Birmingham Workshops in Philosophy: Capacities

Name: Birmingham Workshops in Philosophy: Capacities
Start: 2014-03-21T10:45
End: 2014-03-21T18:00
Location: Mechanical engineering G36

Location: Mechanical engineering G36

Dates: Friday 21 March 2014 (10:45-18:00)

Contact: Professor Scott Sturgeon (email: s.sturgeon@bham.ac.uk)

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The topic of this workshop is the notion of capacities. This event is part of the Philosophy department's new Birmingham Workshops in Philosophy series.

Programme

10.40am: Coffee and Biscuits
11am: Maja Spener (Birmingham): "Abilities and the Nature of Perception"
Lunch
1.45pm: Coffee
2pm: Mark Eli Kalderon (UCL): "Experiental Pluralism and the Power of Perception"
4pm: Ralph Wedgwood (Birmingham/USC): "What Agents Can Do"

This event is free and open to all. The talks will be held at room G36 at the Mechanical Engineering building (Y3 on the Campus Map). Please contact Professor Scott Sturgeon for more information (s.sturgeon@bham.ac.uk).