Experimental Psychology Departmental Seminar - Contours & Explanations
Philosophical discussion of explanation in perceptual science commonly focuses on the so-called ‘hard problem of consciousness’ which emphasizes the lack of an explanation of phenomenal facts in neurological and computational accounts of the brain. But here I want to look at some cases where theorists purport to have explanations of some aspects of our experience. The real puzzle here, I want to suggest, is not rejecting the purported explanations, but finding an appropriate setting for why they count as explanations.
Date:
14 February 2019, 12:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Hilary 2019)
Venue:
Worcester College, Walton Street OX1 2HB
Venue Details:
Sultan Nazrin Shah Building
Speaker:
Professor Michael Martin (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Kia Nobre (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Departmental Seminar Series (Experimental Psychology)
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editors:
Laura Freeth,
David Fernandez Clavero
