Event-details: Monday the 10th \;and Tuesday the 11th \;of June 2019\, University of Leeds
\nConference Organisers: \;Lé\;a Salje (Leeds)\, l.c.salje [at] \;leeds.ac.uk\, and Daniel Morgan (York)\, d.morgan [at] york.ac.uk \;
\nConfirmed Speakers
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Marie Guillot (Essex)
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Robin Le Poidevin (Leeds)
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Daniel Morgan (York)
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Simon Prosser (St-Andrews)
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Komarine \;Romdenh-Romluc (Sheffield) \;
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Matthew Soteriou (KCL)
\n\;Submission: \;There are two additional slots for speakers. If you are interested in speaking\, please submit a 750-1000 word abstract prepared for blind review to d.morgan[at]york.ac.uk \;by noon on January 31 2019. Applicants will be contacted within two weeks of the deadline. \;
\n\;We welcome submissions from everyone\, and especially encourage submissions from underrepresented groups in philosophy. We welcome participation from PhD students and early-career researchers. \;
\n\;Talk format: Speakers will be invited to give a 50-minute talk\, followed by a 30-minute general discussion.
\n\;Accommodation and travel: \;the conference can pay for two nights accommodation for speakers\, and for travel expenses from within the U.K.
\n\;Website: \;www.leasalje.com/conference-about-time.html
\n\;Registration: \;the conference is open to everybody and free to attend.
\n\;Conference description: \;
\n\; \;Discussion of indexical thought in contemporary philosophy of mind is dominated by \;de se \;thought. The appeal is plausibly that of a privileged deviant: \;de se \;thought doesn&rsquo\;t seem to behave like other kinds of singular thought\, and its misbehaviour apparently earns it a highly privileged and basic role in our cognitive economies. \;It is sometimes observed &mdash\; though typically as something of an afterthought &mdash\; that \;de nunc \;thought displays some analogous behavioural features\, and that it correspondingly occupies an analogue of some aspects of the privileged cognitive role associated with \;de se \;thought. For instance\, like \;de se \;thought\, it is plausible that all \;de nunc \;thoughts are guaranteed against netting an unintended object or no object at all\, and that some \;de nunc \;thoughts are IEM. And arguably\, \;de se \;and \;de nunc \;thought play roughly symmetrical roles in psychological explanations of action. But the particulars are often left gestural\, with readers left to fill in the details from the case of \;de se \;thought.
\nBy prioritising \;de se \;thought as the central platform for discussion of indexical thought in general\, we risk systematically under-recognising some of the most important and unusual features of \;de nunc \;thought. The aim of this conference is to consider ways in which we might reframe discussion of \;de nunc \;thought on its own terms. \;We discuss important epistemic goods had by \;de nunc \;states that are lacking from \;de se \;states\,that have risked falling under the radar. \;For example\, temporal indexical thought is comparatively much less tolerant of substantive misconceptions of its object than \;I-thought is\, and the range of judgments that are IEM relative to a \;de \;nunc \;concept \;is vastly greater than those IEM relative to a \;de se \;concept. \;Our discussion brings a somewhat revisionary idea in its train: that a properly worked out philosophy of mind for indexical temporal thought will show \;de nunc \;thought to play a more fundamental role in our cognitive economies than the historically privileged \;de se \;thought. \;
\nQuestions to be discussed might include (but are not limited to):
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- How should we think about the interaction between the metaphysics of time and the conceptual role of temporal thought? \;
- What is the role of memory and perception in temporal thought? \;
\n- What have different philosophical traditions to say about temporal thought?
\n- Are there epistemic goods had by \;de nunc \;thought not shared by \;de se \;thought?
\n- Does the reference of \;de se \;thought work differently from the reference of \;de nunc \;thought?
\nWith thanks to: The \;Mind \;Association. The \;Thought \;Trust. \;
\nPlease get in touch with the \;organisers if you have any questions. \; \;
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