Program -2009

February 20th-March 4th 2009

The first Consciousness Online conference is now officially closed. You can still view the presentations and the discussion by clicking on the title of the presentation but no new comments will be allowed. We had a very active conference with almost 11,000 hits and 244 comments in the sessions.  

To leave some feedback please visit the Wine and Cheese reception (comments are still open here).

 

Welcome & Opening Remarks –Richard Brown, Conference Organizer

 

 

Invited Talk:

David Rosenthal, The Graduate Center, CUNY

     Consciousness and Its Function

 

Contributed Sessions

1. Derek Ball, University of St. Andrews (Arche)

     The New New Mysterianism

     Commentators: David Papineau, King’s College –London

                              James Dow, The Graduate Center, CUNY

 

2.  Katalin Balog, Yale University

       In Defense of the Phenomenal Concept Strategy

       Commentators:  István Aranyosi, Bilkent University  -Ankara, Turkey

                                 Esa Diaz-Leon, University of Manitoba -Winnipeg, Canada

 

3. Clare Batty, University of Kentucky

     Scents and Sensibilia

     Commentator: Richard Brown, LaGuardia Community College

 

4. Dave Beisecker,  University of Nevada -Las Vegas

     Zombies and the Phenomenal Concept Strategy

     Commentator: Sam Coleman, University of Hertfordshire

 

5. Richard Brown, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY

     Turning the Tables on Dualism

     Commentator: Robert J. Howell, Southern Methodist University

 

6. Matthew Ivanowich, The University of Western Ontario

     A Moderate Representationalism

     Commentator: Amy Kind, Claremont McKenna College

 

7. Barbara Montero, The Graduate Center, CUNY

     Russellian Physicalism

     Commentators: Daniel Stoljar, Australian National University

                              Emmett Holman, George Mason University

 

8. Gualtiero Piccinini, University of Missouri – St. Louis

     First-Person Data, Publicity, and Self-Measurement

     Commentators: Eric Schwitzgebel, University of California -Riverside

                              Jordan Dodd, Syracuse University

 

9. Justin M. Sytsma, University of Pittsburgh

     Folk Psychology and Phenomenal Consciousness

     Commentator: Adam J. Arico, University of Arizona

 

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