1st Topoi Conference on "Intentions: Philosophical and Empirical Issues"
Topoi conference and special issue
INTENTIONS: PHILOSOPHICAL AND EMPIRICAL ISSUES
Rome, Italy, 29-30 November 2012
This is the first edition of the TOPOI CONFERENCE, a series of biannual conferences in philosophy, sponsored by Topoi: An International Journal of Philosophy (http://www.springer.com/philosophy/journal/11245).
In analogy with the journal format, each conference will focus on a specific theme (topos), and contributions presented to the conference will later appear in an issue of the journal dedicated to the same topic.
The conference booklet is available for download, including the programme, all abstracts, and practical information on the conference (please make sure to get the latest and most updated version, by checking this website just few days before the conference).
INVITED SPEAKERS
- Marcel Brass (Ghent)
- Cristiano Castelfranchi (Roma)
- Elisabeth Pacherie (Paris)
- Corrado Sinigaglia (Milano)
- Bruno Verbeek (Leiden)
PROGRAMME
Thursday, 29 November 2012
14:00-14:15 Opening remarks
14:15-15:15 Marcel Brass (Ghent), THE FUNCTIONAL NEUROANATOMY OF INTENTIONAL ACTION [invited]
15:15-16:00 Kevin Tobia (Oxford), A STRONG CONCEPT OF INTENTIONALITY
16:00-16:30 break
16:30-17:15 Ariel Furstenberg (Jerusalem), PROXIMAL INTENTIONS, NON-EXECUTED PROXIMAL INTENTIONS AND CHANGE OF INTENTIONS
17:15-18:00 Zoe Drayson (Stirling), INTENTIONAL ACTION AND THE POST-COMA PATIENT
18:00-18:30 break
18:30-19:30 Corrado Sinigaglia (Milano), MOTOR REPRESENTATION AND GOAL ASCRIPTION [invited]
21:00 social dinner
Friday, 30 November 2012
09:00-09:15 Springer’s presentation
09:15-10:15 Elisabeth Pacherie (Paris), HOW DO INTENTIONS RELATE TO ACTIONS? [invited]
10:15-11:00 Lilian O'Brien (Cork), MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE PLANNING AND THE SIMPLE VIEW
11:00-11:30 break
11:30-12:15 Till Vierkant (Edinburgh), MENTAL MUSCLES AND THE EXTENDED WILL
12:15-13:00 Gregory Strom (Sydney), DEVIANT CAUSAL CHAINS, KNOWLEDGE OF REASONS, AND WEAKNESS OF THE WILL
13:00-14:30 lunch
14:30-15:30 Cristiano Castelfranchi (Roma), INTENTIONS IN THE LIGHT OF GOALS [invited]
15:30-16:00 break
16:00-16:45 Marco Mazzone (Catania), IS THERE A GENERATIVE SYSTEM FOR INTENTIONAL ACTION?
16:45-17:45 Bruno Verbeek (Leiden), THE NORMATIVITY OF INTENTIONS [invited]
17:45-18:00 Closing remarks
PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS
The conference will be held at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies of the National Research Council of Italy (ISTC-CNR, http://www.istc.cnr.it/), Via San Martino della Battaglia 44, Rome, Italy. The language of the conference is English. Attendance is free and no registration is required. All meals will be provided for the authors of accepted papers, but no reimbursement for accommodation and travel costs is available.
ORGANIZERS AND SPONSORSHIP
The conference is organized by Fabio Paglieri (Rome) and Markus Schlosser (Groningen), and sponsored by Topoi, Springer, the European Network for Social Intelligence, SINTELNET (http://www.sintelnet.eu/), and the Goal-Oriented Agents Lab (GOAL, http://www.istc.cnr.it/group/goal) of the ISTC-CNR.
For further information, please contact Fabio Paglieri, fabio.paglieri@istc.cnr.it
