Mind and Attention in Indian Philosophy \; * Harvard University\, Sept 21-22\, 2013.
\nThe goal of the workshop is to bring into focus philosophical work in Indian traditions that address the role of attention of all kinds in mental life. Papers should address any of the following questions in the context of Indian philosophy.
\nWhat factors determine how the stream of consciousness unfolds?
\n\;By what processes do we bring a subject-matter (an external item\, or an idea) into focus? \;
\nWhat factors can determine what the mind is focused on?
\n\;What kinds of things can be attended to?
\nWhat is the role of attention in mediating between sensation and cognition?
\nHow are capacities for attention related to other capacities such as perception or skills?
\nWhat is the role of considerations about attention or the directing or redirection of the mind in arguments for or against the permanence of inanimate objects?
\n\;What kinds of methods can be used to redirect attention or mental focus?
\nWhat are the practical\, epistemic\, and ethical benefits or drawbacks of redirecting attention?
\nWhat is the role of attention in mediating between sensation and cognition?
\nCan attention or focusing capacities be trained? \;If so\, how? What are the upshots and the significance of such training?
\nAre subjects necessarily aware of how their attention is directed? Can they become aware of it? If so\, what is the nature of this form of awareness? \;What role does it play in redirecting attention or the development of the capacity for attention? \;
\nSaturday
\n9:15 Introduction
\n9:30-10:40 Laura Guerrero \;&ldquo\;The Role of Vāsanā in Determining Perceptual Content in the Work of Dharmakīrti&rdquo\;
\n\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Commentator: Alex Byrne\, MIT
\n10:45-11:55 Nilanjan Das \;'Nyaya on Cognitive Penetrability'.
\n\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Commentator: Susanna Siegel\, Harvard
\nnoon-1:10 Cat Prueitt \;&ldquo\;The Joint Emergence of Subject and Object as Concepts According to Utpaladeva and Abhinavagupta."
\n\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Commentator: Declan Smithies\, OSU/MIT
\nLunch &ndash\; Barker Center
\n2:15-3:25 David Nowakowski \;&ldquo\;Persistence and Cognitive Attention in Udayana's Ātmatattvaviveka&rdquo\;
\n\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Commentator: Farid Masrour\, Harvard
\n3:30-4:40 Alex Watson \; \;"Shifts of Attention\, Competition for Attention and the Subject of Attention\; Contrasting Indian Perspectives"
\n\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Commentator: Sebastian Watzl/Oslo-CSMN
\n4:45-5:55 Jake Davis \;"What Feels Right\, for All of Us: A Buddhist Response to Moral Relativism"
\n\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Commentator: Sharon Street\, NYU
\nDinner and Party
\nSunday
\n9:30-10:40 Zhihua Yao\, Taiwan \;Beyond Self-Representationalism: &ldquo\;A New-Dignāgian Theory of Consciousness&rdquo\;
\n\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Commentator: Katia Samoilova\, Brown
\n10:45-11:55 \;Kranti Saran \;"Meditative Attention to Bodily Sensations: Conscious Attention without Selection?"
\n\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Commentator: \;Evan Thompson
\nLunch &ndash\; Barker Center
\n1pm-2:10 Joerg Tuske \;"Free will and attention in Indian Philosophy"
\n\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Commentator: Imogen Dickie\, Toronto
\n2:15-3:25 \;Keya Maitra \; \;&ldquo\;Consciousness &\; Attention in the Bhagavad-Gita&rdquo\;
\n\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Commentator: \;Nico Silins\, Yale/NUS \;
\nParticipants-at-Large:
\nKati Balog\, Rutgers
\nClare Batty\, Kentucky
\nNed Block\, NYU
\nDavid Chalmers\, NYU
\nChristian Coseru\, Charleston
\nCarolyn Dicey Jennings\, UC-Merced \;
\nBenj Hellie\, Toronto
\nSheridan Hough\, Charleston
\nFiona Macpherson\, Glasgow
\nMohan Matthen\, Toronto
\nMatt McKenzie\, Colorado
\nJen McWeeny\, Worcester Polytechnic
\nLaurie Paul\, UNC-Chapel Hill
\nMark Siderits\, Paris
\nJohn Taber\, UNM
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