PG "Work In Progress" Seminar
Postgraduate Work-In-Progress SeminarA weekly seminar for Philosophy postgraduates to present their in-progress work, followed by a well-spirited trip to the pub. OverviewThe WIP provides a risk-free and supportive space for postgraduates to present their work and receive feedback from other graduates and faculty.
Attendance optional but highly recommended. All postgraduates are welcome to present or attend -- whether MA, MPhil, PhD, Visitors, etc. Useful InfoThe WIP is a unique opportunity for graduates to develop their presenting and writing skills, take risks, test out ideas, and receive constructive feedback from peers.
Presentations need not be watertight or polished pieces at all. You are encouraged to present work at all stages of the writing process. "Should I present?"1. If you are a postgraduate, then you should present. 2. You are a postgraduate. 3. Therefore, you should present. |
NEXT TALKOscar Jenkinson (MA) Kant/Hegel Wednesday 01/07/2026 5pm - 6:15pm S0.08 ORGANISERS |
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CSCRC Research Seminar - Speaker Wayne Wu (Carnegie Mellon)
Access to action as attention -
Abstract:
A subject’s internal access to her mind provides crucial data for theories of mind. Thus, introspection provides basic data about consciousness, including conscious agency: the sense of effort, trying, and acting. Similarly, subjects can in some sense internally access their intentional action and on that distinctive basis can know what they are doing. Internal access to the mind is a striking psychological capacity, and in many quarters is taken to exemplify five features: (1) it involves internal attention to aspects of mind; (2) is nonperceptual; (3) distinctively first personal; (4) privileged; and (5) provides for direct access to its targets, making possible singular thought about those targets. This talk provides an account of our inner access to intentional bodily action as essentially involving cognitive attention.