Social Ontology and Collective Intentionality – An Interdisciplinary Workshop Macquarie University, Sydney May 3-4, 2012
Social Ontology as ontological inquiry about the social reality of collectives, practices, laws, material culture and other aspects of reality dependent on sociality, including humans themselves and their minds, is a rapidly evolving international field of research. Collective intentionality is one of the key concepts in social ontology in terms of which the basic constitution of all things social is nowadays discussed. It is closely related to themes like mutual belief, joint action, collective responsibility, and shared emotion. Social ontology in philosophy also draws on and contributes to research in many other disciplines, including theoretical sociology, law, economics, cognitive science, psychology, anthropology and political science. This workshop brings together Australian and international researchers working in these fields. Venue: Robert Menzies College, Macquarie University: 136 Herring Road, North Ryde NSW 2113. http://rmc.org.au/, on campus next to the University Railway Station and Macquarie Shopping centre. Registration is FREE, with thanks to our sponsors. It covers morning and afternoon refreshments, but not lunch (available at food outlets on campus or at the Macquarie Centre). For catering purposes please *register in advance* by Monday April 30th, by emailing Kellie Williamson at kellie.william...@mq.edu.au saying which day/s you’ll attend. The workshop is sponsored by CAVE (the Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics, Macquarie University), the Department of Cognitive Science at Macquarie University, and the School of History and Philosophy, University of New South Wales. Provisional Program Day 1. Thursday 3 May 10.00-11.15 Kirk Ludwig (Indiana), Collective intentions and action: from individual to institutional agency 11.15-11.45 coffee 11.45-12.30 Ian Lee (Toronto), The theorization of corporate personality in corporate law and public law 12.30-1.15 Carlos Bernal-Pulido (Macquarie), The collective intentional creation of legal authority: an analysis of three legal positivistic theories 1.15-2.15 lunch break 2.15-2.45 James Ley (Sydney), Collective memory and ethical inquiry 2.45-3.15 Philip Quadrio (Sydney), Hegel’s relational organicism: the mediation of individualism and holism 3.15-3.45 Monte Pemberton (Queensland), Winch’s internal relations 3.45-4.15 coffee 4.15-5.00 Kristi Giselsson (Tasmania), The social ontological practice of communal accountability: ethics and human value 5.00-5.45 Nikolas Kompridis (Western Sydney), Ontology, receptivity, normativity Conference Dinner (venue tbc, all welcome, own expense) Day 2. Friday 4 May 10.00-11.15 Seumas Miller (Charles Sturt), Joint epistemic action 11.15-11.45 coffee 11.45-12.30 Arto Laitinen (Jyväskylä), Collective acceptance without double direction of fit 12.30-1.15 Heikki Ikaheimo (UNSW), Ethical perfectionism in social ontology - a recognition-theoretical view 1.15-2.15 lunch break 2.15-2.45 Guido Seddone (Leipzig), Emergence of we-intentionality: commitment or belonging? 2.45-3.15 Onni Hirvonen (Macquarie), Group ontologies and recognition theories 3.15-3.45 Kellie Williamson (Macquarie), Towards a social ontology of sports teams 3.45-4.15 coffee 4.15-5.00 Sandra Field (Princeton), Hobbes and the social ontology of power 5.00-5.45 John Sutton (Macquarie), How to share a memory 5.45-6.00 Catriona Mackenzie (Director of CAVE, Macquarie), closing remarks Enquiries to the organizers: Carlos Bernal-Pulido (Law, Macquarie, carlos.bernal-pul...@mq.edu.au), Heikki Ikaheimo (Philosophy, UNSW, h.ikahe...@unsw.edu.au), & John Sutton (Cognitive Science, Macquarie, john.sut...@mq.edu.au). -- Professor John Sutton Department of Cognitive Science (http://www.maccs.mq.edu.au/) Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia Phone: +61 (0)2 9850 4132 Email: john.sut...@mq.edu.au URL: http://www.johnsutton.net/ Memory Studies journal: http://mss.sagepub.com/ _______________________________________________ SydPhil mailing list: http://bit.ly/sydphil 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://bit.ly/sydphil
