Knowledge and Action
Tyree Room, John Niland Scientia Building, UNSW Sydney
5-7 June 2024
Date
5-7 June 2024
UNSW Sydney Campus
Location
Tyree Room, John Niland Scientia Building, UNSW Sydney
AEST
Time
9:15 am – 4:45 pm
Overview
Knowledge and action have long been central topics of philosophical inquiry. This workshop aims to explore the connections between these two notions. Does action—or, perhaps, special kinds of action, such as intentional or skilled action—require knowledge, perhaps also of a special kind? Conversely, what is the place of action in a theory of knowledge? Should we think of the acquisition of knowledge as a kind of skill? Or should we perhaps think of knowledge itself (or maybe just some kinds of knowledge) as an ability?
Speakers
Agenda
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- Day 1
- Day 2
- Day 3
Time Wednesday 5 June 9:15-9:30 Morning Tea 9:30-10:45 Wayne Wu
“Automatic Under A Description”
11:00-12:15 Eric Marcus
“Preaching What You Practice”
12:15-2:00 Lunch 2:00-3:15 Anton Ford
“The Objectification Of Agency”
3:15-3:30 Afternoon Tea 3:30-4:45 Sarah Paul
“Knowledge Through the Lens of Striving Agency”
Time Thursday 6 June 9:15-9:30 Morning Tea 9:30-10:45 Emily Hulme
“Techne”
11:00-12:15 Maria Alvarez
“Agents in Action”
12:15-2:00 Lunch 2:00-3:15 Karyn Lai
“Knowing Sages as Sages”
3:15-3:30 Afternoon Tea 3:30-4:45 Markos Valaris
“The Epistemology of Intentional Action”
Time Thursday 6 June 9:15-9:30 Morning Tea 9:30-10:45 Joshua Shepherd
“Spontaneity, Knowledge, and Control”
11:00-12:15 John Hyman
“Action and Causation”
12:15-2:00 Lunch 2:00-3:15 Adrian Haddock
“Knowledge Aided By Observation”
3:15-3:30 Afternoon Tea 3:30-4:45 TBC
