BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260415T124217Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20240527T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20240528T170000 SUMMARY:Phenomenality and Access UID:20260416T214131Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-x5n6c TZID:Europe/Prague LOCATION:Praha\, Czech Republic DESCRIPTION:

We are pleased to announce that the 12th \;annual \;Ernst Mach Workshop \;will take place in Prague\, on \;May 27&ndash\;28\, 2024. The workshop\, organized by The Institute of Philosophy\, Czech Academy of Sciences (www.flu.cas.cz)\, will focus on the topics of phenomenal consciousness\, access consciousness\, and self-consciousness. Our keynote speakers will be:


 \;  \;- Ned Block (NYU)
 \;  \;- Martine Nida-Rü\;melin (Université\; de Fribourg)

The apparent existence of phenomenal consciousness\, the property due to which \;there is something it&rsquo\;s like \;for an organism to be in mental and physical states has attracted much philosophical and scientific attention. Our workshop will aim to contribute to a better understanding of phenomenal consciousness by focusing on the relation between phenomenal states and one&rsquo\;s (conceptual) access to them\, on the nature\, the scope and the forms of self-consciousness that might be inherent to phenomenal consciousness\, on the relation between phenomenal consciousness and (introspective) attention\, and other related topics.

The questions examined at the workshop will include:

 \;  \;- What is the relation between phenomenal consciousness and access consciousness? Could there be one without the other?
 \;  \;- Do phenomenal states necessarily involve one&rsquo\;s awareness of these states? If so\, what is the nature and scope of this (self-)awareness?
 \;  \;- How plausible is the &lsquo\;phenomenal overflow&rsquo\; thesis?
 \;  \;- Does an adequate understanding of phenomenal consciousness or self-consciousness commit one to positing subjects in any strong sense?
 \;  \;- Can phenomenal consciousness or self-consciousness be accounted for in representationalist terms?
 \;  \;- Can phenomenal consciousness\, access consciousness and self-consciousness be reductively explained?
 \;  \;- What are the neural correlates of phenomenal consciousness\, access consciousness and self-consciousness?
 \;  \;- What significance do considerations about one's awareness of (or access to) phenomenal consciousness have for anti-physicalist arguments?
 \;  \;- What significance do the so called \;&lsquo\;change blindness&rsquo\; and &lsquo\;inattentional blindness&rsquo\; cases have for issues about access consciousness and self-consciousness? How are these cases best interpreted?
 \;  \;- How is access consciousness best construed? Does it qualify as a genuine form of consciousness?
 \;  \;- How is (introspective) attention to phenomenal consciousness best understood? How reliable is it? \;
Presentations on other\, closely related topics\, relevant to the research interests of our keynote speakers\, are also welcome. The workshop is discussion-oriented and contributed papers are given larger time slots\, up to 45 minutes per presentation (including discussion). \;
If you&rsquo\;re interested in participating in this \;in-person \;workshop\, please send an anonymized \;300-word abstract \;of your paper to \;emw@flu.cas.cz \;by \;March 31\, 2024. (This e-mail address can also be used for enquiries regarding the workshop).

Notification \;of acceptance: \;mid-April\, 2024

More information about the workshop: \;http://emw.flu.cas.cz

There is \;no registration fee \;for the workshop. The event is sponsored by the Strategy AV 21 program of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

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