Program -2009

February 20th-March 4th 2009

The First Annual Online Consciousness 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. Selected papers from this conference are now published in a special issue of the Journal of Consciousness Studies 2010 Vol 17(3-4)

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Welcome & Opening Remarks –Richard Brown, Conference Organizer

Invited Talk:

1. 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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