conference |
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| Lafayette College |
October 13 - 15, 2006 |
University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
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North Carolina State University
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Illinois Wesleyan University |
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Washington University
in St. Louis |
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University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
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University of Missouri, Columbia |
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University of Cincinnati |
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Vanderbilt University |
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University of Wisconsin, Madison |
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Cornell University |
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University of Florida, Gainesville |
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Lafayette College |
This conference explores the concept of realization, arguably the most widely invoked concept used to specify the relationship between the mind and the body. While central to contemporary metaphysics and philosophy of mind, the concept of realization is largely unexplored. Its significance extends far beyond functionalism, the original home of the concept, and with the closely related concept of multiple realizability. It is intimately tied up with a number of problems in metaphysics, which include the possibility of mental causation, supervenience, reduction, the nature of dispositions, and puzzles about constitution.