one that resists full formalization and distinguishes human cognition from artificial forms of intelligence. This renewed attention is especially significant in the context of rapid technological development, where artificial systems increasingly replicate cognitive functions while remaining detached from lived, bodily experience. The conference aims to explore the philosophical implications of this (re)turn to the sensible, investigating its role in understanding human intelligence, its limits of artificial replication, and its significance for contemporary debates at the intersection of philosophy, technology, and human experience.

Detailed program:

10:00 – Institutional greetings

10:15 – Jocelyn Benoist (University Paris 1 Sorbonne), Where did it go?

11:00 – Maurizio Ferraris (University of Turin), Nonsense and sensibility

11:45 – Coffee Break

12:15 – Carola Barbero (University of Turin), Literature and sensibility

13:00 – Lunch

14:15 – Elvira Di Bona (University of Turin), Listening through loudspeakers: a (mostly) veridical perception of sounds

15:00 – Jimmy Marcelo Hernandez (University of Salamanca), The resistance of the sensible: beyond the epistemic framework

15:45 – Coffee Break

16:15 – Alessandro Arbo (University of Strasbourg), The sense of music in the age of Spotify and Suno

Organizing Committee: Maurizio Ferraris, Tiziana Andina, Giulia Beltritti, Pauldin Lawrence, Giulio Sacco, Costanza Penna

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