UOW Philosophy is very pleased to have Dr. Jakob Hohwy (Monash) visiting on Wednesday, September 7th, to present a paper at our Research Seminar series. All are welcome to attend.
Title: Phenomenally social - the private and public nature of conscious experience When & where: Wednesday, September 7th, 4:30-6:30 in 19.1003 Abstract: Conscious experience is usually portrayed as so inherently private that its actual role in our cognitive lives becomes deeply puzzling. This talk discusses a solution to this puzzle, suggested by social cognitive neuroscience: that the role of conscious experience is in fact social. Introspected conscious perception is for joint decision-making, and our experience of agency and choice is for common knowledge and social cohesion. Part of the proposal is that conscious experience can play this public role, not in spite of the privacy, but in virtue of the privacy. This seminar is funded by UOW's Institute for Social Transformation Research, as part of the Cognitive Niche Construction project. For more information, contact Patrick McGivern at [email protected] -- Dr. Patrick McGivern Lecturer in Philosophy Philosophy Program Convenor University of Wollongong _______________________________________________ SydPhil mailing list: http://sydphil.info 1000 subscribers now served!! To UNSUBSCRIBE, change your MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS, find ANSWERS TO COMMON PROBLEMS, or visit our ONLINE ARCHIVES, please go to the LIST INFORMATION PAGE: http://sydphil.info
