Time Perception: Psychological and Philosophical Perspectives
April 24 2010
Old Library, All Souls College, University of Oxford
Time perception, an obsession of philosophers and psychologists at the turn of the last century, is once again a topic of intense interest in both fields. New empirical techniques and findings are raising new (and re-framing old) problems concerning the metaphysics of the stream of consciousness and its relation to attention and memory, as well as underlying information processing and neural mechanisms. This workshop will bring together leading scientists and philosophers to address issues of mutual concern and grapple with how empirical findings can help understand the flow of our conscious lives.
Programme
9.45 a.m. Welcome
10 a.m. Barry Dainton (Liverpool) – Temporal consciousness:
models and issues
11.20 a.m. Coffee Break (All Souls College: Hovenden Room)
11.40 a.m. Christine Falter (Oxford) – Time processing in developmental
disorders
1 p.m. Buffet Lunch if registered (All Souls College:
Hall)
2 p.m. Rufin VanRullen (Toulouse) – Is perception
discrete or continuous?
3.20 p.m. Coffee Break (All Souls College: Hovenden Room)
3.40 p.m. Charles Spence (Oxford) – Attention and temporal perception
5 p.m. Wrap-up (Ian Phillips) and Panel Discussion
6 p.m. Drinks (All Bar One, High Street)
7.30 p.m.
Speakers Dinner (All Souls College: Hovenden Room)
Organized by Ian Phillips and Tim Bayne. Generously supported by All Souls College and Mind & Language. Registration is now closed. If you have any questions, please contact ian.phillips@all-souls.ox.ac.uk.