[Please accept our apologies for multiple postings.] Invitation to register to the conference “Agent Tracking and its Disorders: A Multidisciplinary Conference on the Identification and Tracking of Human Individuals”
Date and host: 17-18 and 20-21 June, 2011, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia Keynote speaker: Professor Peter Carruthers (Philosophy, University of Maryland, USA) You are invited to attend to the conference “Agent tracking and its Disorders.” The conference is open to everyone. However, registration to the conference is requested if you wish to attend. Registration is entirely free and very simple. Just send an email with your name and affiliation (if any) to the organisers at this address: [email protected] . For further details on venues and presenters of the conference, please visit: http://www.ccd.edu.au/events/conferences/2011/agenttracking/index.html or http://www.agenttracking.org/ Aims: Numerous studies in cognitive science, philosophy, and the social sciences appeal to concepts derived from the notion of tracking individuals. The term ‘tracking’ and its cognates (such as ‘identification’, ‘individualization’, ‘keeping track’, ‘monitoring’, or ‘surveillance’) are often used to describe aspects of our ability to identify and locate individual agents in the world, and respond to their changes over time. This conference will focus on the specific issues raised by the tracking and identification of human agents and its disorders. Two fundamental questions of agent tracking are to be addressed. First, how do our diverse abilities to track people support our ability to interact with others and understand their actions or mental states? Second, how do errors or dysfunctions in agent tracking relate to cognitive or social disorders? The purpose of this conference is to bring together researchers from various disciplines (including, but not limited to, cognitive science, philosophy, and social science) to present and discuss views on tracking and its disorders. Presentations will revolve around these sub-themes (1) The Cognitive Basis of Agent Tracking and its Disorders (Friday 17 June 2011). (2) Perceptual Foundations of Object and Agent Tracking (Saturday 18 June 2011). (3) Issues in the Epistemology, Ethics, and Law of Agent Tracking (Monday 20 June 2011). (4) Human Nature, Tracking, and Cognitive Architecture: Responses to Prof Peter Carruthers’ Philosophy of Cognition and Science (Tuesday 21 June 2011). Confirmed presenters and respondents: Prof Peter Carruthers (Philosophy, University of Maryland) as keynote speaker, Mr Ryan Bellevue (Philosophy, ANU), Dr Vincent Bergeron (Philosophy, University of Ottawa, Canada), Dr John Brock (CCD, Macquarie University), Prof Max Coltheart (CCD, Macquarie University), Prof Stephen Crain (CCD and CLaS, Macquarie University), Prof Chris Davis (MARCS Auditory Laboratories, University of Western Sydney), Prof Katherine Demuth (CCD, Macquarie University), Prof Gary Edmond (Law, University of New South Wales), Reader Philip Gerrans (Philosophy, University of Adelaide), Prof Paul E. Griffiths (Philosophy, University of Sydney), Dr Jakob Hohwy (Philosophy, Monash University), Dr Alex Holcombe (Psychology, University of Sydney), Dr Todd S. Horowitz (Visual Attention Laboratory, Harvard Medical School), Prof Jeanette Kennett (Philosophy, Macquarie University), A/Prof Drew Khlentzos (Language and Cognition Research Centre, University of New England), A/Prof Robyn Langdon (CCD, Macquarie University), Dr Patrick McGivern (Philosophy, University of Wollongong), Dr Doris McIlwain (Psychology, Macquarie University), Dr Richard Menary (Philosophy, University of Wollongong), Dr David Neil (Philosophy, University of Wollongong), Mr Glenn Porter (Forensic Science, University of Western Sydney), Dr Anina Rich (CCD, Macquarie University), Prof Virginia Slaughter (Psychology, University of Queensland), Ms Misia Temler (CCD, Macquarie University), A/Prof Colin Wastell (Psychology, Macquarie University), A/Prof George Terzis (Philosophy, Saint Louis University, USA), Prof Bill Thompson (Psychology, Macquarie University), A/Prof Mark Williams (CCD, Macquarie University), Ms Kellie Williamson (CCD, Macquarie), Dr Graham Wood (Philosophy, University of Tasmania). Convenor: Dr Nicolas Bullot (CCD, Macquarie University). Sponsors: ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders (CCD); Macquarie Centre for Language Sciences (CLaS); Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science (MACCS); Macquarie Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics (CAVE). _______________________________________________ SydPhil mailing list: http://sydphil.info 1000 subscribers now served!! To UNSUBSCRIBE, change your MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS, find ANSWERS TO COMMON PROBLEMS, or visit our ONLINE ARCHIVES, please go to the LIST INFORMATION PAGE: http://sydphil.info
