Some papers at this meeting will have content of interest to historians.
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PHILOSOPHY AND THE SCIENCES OF ANIMAL MIND AND BEHAVIOUR
All-day symposium Wednesday 12 July 2006
Leeds Humanities Research Institute (LHRI), 29-31 Clarendon Place,
University of Leeds
Sponsored by the Division of History and Philosophy of Science,
University of Leeds and the British Society for the Philosophy of
Science
Programme:
9-9:30: Registration and welcome
9:30-10:15: Derek Browne (Canterbury): “Folk Physics for Parrots”
10:15-11:00: Shane Glackin (Leeds): “Dolphin Natures, Human Virtues:
MacIntyre and Ethical Naturalism”
11:00-11:30: Tea/coffee
11:30-12:15: Simon Fitzpatrick (Sheffield): “Morgan’s Canon: What is
it? Should we Adhere to it?”
12:15-1:00: Lisa Bortolotti (Birmingham): “From Animal Behaviour to
Belief Ascription”
1:00-2:00: Lunch
2:00-2:45: Ulrich Stegmann (King’s College London): “Searching for
the Content of Animal Signals”
2:45-3:30: Gregory Radick (Leeds): “Vervetese and its Contexts”
3:30-4:00: Tea/coffee
4:00-4:45: Matteo Mameli (Cambridge): “Innateness”
4:45-5:30: General commentary from Jonathan Hodge (Leeds), followed
by discussion
The symposium is open to all but places are limited and early
registration – no later than 5 July – is essential. A £10 fee applies
and includes lunch and tea/coffee on the day. It is hoped that
bursaries will be available for students.
To register and for more information, please email Gregory Radick,
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