Social Cognition & Emotion

The AHRC Knowledge of Emotion project is pleased to announce an interdisciplinary conference on Social Cognition & Emotion.

Philosophy, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, M13 9PL

Tuesday 10th June – Wednesday 11th June

PROGRAMME

Tuesday 10th June

9.30am – 9.55am:  Coffee

9.55am – 10.00am:  Introduction

10.00am – 11.15am:  Joel Smith (Philosophy, Manchester), 'Do We See Emotions by Seeing Their Expressions?'

11.15am – 11.30am:  Coffee

11.30am – 12.45pm: Michael Brady (Philosophy, Glasgow), 'Suffering and Social Cognition'

12.45pm – 1.45pm:  Lunch

1.45pm – 3.00pm:  Stephen Porter (Psychology, UBC) 'Blinded by Emotion: The Role of Emotional Appraisal in Legal Decision-Making'

3.00pm – 3.15pm:  Coffee

3.15pm – 4.30pm: Susan Bandes (Law, DePaul), 'Share Your Grief but Not Your Anger: Victim Impact Statements and the Expression of Emotion in Criminal Trials'

7pm: Conference Dinner

Wednesday 11th June

9.30am – 10.00am:  Coffee

10.00am – 11.15am:  Vasudevi Reddy (Psychology, Portsmouth), 'Emotional Engagements in Infant Social Cognition'

11.15am – 11.30am:  Coffee

11.30am – 12.45pm: Pierre Jacob (Philosophy, CNRS), 'A Pragmatic Approach to the Puzzle About Early Belief Ascription'

12.45pm – 1.45pm:  Lunch

1.45pm – 3.00pm: Catharine Abell (Philosophy, Manchester), 'Genre and Expression'

3.00pm – 3.15pm:  Coffee

3.15pm – 4.30pm: Greg Currie (Philosophy, York), 'Emotional Communication between Authors and Readers'

4.00pm: End


The conference is free to attend, but space is limited, so please register here: