The Philosophy of Animal Minds
April 26-27, 2024
Toronto, ON
Keynote Speakers:
Rachell Powell
(Boston University)
Irina Mikhalevich
(Rochester Institute of Technology)
Kristin Andrews
(York University)
Location:
April 26
April 27
Program:
(For the most up to date program draft, see here)
Day 1 (April 26)
| 10:00-10:15 | Opening remarks and coffee | |
| 10:15-11:45 | Keynote: Kristin Andrews (York University) | Title TBA |
| 11:45-1:00 | Lunch break | |
| 1:00-1:50 | Jonah Branding (Michigan State University) | Two Views of Evidence in Animal Consciousness Research |
| 2:00-2:50 | Ryan McLaughlin (Boston College) | Sensory Processing and the Potential for Consciousness in Vampire Bats: An Interdisciplinary Study |
| 3-4:30 | Keynote: Rachell Powell (Boston University) | Social Norms in the Wild: Individuation, Function, Evolution |
Day Two (April 27)
| 10:00-10:50 | Nik Kennelly (Florida State University) | Animal Flexibility and Inter-species Practices |
| 11:00-11:50 | Quentin Chi (Johns Hopkins University) | The Bird’s Eye View: Split-Brain Birds Are Not Two Subjects |
| 11:50-2:00 | Lunch break | |
| 2:00-2:50 | eva read (London School of Economics) | Animal Welfare as Holistic Self-Maintenance: Against the Valence Aggregation Model |
| 3-4:30 | Keynote: Irina Mikhalevich (North Carolina State University) | The Subject of Concern: Individuality and Welfare for Animals and AI |
Conference Submissions:
Deadline to submit: February 15, 2024
Please submit your completed (~3,000 word) paper on the philosophy of animal minds to yorkgradconference@gmail.com by February 15, 2024. Submissions should be prepared for blind review (no name or personal information within the document you are submitting). Please include your name, your affiliation, and the title of your paper in the body of your email.
Call for Papers
The York University Philosophy Graduate Student Association invites submissions for our 14th Annual Conference on topics related to the philosophy of animal minds. The conference will take place April 26-27, 2024, and will feature keynotes by Kristin Andrews (York University), Rachell Powell (Boston University), and Irina Mikhalevich (Rochester Institute of Technology).
Paper submissions are accepted from graduate students and should be approximately 3,000 words and accompanied by a 250 word abstract. Please submit papers via email to yorkgradconference@gmail.com with “2024 Graduate Conference” as the subject. All submissions should be prepared for blind review. Please include your name, your affiliation, and the title of your paper in the body of your email.
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