Incarnation: Perspectives from the Philosophy of Mind
International conference at the University of Oxford
14th-16th September 2009
Invited speakers
- Dr Maria Rosa Antognazza (King’s College London)
- Prof Richard Cross (University of Notre Dame)
- Prof Stephen Davis (Claremont McKenna College, CA)
- Dr Jonathan Hill (University of Oxford)
- Dr Joseph Jedwab (Kutztown University, PA)
- Prof Brian Leftow (University of Oxford)
- Dr Anna Marmodoro (University of Oxford)
- Prof Robin Le Poideven (University of Leeds)
- Prof Michael Rea (University of Notre Dame)
- Prof Thomas Senor (University of Arkansas)
- Prof Richard Swinburne (University of Oxford)
Conference Venue
The Faculty of Philosophy, 10 Merton Street, OX1 4JJ
Registration procedure
Conference fee: £ 40 (Students £ 10)
Please let Jonathan Hill know that you intend to attend. Please click here to go directly to the online registration service. The entire process will take you less than three minutes. You will need to create an account first, using a valid email address. Once registered, the system works like any online shop such as Amazon.
Please make sure that you print a copy of your registration receipt and keep the email confirmation you will receive after the booking. All major credit cards are accepted.
It will also be possible to register on Monday 14th of September, 9:00-9:30am, and payment by cash will be accepted.
Meals and accommodation
Meals and overnight accommodation are available in Corpus Christi College, in Merton Street, OX1 4JF; a stone throw away form the Philosophy Faculty.
Half board accommodation for 3 nights (13th-14th-15th of September) in standard rooms, including conference dinner and wine reception: £ 272.55
Conference dinner (and wine reception before hand) will be in Corpus Christi College on Tuesday 15th of September and is open to all Conference participants.
It costs £ 42.55 for non residents (including pre-dinner drinks and wine).
Please bear in mind that there is limited availability in College, so if you need to let the Organizer know by the 31st of August about your requirements for accommodation and if you intend to attend the Conference dinner.
Alternative, but more costly accommodation in Oxford may be found through the Oxford City Tourist Information Centre.
Thanks to the Analysis Trust's support, five student bursaries (£45 each) are available, on a first-come first-served basis. Please email Jonathan Hill to apply
The Organizers, Dr Marmodoro and Dr Hill, acknowledge the generous support of:
The Leverhulme Trust
The John Fell Fund
The Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford
The Analysis Trust
The Aristotelian Society
The Mind Association
Oxford University Press
Provisional program [Abstracts]
Monday 14th of September
9:00-9:30 Conference Registration
9:30-11:00 Brian Leftow ‘Composition and christology’11:00-11:30 Coffee/Tea
11:30- 13:00 Michael Rea ‘A Hylomorphic Model of the Incarnation’
13:00-14:30 Lunch [one’s own arrangements]
14:30-16:00 Thomas Senor ‘A kenotic christology’
16:00-16:30 Coffee/Tea
16:30-18:00 Stephen Davis ‘The metaphysics of kenosis’
19:30 [For residents only] Dinner in Corpus Christi College
Tuesday 15th of September
9:30-11:00 Richard Swinburne ‘The coherence of an orthodox account of the incarnation of Jesus’
11:00-11:30 Coffee/Tea
11:30-13:00 Joseph Jedwab ‘The incarnation and the unity of consciousness’
13:00-14:00 Lunch [one’s own arrangements]
14:00-15:30 Jonathan Hill 'Unity and union: Aquinas on the incarnation'
15:30-17:00 Richard Cross ‘The Unity of the Person of Christ and the Unity of Persons in the Trinity: Insights and Problems from the Middle Age’
17:00-17:15 Coffee/Tea
17:15-18:45 Maria Rosa Antognazza ‘Leibniz's Metaphysics of the Incarnation’
19:00-19:30 [open to all registered for it] Wine Reception in Corpus Christi College
19:30 [open to all registered for it] Conference Dinner in Corpus Christi College
Wednesday 16th of September
9:30-11:00 Anna Marmodoro ‘The Incarnation Entanglement’
11:00-11:30 Coffee/tea
11:30-13:00 Robin Le Poidevin ‘Multiple incarnations and distributed persons’
Please note that the present Conference is followed by the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion annual Conference, an independently organized event that might be of interest to some of the attendees.