Social Cognition and Group Cognition

A workshop held as part of the Irish Research Council (IRC) sponsored research project 

“Discovering the ‘We’: The Phenomenology of Sociality” (PI: Dermot Moran)

organized by Cathal O’Madagain, Alessandro Salice, Thomas Szanto

supported by the IRC and UCD School of Philosophy

10.00–10.45      Fred Cummins (University College Dublin): All Together Now! The Form and Meaning of Joint Speech

10.45–11.00      Coffee Break         

11.00–11.45      Meredith Plug (Trinity College Dublin): The Alleged Origin of the Notion of Objectivity in Acts of Joint Attention

11.45–12.30      Cathal O'Madagain (University College Dublin): There are No Group Persons

12.30–13.30      Lunch Break          

13.30–14.00      Pegah Lashgarlou (University College Dublin): Empathy: Facing the Broken Mirror of Meaning

14.00–14.30      Meline Papazian (University College Dublin): Empathy and Understanding Others

14.30–14.45      Coffee Break

14.45–15.30      Thomas Szanto (University College Dublin): Social Akrasia and Group Akrasia 

15.30–16.00      Coffee Break

16.00–16.45      Alessandro Salice (University of Vienna): The Intentional Objects of Group Beliefs 

16.45–17.15      Closing Session: Round Table

The workshop is open to the public, no registration is required — all are most welcome!