Dates: February 15-16, 2013
Location: Social Sciences Building, Room 224
On February 15-16, 2013, Michael McKenna and the Arizona Center for the Philosophy of Freedom will be hosting a workshop on free will and moral responsibility. The workshop will feature talks from Gunnar Björnsson, Dana Kay Nelkin, Derk Pereboom, and Manuel Vargas. Each paper will be presented in a two-hour session. Sessions will be chaired by Yael Lowenstein, Hannah Tierney, Chad Van Schoelandt, and Brandon Warmke. For more information about the conference participants, please follow the links below:
Speakers:
Gunnar Björnsson, Umeå University
Dana Kay Nelkin, University of California, San Diego
Derk Pereboom, Cornell University
Manuel Vargas, University of San Francisco
Schedule of Talks
Friday, February 15
3:00 – 5:00 Dana Kay Nelkin, University of California, San Diego
“Psychopaths, Incorrigible Racists, and Kinds of Responsibility”
Chair: Chad van Schoelandt
Saturday, February 16
9:30 – 11:30 Derk Pereboom, Cornell University
“Free Will Skepticism, Blame, and Obligation”
Chair: Yael Lowenstein
11:30 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 3:00 Gunnar Bjornsson, Umea University, University of Gothenburg
“Ignorance, responsibility, and the attraction of conscious control”
Chair: Hannah Tierney
3:15 – 5:15 Manuel Vargas, University of San Francisco
“Negligence, Reasons, Responsibility”
Chair: Brandon Warmke
For questions, contact the conference organizer, Michael McKenna, at msmckenna63@gmail.com(link sends e-mail).
