Call for papers
VI Inter-University Workshop on Mind, Art and Morality
EXPRESSION AND THE INNER
University of Oviedo (Spain) April 8-10, 2010
Invited Speaker:
DAVID
H. FINKELSTEIN (University of Chicago)
David H. Finkelstein is the author of Expression and the Inner (Harvard
U. P., 2003) and several papers on epistemology, metaphysics and the
philosophy of mind. His book offers an expressivist account of the
special authority with which we speak about our own thoughts and feelings,
and of the distinction between conscious and unconscious mental states.
New Invited Speaker:
BARRY STROUD (University of California, Berkeley)
The Inter-University Workshop on Mind, Art and Morality promotes the
relation among different areas of philosophy; more specifically, the
Workshop aims at exploring issues where Ethics, Aesthetics and Philosophy
of Mind converge and interweave. In former editions, the Workshop
has been devoted either to the work of philosophers such as Richard
Wollheim, Jonathan Dancy, Christine Korsgaard, and Shaun Nichols or
to broad subjects such as the Philosophy of Music (with the presence
of Peter Kivy, Noël Carroll or Derek Matravers). On this occasion,
the Workshop will receive David H. Finkelstein who will present his
recent research on first-person authority.
We invite philosophers and other scholars interested in discussing
these and related topics to join the Workshop, for an exchange of
ideas on these subjects. Contributions focusing on David Finkelstein's
book are especially encouraged, but papers on any aspect of the first-person
authority, self-knowledge, expression, and conscious and versus unconscious
states, are also welcome. Papers must be written in English, and should
be approximately 15 pages long (5000 words). Participants will have
40 minutes for the presentation of their papers, plus 20 minutes for
discussion. Extended abstracts, of about 2000 words, will also be
accepted for review. Notification of intent to submit including
title (even tentative) and subject matter will be greatly appreciated.
The organization will provide free accommodation and meals to the
authors of the papers accepted for presentation at the VI Inter-University
Workshop on Mind, Art and Morality.
Correspondence and submissions:
Prof. Luis M. Valdés Villanueva
Departamento de Filosofía
Universidad de Oviedo
E-33071 Oviedo (España)
E-mail: teorema@uniovi.es
Deadline: February 15th, 2010. Acceptance by March 1st, 2010.
In the decade or
so since the publication of Clark and Chalmers' seminal paper, the
extended mind thesis has had a highly significant influence on the
philosophy of mind and cognitive science. This comes from the fact
that it promotes a view of mind and cognition that breaks away from
other such views popular in the late 20th century. Thus, the extended
mind thesis promotes: one, functionalism, without the restrictions
imposed by biological implementational structure; two, externalism,
not only regarding mental contents, but also regarding the vehicles
of content; and three, postcognitivism, where cognition is not simply
a matter of internal symbol manipulation. The result is, thus, a
view that could be labelled "situated and embodied functionalism".
Critics have reacted in different ways. Some have objected, on behalf
of intracranialism, that the extended mind thesis is too radical,
in that it flouts the distinction between intrinsic and derived
intentionality in the characterization of the mental; or in that
it mistakes extracranial aids to cognition for the real vehicles
of cognition. Other critics, though, have argued that the development
of Clark and Chalmers' insights has sometimes been too conservative,
insofar as it supports a representationalist, rather than an antirepresentationalist,
version of postcognitivism; or insofar as it continues to give pride
of place to processes in the brain/CNS, precluding the extension
of the idea of cognition to other less complicated life forms.
teorema invites submissions on these and related topics for
a special issue to be published in 2011. Papers must be written
in English or in Spanish, and should not exceed 6000 words. For
the presentation of their manuscripts, authors are requested to
adhere to the details that can be found at www.uniovi.es/Teorema.
Electronic submissions, both in .doc and .pdf formats and prepared
for blind refereeing, must be sent to the Editor by October 1st,
2010. Notification of intent to submit including title (tentative)
and subject matter (a brief abstract) will be greatly appreciated
as it will assist with the coordination and planning of the special
issue.
Contact details for queries and submissions:
teorema
Prof. Luis M. Valdés Villanueva
Director de teorema
Departamento de Filosofía
Universidad de Oviedo
E-33071 Oviedo (España)
E-mail: lmvaldes@uniovi.es
Deadline for submissions: October 1st, 2010
Notification of intent to submit including subject
matter will be greatly appreciated as it will assist with the coordination
and planning of the special issue.
