Having a Mind and Being Conscious

Open to all—please register in advance at: havingamindconference@gmail.com

Thursday, July 3 – Salle Jäggi 4112 (MIS 04)

09:50 Welcoming address

10:00-11:20 Michelle Montague (University of Texas at Austin)
“Phenomenality, intentionality, and necessity”

Coffee break

11:40-13:00 Elisabetta Sacchi (San Raffaele University in Milan)
“Can the ‘psychological involvement thesis of mental content’ be accounted for without falling into psychologism?”

Lunch break

14:30-15:50 Alberto Voltolini (University of Turin)
“Awareness (of Awareness)”

Coffee break

16:10-17:30 Gregory Bochner (Collège de France)
“From Strong AI to the ‘Hard’ Problem of Other Minds”

Friday, July 4 – Salle Jäggi 4112 (MIS 04)

09:30-10:50 Daniel Stoljar (Australian National University)
“In What Sense is Consciousness First-personal?”

Coffee break

11:10-12:30 Preston Lennon (Rutgers University)
“Formats Are Consciously Experienced”

Lunch break

14:00-15:20 Robert Howell (Rice University)
“The Epistemic Significance of Acquaintance”

Coffee break

15:40-16:45 Round table: Katalin Balog (Rutgers University), Barry Loewer (Rutgers University), Donnchadh O’Conaill (independent researcher)
“Having a Mind and Being Conscious”

Organisers: Julien Bugnon (Université de Fribourg), Gregory Bochner (Collège de France), Martine Nida-Rümelin (Université de Fribourg).