Activity and Perception
May 7 – 8, 2014
International Conference: Activity and Perception
Speakers:
| Corine Besson, Sussex, | Pavlos Kontos, Patras, |
| Thomas Crowther, Warwick, | John McDowell, Pittsburgh, |
| Christos Douskos, Patras, | John Zeimbekis, Patras, |
| Jennifer Hornsby, Birkbeck |
Place
Conference and Cultural Center of the University of Patras
Room II.9
Organizer
Department of Philosophy, University of Patras
Contact
Christos Douskos cidou@upatras.gr
Conference Program
| Wednesday 7 May | |
| 10:00 | Welcome |
| 10:20 | Thomas Crowther: Activity Unbound: An Essay on Activity as Stuff |
| 11:00 | Discussion |
| Coffee break | |
| 12:00 | Jennifer Hornsby: Casuality and Perception |
| 12:40 | Discussion |
| Break | |
| 17:00 | Christos Douskos: From Basic Actions to Basic Capacities |
| 17:40 | Discussion |
| Coffee break | |
| 18:30 | Corine Besson: Knowing How, Convert Modal Operators in Infinitival Questions and Instrumental Norms of Action |
| 19:10 | Discussion |
| Thursday 8 May | |
| 10:00 | John Zeimbekis: Perceptual activity and perceptual ambiguity |
| 10:40 | Discussion |
| Coffee break | |
| 11:30 | Pavlos Kontos: Moral Perception and Common Sensibles |
| 12:10 | Discussion |
| Coffee break | |
| 13:00 | John McDowell: Self-Consciousness in Acting |
| 13:40 | Discussion |
