The Nature of Phenomenal Qualities

will take place at the University of Hertfordshire on:

March 29th – April 1st 2012

The conference will focus on the ontological nature of phenomenal qualities, the role and location of phenomenal qualities in perceptual experience, the relation of phenomenal qualities to the representational aspects of experience, the connections between phenomenal qualities, bodily states and the sensible properties of the objects of perception, and other allied topics.

The Nature of Phenomenal Qualities, University of Hertfordshire/(Beales Hotel) Thursday 29th March – Sunday 1st April.

Schedule:

Thursday 29th March

am:

11.15   Paul Coates    ’Projectivism and the Idea of Perceptual Revelation‘

pm:

2.00    Michael Tye   ‘The Nature of Pain and the Appearance/Reality Distinction‘

3.30    Howard Robinson    ’What are phenomenal qualities and what is their role in our conception of the world?‘

5.30    Michelle Montague  ‘The Life of the Mind’

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Friday 20th March

am:

9.15     Philip Goff       tba

11.15   Sam Coleman    ’Neuro-Cosmology‘

pm:

2.00     David Papineau     ‘Can We Really See a Million Colours?‘

3.30     David Chalmers     ’Some Puzzles About Spatial Experience‘

5.30     Galen Strawson     ‘Real Direct Realism‘

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Saturday 31st March

am:

9.15      Ronald Rensink     ‘A Function-Centered Taxonomy of Attention‘

11.15     Anthony Marcel    ’Two Levels of Consciousness, Mode of Attention, Sensation, and Phenomenal Quality‘

pm:

2.oo      Ophelia Deroy      ’Synesthesia, phenomenal enrichment and parasitic qualia‘

3.30      Fiona Macpherson      tba

5.30      Mike Martin    ’Sensation!‘

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Sunday 1st April

am:

9.15     Susanna Schellenberg    ’Perceptual Capacities and Phenomenal Qualities‘

11.15     Jonathan Lowe    ’A New Argument for Realism from Perceptual Content‘

pm:

2.00     Paul Snowdon         tba

3.30     Ned Block       ‘Consciousness, Cognitive Access and Cognitive Accessibility’

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There will be a special reduced registration fee for postgraduate students.

Further details for delegates concerning accommodation, amenities etc. can be found on the General Information Form.

Registration preferably by email. Please download the Registration Form.

If you have any further queries please contact Paul Coates (P.Coates@herts.ac.uk) or Sam Coleman (S.Coleman@herts.ac.uk)

We are pleased to welcome Dr Philip Goff to the Project team as Postdoctoral Fellow, and Jennefer Hodges and Jonathan Salisbury as Doctoral Researchers.

To subscribe to the Phenomenal Newsletter, which keeps you bang up to date with Project news and developments, please contact Sam Coleman (S.Coleman@herts.ac.uk).