/The University of Wollongong Philosophy Research Seminar/
Held in the CAPSTRANS Seminar Room 1003 (Building 19, Arts)
on Wednesdays at 17.30, all are welcome.
27^th February 2008 Dr. Wayne Christensen (Macquarie)
Towards an integrative framework for agency
Abstract
Agency is arguably one of the most fundamental issues for philosophy and
the human sciences. Yet the study of agency-related issues is spread
across many fields and disciplines, amongst which communication is
erratic at best. This talk argues that an integrative approach is
needed, in which the many aspects of agency, including value, action
control, sense-of-agency, and agentic coherence, are brought together
into a single coherent picture. As part of the larger project I
argue for a robust naturalisation of volition based on recent cognitive
neuroscience research on executive control, and discuss implications for
understanding addiction and autonomous agency.
/With best wishes,/
/Richard/
Dr. Richard Menary
Lecturer in Philosophy and Research Seminar Convenor
The University of Wollongong
Personal Webpage
<http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/selpl/philosophy/UOW025977.html>
Book:
/Cognitive Integration/ Available from: Palgrave Macmillan
<http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=275285> and Amazon
<http://www.amazon.com/Cognitive-Integration-Mind-Cognition-Unbounded/dp/140398977X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-0660778-1972653?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190152573&sr=8-1>
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