The Institut Jean Nicod (also known as IJN) is a CNRS research center based in Paris, France. Founded in 2000, its name commemorates the French philosopher and logician Jean Nicod (1893-1924). At present, the Institute is co-hosted by the École Normale Supérieure and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, two prestigious French institutions for research and higher education. Research carried by its members has a strongly interdisciplinary profile, at the interface between philosophy, cognitive science, and the social sciences. The main scientific fields covered by the Institute include: linguistics (semantics and pragmatics), cognitive anthropology and philosophy of mind. Although most members of the group are philosophers, the issues addressed are not purely conceptual and have a strong empirical component.