Structuralism in Consciousness Studies

“Structuralism in Consciousness Studies”

• Exploring the structural, relational and non-intrinsical nature of qualia
• Models of consciousness from third person perspective
• Quality spaces, representational and neural structures of phenomenality
   

Organizers
Holger Lyre and Sascha Benjamin Fink
in cooperation with RTG 2386 “Extrospection. External Access to Higher Cognitive Processes” and Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Venue
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Berlin School of Mind and Brain
Luisenstraße 56, Room 144 (ground floor)
10117 Berlin, Germany

Conference objectives
According to a classical understanding, phenomenal properties are intrinsic and qualitative. As a consequence, these properties escape a scientific third person perspective which seems limited to quantitative and relational (or “structural”) properties. This view, however, has recently come under attack. Picking up on this discussion, the conference will discuss the prospects of structural models of consciousness. These models allow for a third person, extrospective view on consciousness which is unaffected by the limitations and intricacies of first person introspection.
    The conference will bring together researchers from philosophy, cognitive science and neuroscience to explore the prospects and limitations of structural methods and models in consciousness studies. A particular emphasis lies on structural accounts of phenomenality such as quality spaces or structural realism about qualities as well as a structural understanding of the underlying neural vehicles.

Registration – space is limited!
To participate in this workshop, please register via: [email protected]

With your binding registration, please let us have:

• Full name
• Title & position and /or status (i.e., faculty, postdoc, doctoral candidate, master or bachelor student)
• Scientific affiliation = home institution and university
• E-mail address

Preliminary schedule (titles for talks will follow)

Mon 8 July
14:00 - 15:15  Lyre
15:30 - 16:45  Isaac
17:15 - 18:30  Papineau

Tue 9 July
10:00 - 11:15  Fink
11:45 - 13:00  Kaltwasser
14:30 - 15:45  Raffman
16:00 - 17:15  Rosenthal
17:45 - 19:00  Decock

Wed 10 July
09:30 - 10:45  Pauen
11:00 - 12:15  Engel
12:30 - 13:45  Haynes