Events

Jul 3

Jul 4

Having a Mind and Being Conscious: Conference July 3-4

Julien Bugnon Time: 09:00 - 18:00 Other

Having a Mind and Being Conscious

Open to all—please register in advance at: havingamindconference@gmail.com

 

Thursday, July 3 – Salle Jäggi 4112 (MIS 04)

09:50 Welcoming address

10:00-11:20 Michelle Montague (University of Texas at Austin)
“Phenomenality, intentionality, and necessity”

Coffee break

11:40-13:00 Elisabetta Sacchi (San Raffaele University in Milan)
“Can the ‘psychological involvement thesis of mental content’ …

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Jul 1

Jul 2

Farewell Conference for Martine

Julien Bugnon Time: 09:00 - 18:00 Other

Programme  (all are welcome):

Tuesday, July 1 – Espace Güggi 0101 (MIS 08)

09:15 Welcome & Opening Remarks

09:25-10:35  David Chalmers
“The subject property framework and the experience property framework”

Coffee break

10:50-12:00 Claudia Passos
“Do infants perceive others as conscious subjects?”

Coffee break

12:15-13:15 Donnchadh O’Connail
“It’s Me, Hi, I’m the Problem, It’s Me: On Subjects …

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May 23

May 24

Masterclass on “The Ethics of Intimate Relationships” with Prof. Monika Betzler (LMU Munich)

Sarah KOEGLSPERGER Time: 13:00 - 15:00 Other
Masterclass on “The Ethics of Intimate Relationships” with Prof. Monika Betzler (LMU Munich), Call for Participation
23-24 May 2025, Université de Fribourg
The event is in-person only. All are welcome. To register for the masterclass, please email Sarah Köglsperger: sarah.koeglsperger@unifr.ch
Abstract:
Intimate relationships and the moral challenges parties …

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May 13

Martine Nida-Rümelin’s Farewell Lecture

Samet Sulejmanoski Time: 17:00 - 18:15 Other

Dear all,

This is, for some, news of (we apologize for the late notice), for others, a reminder that tomorrow we’ll have the pleasure of hearing Martine give her Farewell Lecture on Intuitions as Source of Knowledge at 5pm in room MIS3118. It will be followed by a small aperitif at …

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May 7

Simon Morand, “Two Objections from Kripke and Vogel to Nozick’s Thesis: Knowledge requires Sensitivity”

Samet Sulejmanoski Time: 17:15 - 19:00 EXRE Colloquium

A handout will be shared prior to the talk.

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Apr 9

Alex Moran, “Visual Illusion and Objective Looks”

Samet Sulejmanoski Time: 17:15 - 19:00 EXRE Colloquium

ABSTRACT:

In colour illusion, when a perceptible object sensibly appears to have some colour quality it lacks, it is tempting to say that one is nonetheless aware of an actual instance of the ‘illusorily’ presented colour (the one that the object appears to have). Traditionally in the perception literature, sense-datum …

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Mar 19

Sharon Casu, “Moral Value of Consciousness”

Samet Sulejmanoski Time: 17:15 - 19:00 EXRE Colloquium

ABSTRACT

Our lives are valuable partly because we are moral agents. We can lead a morally good life because we can act, morally, in the right way, towards others and towards the world. I will argue that moral agency requires the capacity for consciousness, and therefore that consciousness is valuable. First, …

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Mar 12

Jason Day, “Welcome to Hyperspace: A Phenomenology of the DMT Experience”

Samet Sulejmanoski Time: 17:15 - 19:00 EXRE Colloquium

ABSTRACT

N,N-DMT, or simply ‘DMT,’ is a psychedelic substance that, when vaporised as freebase or smoked in ‘changa’ blends, induces experiences of a deeply strange nature. This strangeness pertains not only to how radically different DMT experiences are to ordinary experience, but even to the already strange experiences induced by other …

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