Concepts Workshop

Speakers:
Professor Lawrence Barsalou (University of Glasgow): Situated conceptualization 
Dr Sapphira Thorne (City, University of London): Dimensions of Metacognitive Beliefs About Concepts
Professor Agustin Vicente (UPV/EHU, Spain): Enlarging the concept: how, how much, and in what format
Professor Daniel Weiskopf (Georgia State University): The Fragmentation of Concepts

Abstract:
Exercising a concept in thought may bring with it a variety of psychological processes which are different from activating the 'knowledge' found in a definition, prototype, exemplar or theory. The most prominent source for enlarging (or replacing) these well-studied structures is the sensorimotor (Barsalou 2016). Affective, interoceptive and other kinds of experiences furnish further candidates. Are these 'accompaniments' important in characterising the role concepts play in thought and action? If so, how should we think of them: as part of the concept, as knowledge encoded with the concept, as 'characterisations' associated with the concept (Camp 2015), or as mere associations? And what turns on how we answer this question?

This interdisciplinary workshop brings together philosophers and psychologists to address these questions. It is organised by Professor Nicholas Shea (Institute of Philosophy) and supported by the European Research Council.

Please register for this event by June 8th. Tickets £10 and £5 (graduate students) which includes refreshments and lunch.