Control: Issues in Philosophy of Psychology

This workshop aims to bring together researchers and students with an interest in philosophy of mind and action, philosophy of science, and epistemology.

Theme

What is the relationship between agency and control? How do different models of control explain our capacity to perform intentional actions, direct attention or acquire skills and knowledge? Control of action and cognition is one of the most vibrant areas of research in contemporary philosophy of psychology.

The speakers will address the role of control in skilled action, agentive guidance, attention, and self-control.

Programme

08:45 - 09:00  Arrival & Coffee

09:00 - 09:15  Welcome & Introduction
                        Thor Grünbaum, University of Copenhagen

09:15 - 10:30  Talk 1: Skill, Control, Knowledge
                        Joshua Shepherd, Carleton University & University of Barcelona

10:30 - 10:45  Pause

10:45 - 12:00  Talk 2: Intentionality and automaticity in skilled action
                        Elisabeth Pacherie, Institute Jean Nicod

12:00 - 13:00  Lunch

13:00 - 14:15  Talk 3: A capacity to guide
                        Denis Buehler, University of Tübingen

14:15 - 14:30  Pause

14:30 - 15:45  Talk 4: Attention and Self-Control
                        Sebastian Watzl, University of Oslo

15:45 - 16:00  Pause

16:00 - 17:15  Talk 5: Measuring the sense of agency
                        Thor Grünbaum, University of Copenhagen