Varieties of Action Explanation

March 21, 2012 - March 22, 2012
Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München

Room M 210 (second floor), LMU Main Building
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
München 80539
Germany

Sponsor(s):

  • Center of Advanced Studies, Ludwig Maximilians Universität München
  • Munich Competence Center for Ethics (MKE)

Speakers:

Ruediger Bittner
Universität Bielefeld
Cord Friebe
Universität Bonn
Douglas Lavin
Harvard University
Johannes Roessler
University of Warwick
Nancy Snow
Marquette University
Candace Vogler
University of Chicago
Hong Yu Wong
Universität Tübingen

Organisers:

Julia Peters
Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München
Hong Yu Wong
Universität Tübingen

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Wednesday, 21.03.:


09.20: Welcome/Coffee

09.30 – 11.00: Ruediger Bittner (Bielefeld): "Understanding Action, Explaining Action, Understanding People"  

Response: Response: Erasmus Mayr

11.15 – 12.45: Johannes Roessler (Warwick): "Perceptual Belief: Active and Passive"

Response: Krisztina Orban

12.45 – 14.15: Lunch

14.15 – 15.45: Douglas Lavin (Harvard): "Forms of Agency"

Response: Susanne Mantel

15.45 – 16.00: Coffee

16.00 – 17.30: Cord Friebe (Bonn): "Psychoanalytic Action Explanation"

Response: Anna Schriefl

19.30: Conference Dinner (Speakers and Respondents only)


Thursday, 22.03.:

09.30 – 11.00: Nancy Snow (Marquette): "Character Traits and Actions"

Response: Julia Peters

11.00 – 11.30: Coffee

11.30 – 13.00: Candace Vogler (Chicago): "Learning to be good: Habit and Virtue"

Response: Anja Berninger

13.00 – 14.30: Lunch

14.30 – 16.00: Hong Yu Wong (Tuebingen): "Acting with that which one feels ‘from the inside’"

Response: Stephan Sellmaier


Attendance is free of charge. For questions, please contact julia.peters@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

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