2nd R.A.R. Workshop on Consciousness & Acquaintance

This is the 2nd workshop devoted to the topic of Consciousness & Acquaintance organised by the project 'Representationalism or Anti-representationalism? Perspectives on intentionality from philosophy and cognitive science?' in collaboration with the Institute of Philosophy.

Having fallen out of fashion in philosophy for much of the latter half of the C20th, the notion of ‘acquaintance’ has recently undergone something of a revival. As well as being invoked by theorists working in epistemology and the theory of reference, ‘acquaintance’ has increasingly figured in recent work on conscious experience. This workshop will aim to explore some of the different ways that appealing to acquaintance might shed light on the nature of consciousness.

Attendance is free, but please email: [email protected]   so we we have an idea of numbers.

Provisional Programme

09.30-10.00: Coffee/Registration

10.00-11.30: Anil Gomes (Oxford) “Kant, Father of Naïve Realism”

11.30-11.45: Coffee

11.45-1.15: Julia Jansen (Leuven) "In What Sense are Kant and Husserl Anti-Representationalists and Why Does it Matter?"  

1.15-2.15: Lunch

2.15-3.45: Julia Tanney (Kent) "Some Problems with the Notion of Conscious Experience"

3.45-4.00: Coffee

4.00-5.30: Sam Coleman (Hertfordshire) “Natural Acquaintance”

This event is funded by the Research Council of Norway.