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Conference Announcement Theme: Reflexive Theories of Consciousness Type: Cross-Cultural Workshop Institution: Centre for Consciousness, Australian National University Location: Canberra, ACT (Australia) Date: 14.–15.7.2016 __________________________________________________ Reflexive Theories of Consciousness: A Cross-Cultural Workshop aims to initiate a cross-cultural dialogue between leading philosophers of mind working in Eastern and Western philosophical traditions. The focus of the workshop will be the reflexivity of consciousness. A central question in contemporary philosophy of mind concerns what marks a mental state as conscious. One answer is that it must satisfy the transitivity principle; i.e. if a state is conscious the subject of the state must be conscious of it. Some argue that this principle can only be satisfied if the mental state is reflexive; i.e. if it is, in some sense, self-aware. Others reject this view. Whether mental states are reflexive is a question that not only engages contemporary philosophers of mind but is also the focus of heated dispute amongst Indo-Tibetan Buddhist philosophers. Buddhist approaches to this issue have recently become the focus of productive cross-cultural research, not only in humanities but also in the cognitive sciences. This workshop will draw together leading philosophers in the cross-cultural philosophy of mind and will engage this emerging field of research. Main speakers: - Monima Chadha (Monash University) - David Chalmers (New York University, Australian National University) - Bronwyn Finnigan (Australian National University) - Jonardon Ganeri (New York University) - Uriah Kriegel (Institut Jean Nicod) - Matthew Mackenzie (Colorado State University) - Daniel Stoljar (Australian National University) Organisers: - Bronwyn Finnigan (Australian National University) - David Chalmers (New York University, Australian National University) - Daniel Stoljar (Australian National University) Venue: Sir Roland Wilson Building, Room, SRWB 2.202 Australian National University Registration and Further Information: Attendees are kindly requested to RSVP (for catering purposes). To RSVP and for further details, please contact Bronwyn Finnigan ([email protected]) or Daniel Stoljar ([email protected]). Conference website: http://consciousness.anu.edu.au/events/reflexive-theories-consciousness-cross-cultural-workshop __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ __________________________________________________
