Experience, Action and the Metaphysics of Time

This conference will explore whether conclusions regarding the nature of time can be drawn from recent advances in other fields, for example, concerning the nature of perception, rational action, and emotions.

Registration for this event is now open: please contact either Donnchadh O’Conaill (donnchadh.o’[email protected]) or Olley Pearson ([email protected]) to indicate your interest. Please let us know if you have any particular dietary requirements. The deadline for registration is June 16th.

The conference dinner will be held on Monday June 25th in Durham. Please let us know by the registration deadline if you wish to attend.

The registration fee is £5, which can be paid by cheque or cash.

Cheques should be made payable to 'Durham University' and should be sent to:

Experience, Action, and the Metaphysics of Time,

Department of Philosophy,
Durham University,
50 Old Elvet,
Durham,

DH1 3HN,
United Kingdom

Website: www.durham.ac.uk/f.o.c.pearson/EAMT.htm

Provisional schedule

9.00-9.30         Registration

9:30 – 10:45    Robin Le Poidevin (University of Leeds)

‘Stopped Clocks, Silent Telephones and Sense Data’

10:45 – 11:25  Allan Hazlett (University of Edinburgh)

‘Living Well and Time’s Arrow’

11.25-11.35     Coffee Break

11.35 – 12.50  David Cockburn (University of Wales, Trinity Saint David)

‘Experience, Metaphysics and Practice’

12:50 – 13:50  Lunch

13.50-15.05     Barry Dainton (University of Liverpool)

Title tbc

15.05-15.15     Coffee Break

15:15 - 15:55   Aaron Segal (University of Notre Dame)

‘On What Temporally Extended Experience can Teach Humeans’

15.55 – 16.35  Valdi Ingthorsson (Lund University)

‘Temporality in Experience, Thought and Reality’

16.35 – 16:45  Coffee Break

16:45 – 18.00  Nathan Oaklander (University of Michigan-Flint)

‘Temporal Experience and the R-theory’

This conference is being held thanks to the support of the Department of Philosophy, Durham University; and a Minor Conference Grant from the Mind Association.