Philosophy » Centre for Research in Philosophy, Literature and The Arts Events, 2019/2020

03/06 10am-1pm: WMA & PKEP Collab - "Problems from Eckhart“

Donna McIntyre — Thu, 07 May 2026 10:37:43 GMT

When: 10am - 1pm, Wed, 03 Jun '26

Where: A1.11

Including papers from:

Ian Alexander Moore (Loyola Marymount University)

Christoph Hoerl (Warwick)

Tobias Keiling (Warwick)

30/04 2pm-4pm: WMA Talk - Carol Rovane (Columbia University) 'Some Perplexities about Consciousness'

Donna McIntyre — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:33:13 GMT

When: 2pm - 4pm, Thu, 30 Apr '26

Where: S0.20

WMA Seminar
Carol Rovane (Columbia University): 'Some Perplexities about Consciousness'

Abstract:

Some decades ago, I offered novel interpretation and defense of Locke’s distinction between personal identity and human (animal) identity. Locke himself had equated personal identity with “sameness of consciousness”, and then argued that sameness of human (animal) life is neither necessary nor sufficient for sameness of consciousness. I granted for the sake of argument that Locke was wrong about this, but then argued for a version of his distinction anyway, on the ground that a person is a rational agent, and there can be single group agents that span many human lives as well as multiple agents within a single human life. Each such individual agent has its own first person point of view, which is the rational point of view from which it deliberates and acts and engages in interpersonal relations with others. Yet this is not the same as the phenomenological point of view from which a subject of experience has access to phenomena in consciousness, by virtue of what they are like. This distinction between two different kinds of point of view forces us to look harder at what role consciousness might play in mental life. We may no longer be sure whether consciousness is an essential and defining feature of mental phenomena, or if so, why; but secondly, even if we retain that conviction, we should find it curious that the unity of consciousness is neither necessary nor sufficient for the sort of rational unity that defines what it is for an individual agent to be fully, or ideally, rational. I want to emphasize that my arguments do not proceed from standard sorts of functionalist considerations, but from purely normative considerations to do with agency.

04/06 4pm-7pm: WMA Talk: Dorit Bar-On (University of Connecticut): 'Four Milestones in the Evolution of Human Pragmatic Communication’.

Donna McIntyre — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:47:08 GMT

When: 4pm - 7pm, Thu, 04 Jun '26

Where: S0.20

Dorit Bar-On (University of Connecticut): 'Four Milestones in the Evolution of Human Pragmatic Communication’.

Abstract:

So-called Protolanguage is a theoretical construct designed to help explain the phylogenetic emergence of human language from animal communication systems. In Expression, Communication, and Origins of Meaning (forthcoming, OUP), I argue that Protolanguage ought to be conceived as pragmatically (and therefore psychologically) intermediate, and this places certain substantive constraints on the psychological capacities with which we can credit our nonlinguistic ancestors. In particular, we should not credit them with a capacity for Gricean mindreading and the ability to entertain language-like thoughts.

In this talk, I describe four proposed hypothetical milestones on our ancestors’ path toward a pragmatically intermediate Protolanguage (“PIP”), relying on a combination of empirical and theoretical considerations. These milestones can be used to describe a phylogenetic trajectory leading from an ancestral communication system that resembled existing forms of animal communication to PIP. Clarifying the character of – the fourth milestone – and of the preceding three milestones, should, I believe, also shed some light on our ancestor’s progression from PIP to human linguistic pragmatic communication.

13/03 9:30am-5pm: Self-Awareness and Intersubjectivity Conference (Day 2)

Donna McIntyre — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:06:18 GMT

When: 9:30am - 5pm, Fri, 13 Mar '26

Where: Wolfson Research Exchange

Date:13 March 2026. Location: Wolfson Research Exchange, Main Library.

9.30 - 10.50 Henrike Moll (University of Southern California): “The intersubjective basis of identity: The case of dissociation”

10.50- 11.10 Tea & Coffee

11.10 -12.30 Richard Gipps (Oxford University): “What is superstition? Confusions of self-self, self-world, and self-other relating”

12.30 - 13.30 lunch

13.30 - 14.50 Eliza Little (University of Warwick): "Literary knowledge and intersubjectivity"

15.00 - 16.20 Johannes Roessler (University of Warwick): “Joint attention and perceptual knowledge”

16.20 Tea & Coffee

12/03 1:30pm-6:10pm: Self-Awareness and Intersubjectivity Conference (Day 1)

Donna McIntyre — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:06:07 GMT

When: 1:30pm - 6:10pm, Thu, 12 Mar '26

Where: Scarman Space 11

Date:12 March 2026. Location: Scarman, Space 11.

13.30 - 14.50 Lucy O’Brien (University College London): "Reflection on One’s Interpersonal Self-Consciousness"

15.00 - 16.20 Matthew Boyle (University of Chicago): "From Other Selves to Intersubjectivity"

16.20- 16.50 Tea & Coffee

16.50 - 18.10 Naomi Eilan (University of Warwick): “Subjective, intersubjective, objective: On the role of joint attention”

Dinner at Radcliffe Restaurant, on campus.

11/03 2pm-4pm: WMA Seminar: Seishu Nishimura (Shiga University, Japan): 'Episodic memory: a centered possible worlds account'

Donna McIntyre — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:39:21 GMT

When: 2pm - 4pm, Wed, 11 Mar '26

Where: R0.04

25/03 2pm-6:30pm: WMA Workshop on 'When knowledge isn't power'

Donna McIntyre — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 08:29:21 GMT

When: 2pm - 6:30pm, Wed, 25 Mar '26

Where: MB0.08

Webpage

2.00 – 2.15 Intro & welcome: Chenwei Nie

2.15 - 3.15 Knowing in Selfie Culture, Heather Widdows (Warwick), and Fiona MacCallum (Psychology, Warwick).

3.15 - 3.45 Coffee

3.45 - 4.45 The Valuing Body, Kate Kirkpatrick (Oxford)

4.45 – 5.00 Break

5.00 – 6.00 The Importance of Feeling for Knowing, Kathleen Murphy-Hollies (Birmingham)

6.00– 6.30 Concluding reflections: Quassim Cassam

Hosted by The Warwick Mind and Action Research Centre (WMA) and Funded by Leverhulme Trust.

Organisers: Heather Widdows & Chenwei Nie.

Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick.

Registration is free. However, as space is limited, please email Chenwei (chenwei.nie@warwick.ac.uk) if you plan to attend.

14/02-15/02: MindGrad2026

Donna McIntyre — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:36:41 GMT

When: Sat, 14 Feb - Sun, 15 Feb '26

Where: MS.04

Keynote speakers:

Helen Steward (Leeds)

Jessie Munton (Cambridge)

Rory Madden (UCL).

04/02 12pm-2pm: WMA Graduate Research Seminar

Donna McIntyre — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:16:57 GMT

When: 12pm - 2pm, Wed, 04 Feb '26

Where: S1.88

Week 4 (4 Feb), 12:00-14:00, room: S1.88

21/01 12pm-2pm: WMA Graduate Research Seminar

Donna McIntyre — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:15:37 GMT

When: 12pm - 2pm, Wed, 21 Jan '26

Where: S1.88

Week 2 (21 Jan), 12:00-14:00, room: S1.88

19/01 6pm-9pm: WMA Party

Donna McIntyre — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:04:21 GMT

When: 6pm - 9pm, Mon, 19 Jan '26

Where: The Graduate Room, Dirty Duck

11/12 2pm-4pm: WMA Graduate Research Seminar

Donna McIntyre — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:16:27 GMT

When: 2pm - 4pm, Thu, 11 Dec '25

Where: S1.50

WMA Graduate Research Seminar 11 Dec 2025 14:00-16:00 s1.50

27/11 2pm-4pm: WMA Graduate Research Seminar

Donna McIntyre — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:15:34 GMT

When: 2pm - 4pm, Thu, 27 Nov '25

Where: S1.50

WMA Graduate Research Seminar 27 Nov 2025 14:00-16:00 s1.50

For further information https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/news/seminars/consciousness

30/10 2pm-4pm: WMA Graduate Research Seminar

Donna McIntyre — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:14:02 GMT

When: 2pm - 4pm, Thu, 30 Oct '25

Where: S2.64

WMA Graduate Research Seminar 30 Oct 2025 14:00-16:00 s2.64

For further information https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/news/seminars/consciousness

14/11: WMA workshop on Temporal Experience

Donna McIntyre — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 10:25:36 GMT

When: Fri, 14 Nov '25

Where: S0.11

Final details TBC

22/10 2pm-4pm: WMA Seminar - Mental Imagery and Harmful Language

Donna McIntyre — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 11:26:56 GMT

When: 2pm - 4pm, Wed, 22 Oct '25

Where: S0.11

Date: Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Location: Social Sciences Building, S0.11

Schedule:

14:05-14:55

Speaker: Michelle Liu (Monash)

Title: Mental Imagery and Harmful Language*

14:55-15:05

Coffee Break

15:05-15:50

Q&A

*Abstract:

Research on pernicious language tends to focus on harmful beliefs and associations transmitted by such language. In this paper, I explore the idea that pernicious language often transmits harmful mental imagery. Empirical studies suggest that mental imagery is a pervasive feature of language processing. Furthermore, mental imagery prompted by language can influence our memories and judgements in an insidious way. Focusing on language containing misinformation about witnessed events, as well as generics and metaphors about social groups, this paper argues for the importance of mental imagery for theorising harmful language and suggests ways to combat the imagistic harm.

17/09 11am-6pm: Avishai Margalit Workshop

Donna McIntyre — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 07:38:46 GMT

When: 11am - 6pm, Wed, 17 Sept '25

Where: Scarman House

'We are holding a workshop on September 17^th to celebrate the work of Avishai Margalit, to which you are warmly invited. The workshop will have as background a manuscript consisting of a brief autobiography and an extended interview linking much of his published work, books and articles. If you would like to take part in it, please let me know, as we need to register people. The bibliography below gives an indication of some of the work that may be discussed. The speakers giving brief discussion-introducing talks to issues raised in Margalit’s work will be: Quassim Cassam, John Dunn, Assaf Sharon, Moshe Halbertal, Ulrike Heuer, Michael Waltzer. (David Enoch will be joining us by zoom).

Publications

Books

· Idolatry (jointly with Moshe HalbertalLink opens in a new window), Harvard University PressLink opens in a new window, 1992.

· The Decent Society, Harvard University Press, 1996.

· Views in Review: Politics and Culture in the State of the Jews, Farrar, Straus and GirouxLink opens in a new window, 1998.

· The Ethics of Memory, Harvard University Press, 2002. ISBNLink opens in a new window 978-0-674-00941-7Link opens in a new window (A partial German version of this book, Ethik der Erinnerung, was published by Fischer Taschenbuch VerlagLink opens in a new window in 2000.)

· Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies (with Ian BurumaLink opens in a new window), New York: The Penguin PressLink opens in a new window, 2004. ISBNLink opens in a new window 978-0-14-303487-2Link opens in a new window

· On Compromise And Rotten Compromises, Princeton University PressLink opens in a new window, 2010

· On Betrayal, Harvard University Press, 2017

28/05 11am-6pm: Special Symposium on 'Truth and Truthfulness'

Donna McIntyre — Tue, 20 May 2025 12:39:18 GMT

When: 11am - 6pm, Wed, 28 May '25

Where: MB0.07

Weds. 28th May (Week 6), MB0.07, 11:00-18:00

Special Symposium on Bernard Williams' Truth and Truthfulness:

To register, please email wma@warwick.ac.uk with your name and affiliation. Featuring:

Maria Alvarez (KCL)
Andrew Huddleston (Warwick)
Tim Lewens (Cambridge)
Guy Longworth (Warwick)
Adrian Moore (Oxford)
Mark Philp (Warwick)
Alexander Prescott (Oxford)
Johannes Roessler (Warwick)

01/05 4pm-5pm: Truth and Truthfulness Reading Group

Donna McIntyre — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:33:45 GMT

When: 4pm - 5pm, Thu, 01 May '25

Where: s1.50

In preparation for the WMA Symposium on Bernard Williams' Truth and Truthfulness in week 6, the WMA is hosting a reading group on the book. We aim to cover two chapters of the book each week, all are welcome to join. Any questions please email wma@warwick.ac.uk

24/04 3pm-4:30pm: Truth and Truthfulness Reading Group

Donna McIntyre — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:33:01 GMT

When: 3pm - 4:30pm, Thu, 24 Apr '25

Where: s1.50

08/05 3pm-4:30pm: Truth and Truthfulness Reading Group

Donna McIntyre — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:33:01 GMT

When: 3pm - 4:30pm, Thu, 08 May '25

Where: s1.50

15/05 3pm-4:30pm: Truth and Truthfulness Reading Group

Donna McIntyre — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:33:01 GMT

When: 3pm - 4:30pm, Thu, 15 May '25

Where: s1.50

22/05 3pm-4:30pm: Truth and Truthfulness Reading Group

Donna McIntyre — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:33:01 GMT

When: 3pm - 4:30pm, Thu, 22 May '25

Where: s1.50

07/05 2pm-6pm: MEEP Mini-Workshop: Philosophy of Barbarism

Donna McIntyre — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 09:46:59 GMT

When: 2pm - 6pm, Wed, 07 May '25

Where: Wolfson Research Exchange, Floor 2 Lib extension.

Weds. 7th May (Week 3), Wolfson Research Exchange (Library), 14:00-18:00

MEEP Mini-Workshop: "Philosophy of Barbarism"

14:00 - 15:45 Maria Boletsi (Leiden)

16:15 - 18:00 Quassim Cassam (Warwick)

Dinner and drinks at Radcliffe will follow. Any questions, please contact lorenzo.serini@warwick.ac.uk and oscar.north-concar@warwick.ac.uk

14/03 4pm-6pm: WMA Seminar: The Cultural Evolution of Speech Act Norms

Donna McIntyre — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 15:55:02 GMT

When: 4pm - 6pm, Fri, 14 Mar '25

Where: A0.23

Mitch Green (Connecticut) - The Cultural Evolution of Speech Act Norms

After characterizing the notions of information, signal, and verbal signal, I note that since its inception in the mid-twentieth century, speech act theory has been carried on with little attention to how speech acts might have come about in the evolution of communication. I then explain some of the central ideas of cultural evolutionary theory. In that light I sketch a cultural-evolutionary account of the modern practice of assertion according to which that practice emerges from a series of increasingly adaptive “proto”-assertoric speech acts. I then offer a similar though more compact reconstruction for the evolution of imperatives. If these reconstructions are plausible, they suggest that assertoric and directive practices are adaptive in the communities in which they occur. They are therefore not arbitrary, contrary to one commitment incurred by conventionalist approaches to speech acts.

25/06 4pm-7:15pm: WMA Workshop on Delusions

Donna McIntyre — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:41:50 GMT

When: 4pm - 7:15pm, Wed, 25 Jun '25

WMA Workshop on Delusions, 4pm to 7:15pm, Wednesday, 25 June 2025, Term 3.

Link: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/people/nie/incrediblebeliefs/

19/02 2:30pm-6pm: MEEP Internal Mini-workshop: 'Other MiInds, Practical Reason and McDowell's Heterodox Reading'

Donna McIntyre — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 18:59:41 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 6pm, Wed, 19 Feb '25

Where: S0.21

MEEP Internal Mini-workshop

19 February, 2.30-6.00, S.021

2.30-3.45

Eliza Little: 'Other Minds, Practical Reason and McDowell's Heterodox Reading'.

3.45-4.15

Tea/coffee

4.15-5.00

Guy Longworth: Practical Knowledge of Other Minds.

5.00-5.45

Naomi Eilan: Self-consciousness and Objectivity: On the Role of Other Minds

14/02 11am-6pm: MEEP Workshop - Autobiographical Memory

Donna McIntyre — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:46:46 GMT

When: 11am - 6pm, Fri, 14 Feb '25

Where: A1.05

WMA MEEP Workshop

Autobiographical Memory and Moral Agency

February 14, A1.05

The workshop is based on contributions to Daniel Vanello’s forthcoming collection, Autobiographical Memory and Moral Agency: an Interdisciplinary Perspective, Routledge, which he put together while he held a Leverhulme Fellowship here. The chapters on which the talks will be based are available for pre-read at:

Autobiographical memory workshop - papers

Programme

11-12

The Integrity of Moral Witnesses: Understanding Evil Through Autobiographical Memory, Daniel Vanello, UCL

12-1

Moral Agency and Responsibility in Autobiographical Remembering, Anthony Marcel and Lia Kvavilashvili, University of Hertfordshire

Lunch break

2-3

Episodic memory, memories, and the pleasures of remembering, Christoph Hoerl, University of Warwick

3-4

Autobiographical memory in narratives of addiction and recovery, Thomas Crowther, University of Warwick

Tea break

4.30-5.30

Auld Acquaintance: Remembering People, Naomi Eilan, University of Warwick.

29/01 11am-12pm: Stocker Reading Group

Donna McIntyre — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 14:50:57 GMT

When: 11am - 12pm, Wed, 29 Jan '25

Where: S1.50

Week	Date	Chapter(s)	Room
2	15/01	1: Dirty Hands and Ordinary Life	S1.50
3	22/01	2: Moral Immorality	S1.50
4	29/01	3 + 4: Moral and Value Conflict	S1.50
5	05/02	5: Evaluative and emotional coherence	S1.50
7	19/02	6: Plurality and Choice	S1.50
8	26/02	7: Akrasia	S1.50
9	05/03	8: Monism, Pluralism and Conflict	S2.77
10	12/03	9 + 10: Conceptual and Evaluative Problems with Maximisation	S1.50

22/01 11am-12pm: Stocker Reading Group

Donna McIntyre — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 14:50:21 GMT

When: 11am - 12pm, Wed, 22 Jan '25

Where: S1.50

Week	Date	Chapter(s)	Room
2	15/01	1: Dirty Hands and Ordinary Life	S1.50
3	22/01	2: Moral Immorality	S1.50
4	29/01	3 + 4: Moral and Value Conflict	S1.50
5	05/02	5: Evaluative and emotional coherence	S1.50
7	19/02	6: Plurality and Choice	S1.50
8	26/02	7: Akrasia	S1.50
9	05/03	8: Monism, Pluralism and Conflict	S2.77
10	12/03	9 + 10: Conceptual and Evaluative Problems with Maximisation	S1.50