Everyone is welcome to attend this always wonderful conference in Alnmouth, organised by Newcastle’s own, Michael Bavidge:<\/p>\n
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Sponsored by the PSE Northern Group<\/p>\n
Saturday, 6th<\/sup> October, 2018<\/p>\n 10.30 am \u2013 6.00 pm<\/p>\n Methodist Hall, Alnmouth,<\/p>\n Northumberland<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>If you would like to join us please enrol by contacting<\/p>\n Michael Bavidge, 6 Craghall Dene Avenue,<\/p>\n Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 1QR\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 m.c.bavidge@ncl.ac.uk<\/p>\n Fee: \u00a315 payable on the day<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 10.00 am \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Coffee<\/p>\n 10.30 am\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Context and Constraints\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Ian Ground<\/p>\n 11.40 am \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Coffee<\/p>\n 11.50 am\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 The Space of a Shared Life\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Michael Bavidge<\/p>\n 1 pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lunch<\/p>\n 2.00 pm\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Participants\u2019 workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n 3.00 pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Cetaceans and Conceptualisation\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Ian Ground<\/p>\n 4.15 pm\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tea<\/p>\n 4.30 pm\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Betraying animals\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Michael Bavidge<\/p>\n 5 pm \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 General Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n 6 pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Close.<\/p>\n Ian Ground is a Teaching Fellow in the Fine Art Department at Newcastle University. He has published on animals minds and has recently edited the formidable Portraits of Wittgenstein<\/em>.<\/p>\n Michael is President of the Philosophical Society of England. He was a lecturer in Philosophy at Newcastle University. He struggles with theories of mind – human (adult and child) and brute.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ian\u2019s Discussions<\/p>\n A default position in our ordinary thought, the philosophy of mind and to an extent, the cognitive sciences, is that while we may now think that at least some, perhaps many other animals are\u201d minded”, still the character of their mindedness not only is but must remain mysterious to us. In these two discussions, I try to confront default mainstream positions about animal mindedness with empirical results, in particular the known facts about the dolphin sonar system: ensonfication. My aim is not to defend a thesis but only to offer some reflections on how some mainstream constraints relating to concept possession fare when faced with the ethological findings.<\/p>\n Mike\u2019s Discussions<\/p>\n In 1998 Ian and I wrote Can We Understand Animal Minds?<\/em> The first chapter was entitled \u2018The Shared World\u2019. We inhabit the shared world as humans, but that does not mean it is an exclusively human space. In my talks I will examine the contours of our shared life. I hope to show how our world is impoverished and our philosophical theories are distorted when we forget or downgrade the mindedness of animals.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Everyone is welcome to attend this always wonderful conference in Alnmouth, organised by Newcastle’s own, Michael Bavidge: Philosophy Workshop Sponsored by the PSE Northern Group Of Sound Mind Saturday, 6th October, 2018 10.30 am \u2013 6.00 pm Methodist Hall, Alnmouth, Northumberland \u00a0If you would like to join us please enrol by contacting Michael … Continue reading Alnmouth Conference, Saturday 6th October 2018<\/span> Timetable<\/em><\/h4>\n