PERCEPTION UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Mohan Matthen (University of Toronto, Mississauga), Casey O'Callaghan (Washington University in St. Louis)

Perception under construction is a new online seminar in philosophy of perception, which finds ts origin in the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy of Perception. The Handbook will mirror the shifting theoretical landscape of contemporary philosophy of perception.  Not only has there been an increase in research on philosophy of perception but also a shift to more empirically informed philosophical methods, as well as the newfound interest in the diversity of perceptual modalities beyond vision. Moreover, there has been an influx of young trendsetting philosophers developing areas well beyond the well-worn debates of the past centuries.

The seminar gives a chance for the contributors of the Handbook to present their work in progress and gain feedback. It is open to PhDs, Post-docs, and philosophers working in these areas. 

Contact : [email protected]

Zoom invitation : https://nyu.zoom.us/j/96034025135

PROVISIONAL SCHEDULE

Thursdays

7:30 am Pacific Coast time, 10:30am Eastern Coast time, and 4:30pm Central European time 

September 24              

            Mohan Matthen, The Individuation of the Senses           

            Casey O’Callaghan, Multi-modal perception

October 8                     

            Christopher Peacocke, Identifiers in Music Perception and Beyond        

            Jonathan Mitchell, Peripersonal Space and Peripersonal Experience      

October 22                   

November 5                 

            Gabriel Siegel, Vestibular Sense           

November 19               

            Angelica Kaufmann, Animal Perception and Temporal Representation

            Sabrina Coninx & Laurenz Casser, Is Pain Perception?

December 3                 

            Alberto Voltolini, The role of Imagination for Perception

December 17               

            Błażej Skrzypulec, Touch          

            Giulia Martina, Smell     

Winter Break

January 14                   

            Jacob Beck, Do Convolutional Neural Networks Undermine Marr’s Framework for Explaining Vision?

            Carlota Serrahima, Tactile field

January 28                   

            Nick Young, Audition

February 11                 

            Assaf Weksler & Gabriel Rabin, Iconic perception          

            Jonna Vance, Feature Binding and Hedonic Valence in Perception        

February 25                 

            Joulia Smortchkova, Are feelings of déjà vu and jamais vu part of perceptual experience?

            Kevin Lande, Perspective as Representational Form

March 11                     

            Gerardo Viera, Extended present: the role of memory for perception      

            Jack Shardlow, Extended present: the role of anticipation for perception

March 25                     

            Arina Pismenny & Benjamin Young, Smell and the emotions      

            John Morrison, Perceptual confidence   

April 8              

            Dan Burnston, Analog perception

Madeleine Ransom, Perceptual learning