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44th Annual Philosophy Colloquium

The Churchlands


All sessions will be held in the Max Kade Center, 736 Old Chem
(unless noted otherwise below)

Thursday, May 15

5:30-7:30pm: Keynote Address and Charles P. Taft Memorial Lecture



"On the Genesis of Conceptual Frameworks: The Hebbian Learning of Causal Processes"
Paul Churchland
Valtz Chair of Philosophy and Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego

8:00pm: Speakers' Dinner with Philosophy Graduate Students

Bickle-Bernstein Compound

Friday, May 16

10:00am-12:00pm: Morning Session

"Consciousness without Subjectivity"
Pete Mandik
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science, William Paterson University of New Jersey

12:00pm-1:30pm: Buffet Lunch

1:30-3:30pm: Afternoon Session

"Testing the Limits of Neuroepistemology"
Jacqueline A. Sullivan
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Neurobiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham

3:30-4:00pm: Coffee Break

4:00-6:00pm: Keynote Address and Charles P. Taft Memorial Lecture



"Neurophilosophy: Early Days and New Directions"
Patricia Churchland
University of California President’s Professor of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego; Adjunct Professor, Salk Institute

7:30pm: Colloquium Banquet

Maury’s Tiny Cove
3908 Harrison Avenue, Cheviot, OH
(open to speakers, department faculty, graduate students, invited guests—non-vegetarian and vegetarian dinner options available)

Saturday, May 17

10:00am-12pm: Morning Session

"Whither Naturalized Ethics? Towards the Integration of Evolution, Ethics and Cognitive Neuroscience"
William Casebeer
Lieutenant Colonel, United States Air Force, Chief of Eurasian Intelligence Analysis, NATO Military Headquarters

12:00noon-2:00pm: Lunch (on your own—local restaurant guide provided)

2:00-4:00pm: Afternoon Session

Title: TBD
Adina Roskies
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Dartmouth College

4:00-4:30pm: Coffee Break

4:30-6:30pm: Evening Session

"Implications of Sex Differences for Neuroethics"
Peggy DesAutels
Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Dayton

7:00pm: Colloquium Closing Reception

Bickle-Bernstein Compound
(all colloquium attendees invited, driving and parking directions available at sessions)

 

For more information, contact: John Bickle.
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