Dispositions and Mind Workshop

May 30-31, 2012,

Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

 

1. Aims and Purposes

Research into the nature of dispositions constitutes a thriving industry in contemporary metaphysics with significant implications for our understanding of causality, properties, conditionals, and the laws of nature. Intriguingly, from its inception there has been a connection between this body of work on the metaphysics of dispositions and inquiries in the philosophy of mind, and many researchers pursued active interest in both domains of inquiry. In this workshop we will continue this tradition, focusing on such interfaces as:

Dispositions and mental causation
Dispositions, motivations, and desires
Dispositions and intentionality
Dispositions, externalism, and the extended mind
Dispositions and agency
Dispositions, values, and moral responsibility

Bringing together scholars from east, west, and south, we will seek to explore the implications of cutting edge research into the metaphysics of dispositions for the study of contemporary issues in the philosophy of mind. We hope that the hospitable climate of a small workshop will encourage dialogue and future interactions among participants, and we also hope that our gathering will contribute to the ongoing development of analytic philosophy in East Asia.

 

2. Organizers

Sungho Choi (Kyung Hee University, Korea)
Randolph Clark (Florida State University, USA)
Kai Yuan Cheng (National Chung-Cheng University, Taiwan)
Itay Shani (Kyung Hee University, Korea)

 

3. Time

May 30, 2012 - May 31, 2012

 

4. Program

Each session is to include a 40 minutes presentation and 20 minutes discussion time.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

TIME

PROGRAM

10:00 am

- 11:00 am

Kai Yuan Cheng (National Chung-Cheng University, Taiwan)

Intrinsic Finks and Neuro-Law (abstract, full-text)

11:00 am

12:00 pm

Daisuke Kaida (Kyoto University, Japan)

Intrinsic Finks and the Individuation of Dispositions (abstract, full-text)

12:00 pm

2:00 pm

Lunch break and campus tour

2:00 pm

3:00 pm

Sungho Choi (Kyung Hee University, Korea)

Dispositions and Twin Earth (abstract, slides)

3:00 pm

4:00 pm

Lauren Ashwell (Bates College, USA)

Introspecting Motivational Dispositions (abstract, hand-out(doc, A4 size))

4:00 pm

4:30 pm

Coffee break

4:30 pm

5:30 pm

Randolph Clarke (Florida State University, USA)

Free Will and Agential Powers (abstract, full-text, slides, paper(shorter ver.),)

5:30 pm

Workshop dinner

 

Thursday, May 31, 2012

TIME

PROGRAM

10:00 am

- 11:00 am

John Heil (Monash University and Washington University in St. Louis, Australia and USA)

Real Modalities (abstract, full-text (American letter-sized paper), full-text (A4 paper))

11:00 am

12:00 pm

John Maier (University of Sydney, Australia)

Strength of Dispositions (abstract, hand-out)

12:00 pm

1:30 pm

Lunch break

1:30 pm

2:30 pm

Insok Ko (Inha University, Korea)

Toward a Distributed-but-Unified Mind (abstract, slides(pdf))

2:30 pm

3:30 pm

David Robb (Davidson College, USA)

Could Mental Causation Be Invisible? (abstract, full-text, hand-out)

3:30 pm

4:00 pm

Tea break

4:00 pm

5:00 pm

Itay Shani (Kyung Hee University, Korea)

Is There a Non-Psychological Intentionality? (abstract, slides)

5:00 pm

6:00 pm

Daihyun Chung (Ewha Womans University, Korea)

Disposition: An Integrational Analysis (abstract, full-text, slides)

6:00 pm

Workshop dinner

For pdf version click here.

 

5. Conference Venue

Central library, Seoul Campus of Kyung Hee University

 

6. Accommodation

Kukdo hotel

 

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7. Campus Map

For a larger map, click Kyung Hee University Campus Map

 

8. Sponsors

This conference is sponsored by Kyung Hee University (www.khu.ac.kr) and National Research Foundation of Korea (www.nrf.go.kr)

 

9. Contact Information

For more information about the conference contact Itay Shani <ishani479@hotmail.com>

Department of Philosophy
Faculty of Humanities
Kyung Hee University
Hoe-Gi Dong, Dongdeamun-Gu
Seoul, Korea, 130-701

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