The "Consciousness and Reality" graduate conference aims to bring together students and researchers from around the world in order to develop a deeper understanding of consciousness in reality and possible virtual worlds.
At its first edition\, the conference will take place \;10-11 June 2022. It will have a mixed format\, in that speakers may choose whether they present online only\, or face to face at the event's location (if so\, their session will enjoy a live audience\, but it will also be streamed to remote participants).
Keynote speakers:
\nMircea Dumitru (University of Bucharest)
\nGualtiero Picinnini (University of \; \;Missouri)
\nHong Yu Wong (University of Tȕbingen)
\nPanels/topic areas: \;
\n&bull\; Consciousness in the \;context of virtual reality (experience\, action\, immersive virtual realities)\;
\n&bull\; Consciousness and \;first-person data (heterophenomenology\, first person data)\;
\n&bull\; Explaining \;phenomenal consciousness\;
\nAll times below are for Bucharest\, Romania. The conference programme is the following: \;
\nJUNE 10
\n10:45 Opening remarks (Andrei Mărăşoiu\, University of Bucharest)
\n11:00 Keynote speaker - Prof. Mircea Dumitru\, University of Bucharest. 'Philosophers on Consciousness. How to Crack Down on the Hard Problem'
\n12:15 Break
\n12:20 Mathijs Geurts\, Radboud University Nijmegen. 'Is variation in consciousness just evolutionary noise?'
\n13:00 Break
\n15:00 Marcelino Botin\, University of Barcelona. 'Revelation and the Dilemma for Russellian Physicalists'
\n15:40 Break
\n15:50 Robert Chiș-Ciure\, University of Bucharest. 'A Priori vs A Posteriori Explanatory Strategies&mdash\;Integrated Information Theory and the Temporospatial Theory of Consciousness'
\n16:30 Break
\n17:00 Keynote speaker - Prof. Hong Yu Wong\, \;University of Tȕbingen. 'What it&rsquo\;s like to act'
\n18:15 Break
\n18:30 Keynote speaker - Prof. Gualtiero Piccinini\, University of Missouri. 'Qualitativism: Consciousness Consists of Physical Qualities'
\n20:00 Break
\n20:15 Round Table
\nJUNE 11
\n12:00 Chingiz Pasha\, University of Tartu. 'Electrically Simulated Reality\, Sets of Phenomenal Experiences\, and the Opportunity of Having Different Selves' \;
\n12:40 Break
\n12:50 Ștefăniță Manea\, University of Bucharest. 'The Kuleshov effect and the Theory of Mind'
\n13:30 Break
\n13:40 Alexandra Chirilă\, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași. 'Connectionism&rsquo\;s new wave'
\n14:20-16:00 Break
\n16:00 Shivanand Sharma\, University of Birmingham. 'On Vedānta and the fundamentality of consciousness'
\n16:40 Break
\n16:50 Yen Tung Lee\, Western University. 'Virtual Veridicalism\, Cognitive Orientation\, and Fregean Representationalism'
\n17:30 Break
\n17:40 Chenyu Bu\, University of Texas at Austin. 'Toward a Kantian Approach to Perception as Predictive Processing'
\n18:20 Break
\n18:30 Guilherme Nunes de Vasconcelos\, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). 'Illusion or allusion? An ecological-enactive approach to virtual reality experiences'
\n19:10 Break
\n19:20 Round Table
\nFor any questions\, please don't hesitate to email \;consciousnessandreality@gmail.com \;
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