“GDP and other indicators may tell us something about well-being, but they aren’t substitutes for moral and political decision-making” – Anna Alexandrova [Illustration by Alice Mollon/Ikon Images]
This article is part of the Agora series, a collaboration between the New Statesman and Aaron James Wendland. Wendland is Vision Fellow in Public Philosophy at King’s College, London and a Senior Research Fellow at Massey College, Toronto. He tweets @aj_wendland.
In recent decades there’s been a tremendous growth in the amount of interdisciplinary and collaborative work on consciousness and action. However, in that work the following questions have been largely neglected: What it is to be awake? What is it that changes when you surface from sleep and dream? What does wakeful consciousness explain? At this conference, these questions will be addressed from the perspectives of science, philosophy, art, and the law. Researchers from these different disciplines will be discussing what it is to be awake, and considering how the study of sleep, dreams, and parasomnias can help further our understanding of wakeful consciousness.
SCHEDULE
*Day 1 – 14th June Bush House (NE) -1.01*
11.30 – Welcome / Introduction – Matthew Soteriou (King’s College London) & Tom Crowther (University of Warwick)
11.45 – 12.45 Joachim Aufderheide (King’s College London)
12.45 – 13.30 Lunch (served in -1.01)
13.30 – 14.30 Claire Hogg (University College London)
14.30 -15.30 James Stazicker (King’s College London)
15.30-16.00 – Tea/Coffee Break
16.00 –17.00 Antonio Zadra (Université de Montréal)
19.00 – Speakers’ Dinner (London Venue)
*Day 2 – 15th June Bush House (NE) -1.01*
13.30 – 14.30 Ivana Rosenzweig (King’s College London)
14.30 – 15.30 Alison Hand (The Art Academy, London)
“Stoicism is often seen as an individualistic philosophy – about self-reliance and detachment – but its techniques are really about pursuing the common good.” — Nancy Sherman [Illustration by Poan Pen]
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A quick reminder that the Mark Sainsbury Lecture, which will this year be given by Professor Dorothy Egington FBA, and the Mark Sainsbury Festare taking place on the 16 and 16-17th of May, respectively!
All are still very welcome to attend (registration required for Mark Sainsbury Lecture).
6:00pm: Mark Sainsbury Lecture by Dorothy Edgington (Chair: MM McCabe) (Please note that booking is required to attend this lecture – link to register for the Annual Sainsbury Lecture here.)
8:00pm: Wine Reception in the Somerset Room
Day Two – May 17
[Venue: Senate House/Institute of Philosophy, Room 349]
10:00am-12:00pm: 2 Talks (40+20 minutes discussion each) Genoveva Marti (Chair: Bryan Pickel) Keith Hossack (Chair: Michael Tye)
“Leibniz’s claim that God created the best possible world fails to explain the existence of great suffering” – AW Moore (Oxford) [Photo by Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy]
The Agoraseries is a collaboration between the New Statesman and Aaron James Wendland. Wendland is vision fellow in public philosophy at King’s College, London and a senior research fellow at Massey College, Toronto. He tweets @aj_wendland.
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