Conference on Action at F&M

Below is a link and the schedule for a conference that should be of interest to gardeners that will be held at Franklin and Marshall College during spring 2008. 

http://www.fandm.edu/x11468.xml

Conference (March 28-29, 2008): Human Action and the Natural World

This conference will bring together philosophers, psychologists, and cognitive scientists to investigate the place human agency has in the natural world.

Friday, March 28

4:30-6:15: Jennifer Hornsby (Professor of Philosophy, University of London; co-director Rational Agency section, Center for the Study of Mind in Nature, Oslo), "The Nature of Actions"

7:00-9:00: Dinner

Saturday, March 29

9:45-11:30: Mark Bickhard (Henry R. Luce Professor in Cognitive Robotics and The Philosophy of Knowledge, Lehigh University), "From Agency to Social Agency"

12:00-1:30: Lunch

2:00-3:45: Carsten Hansen (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Oslo University), "Linguistic Agency and Understanding"

4:00-5:45: Alfred Mele (William H. and Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy, Florida State University), "Free Will and Neuroscience"

6:30-8:30: Dinner