Keynote Speaker
Photo taken from Garfield's biography page at Smith College.
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Jay L. Garfield
Our keynote speaker, Dr. Jay Garfield, will deliver a talk on “The Second Person: Reflexivity and Reflection”. Dr. Garfield is currently Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities at Smith College, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne, and Visiting Professor of Philosophy and Buddhist Studies at Harvard Divinity School. His research addresses topics in the foundations of cognitive science and the philosophy of mind; the history of Indian philosophy during the colonial period; topics in ethics, epistemology and the philosophy of logic; methodology in cross-cultural interpretation; and topics in Buddhist philosophy, particularly Indo-Tibetan Madhyamaka and Yogācāra. |
Speakers
Robert Mirski
"The role of emotion in the development of culturally specific ways of reflecting over minds: An action-based model"
Robert Mirski is a Ph.D. student at the Institute of Theoretical Philosophy, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. Robert does research in philosophy of cognitive science, with a focus on theory of socio-cognitive development. He is currently working on a project supported by the Polish National Science Center’s grant, which aims to offer a model of culturally embedded socio-cognitive development that can inform and extend the existing theory of mind research. As part of this endeavor, he is currently a visiting researcher at Lehigh University, working with Mark Bickhard on central aspects of the model.
Robert Mirski is a Ph.D. student at the Institute of Theoretical Philosophy, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. Robert does research in philosophy of cognitive science, with a focus on theory of socio-cognitive development. He is currently working on a project supported by the Polish National Science Center’s grant, which aims to offer a model of culturally embedded socio-cognitive development that can inform and extend the existing theory of mind research. As part of this endeavor, he is currently a visiting researcher at Lehigh University, working with Mark Bickhard on central aspects of the model.
William Eck
"Einfühlung as Radical Interpretation"
William Eck is a PhD candidate at the University of Pittsburgh. His areas of interest are the philosophy of language and the history of German philosophy. His dissertation focuses on the relationship between the philosophy of language and the early genesis of anthropology, focusing on the work of Hamann and Herder.
William Eck is a PhD candidate at the University of Pittsburgh. His areas of interest are the philosophy of language and the history of German philosophy. His dissertation focuses on the relationship between the philosophy of language and the early genesis of anthropology, focusing on the work of Hamann and Herder.
James Laing
"The Possibility of Feeling Self-Conscious"
James Laing is currently third year PhD student from University College of London. He is working on issues in moral psychology and intersubjectivity: pride, shame, humiliation and death; but also love and friendship.
James Laing is currently third year PhD student from University College of London. He is working on issues in moral psychology and intersubjectivity: pride, shame, humiliation and death; but also love and friendship.
Lewis Wang
"Interpretive Method Pluralism"
Lewis Wang is currently a BPhil student at University of Oxford. His research interests lie in German Idealism, political philosophy and aesthetics.
Lewis Wang is currently a BPhil student at University of Oxford. His research interests lie in German Idealism, political philosophy and aesthetics.
Qianyi Qin
"Love and Self-Knowledge"
Qianyi is a Ph.D. student at CUNY Graduate Center. Her areas of interest are philosophy of mind and cognitive science, as well as cross-cultural philosophy. She’s interested in topics such as self-knowledge and introspection, theory of concepts, theory of perception, and debates of realism and anti-realism in Indian philosophy.
Qianyi is a Ph.D. student at CUNY Graduate Center. Her areas of interest are philosophy of mind and cognitive science, as well as cross-cultural philosophy. She’s interested in topics such as self-knowledge and introspection, theory of concepts, theory of perception, and debates of realism and anti-realism in Indian philosophy.
Will Kidder
"Empathy and Affective Trust"
Will Kidder work in moral psychology, primarily focusing on empathy. He is currently writing a dissertation on empathy bias that draws on pragmatist and sentimentalist approaches to ethics and on constructionist theories of emotion. In addition, he is interested in what our imaginative engagement with fiction can tell us about our moral psychology and is currently working on an empirical study of imaginative resistance.
Will Kidder work in moral psychology, primarily focusing on empathy. He is currently writing a dissertation on empathy bias that draws on pragmatist and sentimentalist approaches to ethics and on constructionist theories of emotion. In addition, he is interested in what our imaginative engagement with fiction can tell us about our moral psychology and is currently working on an empirical study of imaginative resistance.