Consciousness and the Vegetative State
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The workshop will bring together philosophers and scientists to discuss foundational issues about consciousness raised by studies of patients diagnosed with vegetative state, as well as related disorders such as the minimally conscious state and locked-in syndrome. A particular focus…
Attention and Consciousness
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The focus of the workshop will be on the relationship between the attention and consciousness. Questions to be address include: Can there be consciousness without attention? Can there be attention without consciousness? Are there separate neural bases for consciousness and for…
Hyperintensionality and Impossible Worlds
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The conference will focus on hyperintensionality, impossible worlds, and on the connection between the two. A particular focus will be the use of impossible worlds in understanding hyperintensionality: for example, in providing fine-grained accounts of meaning and content that distinguish…
Experimental Philosophy Meets Conceptual Analysis
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The focus of the conference will be on recent work on experimental philosophy, especially the experimental study of philosophical intuitions, and its relationship to more traditional philosophical methods such as conceptual analysis. Speakers will include John Doris, Joshua Knobe, Stephen…