Dear all Ian Phillips (Oxford) will be speaking at the next meeting of the Moral Sciences Club with a talk titled *Unconscious perception reconsidered*. The abstract for this talk is below:
*According to the same fundamental kind claim (SFK): perception of the same fundamental kind as ordinary conscious perception can, and does, occur without consciousness. SFK opposes the traditional and common-sense thought that perception is a determinate of consciousness. Nevertheless—and despite large disagreements concerning the fundamental natures of perception and consciousness—most contemporary philosophers regard SFK as an incontrovertible empirical datum. Taking as my stalking horse Burge’s influential understanding of perception as objective sensory representation by the individual, I examine the textbook case for SFK which he offers. This appeals to the alleged dissociation of perception and consciousness: (a) in certain lower animals; (b) in clinical syndromes such as blindsight and neglect; and (c) in ordinary subjects under conditions of inattention and masking. I argue that in the absence of tendentious assumptions none of these considerations warrants belief in SFK. I further suggest that it is currently unclear what empirical results would do so.* The meeting will be held on Tuesday the 10th from 2.30 until 4.15 in Sidgwick Hall in Newnham College. The meeting will be followed by tea and coffee in the philosophy faculty. For those who have not yet paid, there is a yearly membership fee of £7.50 for students and £15 for others (alternatively, students can pay a one-off fee for the meeting of £2 and others can pay a one-off fee of £3). These fees can be paid online (at the following link: http://onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&catid=75&prodvarid=87) or in cash on the day. We look forward to seeing many of you there. Best wishes, Adam Bales and Daisy Dixon -- Daisy Dixon and Adam Bales Secretaries of the Moral Sciences Club Faculty of Philosophy University of Cambridge [email protected] http://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/seminars-phil/seminars-msc _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
