EMBODIED AWARENESS Conference. 24-25 February.
valerie.h...@uc.edu
You are cordially invited to the 52nd Philosophy Colloquium at the University of Cincinnati.
Taft Research Center (Edwards 1, Suite 1100)
About the Colloquium
The idea that human cognition fundamentally reflects the fact that we are animals who move our bodies through space is not new, but it has experienced a significant resurgence of late. But as this intellectual movement spreads, many larger unanswered questions remain. In particular, how do the peculiar human phenomena that humanists (and others!) prize fit with this perspective? How do things like conscious awareness, contemplative thought, inner dialogs, and daydreams, square with embodied cognition approaches? This conference seeks to explain how an embodied approach not only helps us understand conscious awareness but also, in explaining consciousness using an embodied approach, helps us understand other aspects of human existence, such as psychopathology and social interactions.
Program Schedule:
Friday (noon-6:00)
- Welcome and Introduction/Buffet Lunch
- The Science of Embodied Awareness
- Lawrence Shapiro, "Embodiment and Awareness”
- Robert Wilson, "Being There in the Embodied Revolution: What Is (or Remains) To Be Done?”
- Anthony Chemero, "Joint Experience"
- Breakfast
- Disorders of Embodied Awareness
- Michelle Maiese, "Getting Stuck: Affective Intentionality, Temporal Desituatedness, and Depression”
- Valerie Gray Hardcastle, "Predicting the Self: Lessons from Schizophrenia”
- Lunch (on your own)
- Social Cognition and Embodied Awareness
- Shannon Spaulding, "How We Think and Act Together”
- Albert Newen, "Embodied Awareness of Self and Other"
Lunch on Friday and Breakfast on Saturday will be provided to all attendees. RSVP is requested to ensure meal accommodations.