CFP: Valencia Philosophy Lab Summer School: Mental Representation and Consciousness

The Valencia Philosophy Lab organizes a Summer School on Mental Representation and Consciousness, which will take place at the University of Valencia on June 16-20, 2025.

The Summer School is addressed to PhD students, post-docs, and early-career researchers. It will cover four sub-topics:

(1)   mental representation;

(2)   conceptual, linguistic, and de se representation;

(3)   representation and consciousness;

(4)   representation and affect.

Summer School faculty:

Marc Artiga (University of Valencia)

Manuel García-Carpintero (University of Barcelona)

Anna Giustina (University of Valencia)

David Papineau (King’s College London)

Adam Pautz (Brown University)

Carlota Serrahima (University of Valencia)

Agustin Vicente (University of the Basque Country)

Frédérique de Vignemont (Institut Jean Nicod)

Structure:

Monday (16/6), Tuesday (17/6), Thursday (19/6), and Friday (20/6): two faculty presentations on one sub-topic in the morning; presentations by participants plus group discussion in the afternoon.

Wednesday (18/6): professional experience presentations by faculty speakers in the morning (on publishing, jobs, and job applications); afternoon free.

Applications:

Please send the following to [email protected] (the subject line should read “SUMMER SCHOOL, Your Name”):

1.     your CV;

2.     a one-page motivation letter.

If you would like to present your work during the Summer School, please send also

3.     a 500-word abstract (please specify the sub-topic your presentation falls into).

Deadline for applications: February 28, 2025.

Notification of acceptance: March 25, 2025.

Fees and bursaries:

Participation in the Summer School is free. We might be able to offer accommodation and an offset for travel expenses to participants who do not have any research funds. If you are interested in this, please get in touch with us.

For any inquiries or further information, please contact [email protected] or [email protected].

Organizers:

Marc Artiga (University of Valencia)

Anna Giustina (University of Valencia)

Carlota Serrahima (University of Valencia)

Funding:

Autonomy as Address (CIPROM/2023/55), funded by Conselleria d’ Innovació, Universitats, Ciència i Societat Digital – Generalitat Valenciana (PIs: Josep Corbí and Marc Artiga).

Know Yourself: The Importance, the Nature, and the Applications of Introspective Self-Knowledge (PID2023-151949NA-I00), funded by Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (PI: Anna Giustina).

The Representational Penumbra. An examination of borderline cases of representation (PID2021-127046NA-I00), funded by Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (PI: Marc Artiga).

Deceptive Representations (CISEJI/2023/51) funded by the Generalitat Valenciana, Conselleria d’Educació, Universitats i Ocupació (PI: Marc Artiga).