“Consciousness Online” is a web-based philosophy conference organized by Richard Brown from LaGuardia College, CUNY. Richard has done a great job bringing together some great papers presented by excellent philosophers around the globe. Papers are presented by video and by narrated powerpoint, and comments and discussion will also be handled online. It’s an interesting format, and there are some heavy hitters involved. The program is as follows:
Welcome & Opening Remarks –Richard Brown, Conference Organizer
Invited Talk:
David Rosenthal, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Consciousness and Its Function
Contributed Sessions
1. Derek Ball, University of St. Andrews (Arche)
The New New Mysterianism
Commentators: David Papineau, King’s College –London
James Dow, The Graduate Center, CUNY
2. Katalin Balog, Yale University
In Defense of the Phenomenal Concept Strategy
Commentators: István Aranyosi, Bilkent University -Ankara, Turkey
Esa Diaz-Leon, University of Manitoba -Winnipeg, Canada
3. Clare Batty, University of Kentucky
Scents and Sensibilia
Commentator: Richard Brown, LaGuardia Community College
4. Dave Beisecker, University of Nevada -Las Vegas
Zombies and the Phenomenal Concept Strategy
Commentator: Sam Coleman, University of Hertfordshire
5. Richard Brown, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY
Turning the Tables on Dualism
Commentator: Robert J. Howell, Southern Methodist University
6. Matthew Ivanowich, The University of Western Ontario
A Moderate Representationalism
Commentator: Amy Kind, Claremont McKenna College
7. Barbara Montero, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Russellian Physicalism
Commentators: Daniel Stoljar, Australian National University
Emmett Holman, George Mason University
8. Gualtiero Piccinini, University of Missouri - St. Louis
First-Person Data, Publicity, and Self-Measurement
Commentators: Eric Schwitzgebel, University of California -Riverside
Jordan Dodd, Syracuse University
9. Justin M. Sytsma, University of Pittsburgh
Folk Psychology and Phenomenal Consciousness
Commentator: Adam J. Arico, University of Arizona