Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind After 50 Years
Published by Christina Huggins June 3rd, 2006 in Events, Philosophy Conferences| June 28, 2006 11:26 pm | to | June 29, 2006 2:26 am |
Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind After 50 Years
Theme: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Sellars’s Lectures in the University of London
Begins: Wed, 28 Jun 2006
Ends: Fri, 30 Jun 2006
Location: Chancellors Hall
Senate House
London WC1
UK
Link: http://philosophy.sas.ac.uk/Empiricism_Mind_Sellars.htm
WEDNESDAY 28th June
3.30 Tea and registration
4.30 OPENING ADDRESS: John McDowell (Pittsburgh)
Why is it called ‘Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind’?
6.00 Reception
THURSDAY 29th June
10.00 Session 1: PERCEPTION
(I) Paul Coates (Hertfordshire)
Perception, Imagination and Demonstrative Reference
(II) Paul Snowdon (UCL)
Sellars on Perception
12.30 Lunch (own arrangements)
2.00 Session 2: CONCEPTS AND REASONS
(I) Robert Brandom (Pittsburgh)
On Sellars on the Modal Character of Concepts
(II) Johanna Seibt (Aarhus)
Functions Between Reasons and Causes: On Picturing
4.30 Tea break
5.00 Panel discussion: The scientific image and the manifest image
6.00 Close for day
FRIDAY 30th June
10.00 Session 3: NATURALISM
(I) Michael Williams (Johns Hopkins)
Naturalism and the Myth of the Given
(II) James O’Shea (UCD)
On the Structure of Sellars’ Naturalism with a Normative Turn
12.30 Lunch (own arrangements)
2.00 Session 4: MIND, WORLD AND CONSCIOUSNESS
(I) Jay Rosenberg (Chapel Hill)
Having McDowell’s Woodbridge Lectures in View: A Sellarsian Response
(II) Willem deVries (New Hampshire)
Sellarsian Idealismus: Consciousness Presupposes Self-Consciousness
4.30 Tea break
5.00 Closing panel discussion:
What is alive and what is dead in Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind?
6.00 Close
REGISTRATION: Please note that DIFFERENTIAL FEES apply to all delegates, including those with preferential status. Please follow instructions at
http://philosophy.sas.ac.uk/Empiricism_Mind_Sellars.htm