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 attention? What is the role of attention and consciousness in reference to objects?

Speakers will include Ned Block (NYU), John Campbell (Berkeley), David Chalmers (ANU), Matthew Finkbeiner (Macquarie), Chris Mole (UBC), Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside), Brian Scholl (Yale), Declan Smithies (ANU/OSU).

Program

Thursday 25 June

9-10.30am, Eric Schwitzgebel (Philosophy, UC Riverside), Consciousness and Attention

11.00am-12.30pm, Matthew Finkbeiner (Cognitive Science, Macquarie), Visual Attention and Reportability

2-3.30pm, Brian Scholl (Psychology, Yale), The Logic of Seeing (and not Seeing)

4-5.30pm, Ned Block (Philosophy, NYU), Attention and Veridicality

7pm , Conference Dinner

Friday 26 June

9-10.30am, Chris Mole (Philosophy, UBC), Attending and Referring

11.00am-12.30pm, John Campbell (Philosophy, UC Berkeley), Where Does Consciousness Fit In? On the Boolean Map Theory of Visual Attention

2-3.30pm, Declan Smithies (Philosophy, ANU/OSU), What Is Attention?

4-5.30pm, David Chalmers (Philosophy, ANU), Wrap-Up/Discussion