PhiVis 6: Philosophy of Vision Science Workshop

The past decade has seen a resurgence in conversation between vision science and philosophy of perception on questions of fundamental interest to both fields, such as: What do we see? What is seeing for? What makes seeing different from remembering, deciding or imagining? But opportunities for conversation between vision scientists and philosophers are still hard to come by. The phiVis workshop is a forum for promoting and expanding this interdisciplinary dialogue. Philosophers of perception can capitalize on the experimental knowledge of working vision scientists, while vision scientists can take advantage of the opportunity to connect their research to long-standing philosophical questions.

Short talks by philosophers of perception that engage with the latest research in vision science will be followed by discussion with a slate of vision scientists, on topics such as probabilistic representation in perception, perceptual constancy, amodal completion, multisensory perception, visual adaptation, and much more.

This year's program will include:

• Matthias Michel (MIT), with comments from Wilma Bainbridge (University of Chicago)
• Will Davies (Oxford University), with comments from Vivian Paulun (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
• Frédérique de Vignemont (Institut Jean-Nicod), with comments from William Warren (Brown University)

The workshop will be held in-person at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, and will also be streamed online (link at https://www.phivis.org).