From owner-cogsci-all-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Thu Nov 29 10:37:20 2007 Received: from ares.cse.buffalo.edu (ares.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.79]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lATFbJpQ029008 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:37:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from front2.acsu.buffalo.edu (upfront.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.4.140]) by ares.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id lATFbCS5068941 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:37:12 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 15702 invoked from network); 29 Nov 2007 15:37:07 -0000 Received: from deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.57) by front2.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 29 Nov 2007 15:37:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 5526 invoked from network); 29 Nov 2007 15:37:04 -0000 Received: from listserv.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.35) by deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 29 Nov 2007 15:37:04 -0000 Received: by LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 5699879 for COGSCI-ALL-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:37:04 -0500 Approved-By: rapaport@CSE.BUFFALO.EDU Delivered-To: cogsci-all-list@listserv.buffalo.edu Received: (qmail 12869 invoked from network); 29 Nov 2007 15:24:35 -0000 Received: from mailscan6.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.95) by listserv.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 29 Nov 2007 15:24:35 -0000 Received: (qmail 7262 invoked from network); 29 Nov 2007 15:24:35 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.buffalo.edu (128.205.32.14) by smtp3.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 29 Nov 2007 15:24:35 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (rapaport@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lATFOYEK028463; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:24:34 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rapaport@localhost) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.9/Submit) id lATFOYUp028462; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:24:34 -0500 (EST) X-UB-Relay: (castor.cse.buffalo.edu) X-PM-EL-Spam-Prob: : 7% Message-ID: <200711291524.lATFOYUp028462@castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:24:34 -0500 Reply-To: "William J. Rapaport" Sender: Cognitive Science all list From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: UB CogSci 12/5 M.McGlone Conscious Experience & the Knowledge Argument Comments: To: cse575-fa07-list@listserv.buffalo.edu To: COGSCI-ALL-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU 1335; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/4917/Mon Nov 26 03:10:23 2007 on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 428 Content-Length: 2458 ======================================================================== NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK ======================================================================== Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo presents ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael McGlone ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Department of Philosophy, Unversity at Buffalo http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~mmcglone/ Wednesday, 5 December 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Conscious Experience and the Knowledge Argument ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABSTRACT Physicalism, as I will understand it, is the view that all correct information is physical information--information of the sort studied by the physical sciences. In this talk, I will be concerned with what philosophers call "the knowledge argument" against physicalism. According to this argument, there is correct information regarding the nature of conscious experience that is not itself information of the sort studied by the physical sciences. Although the key idea behind this argument has been with us for a long time, I will focus on a fairly recent formulation due to Frank Jackson (1982). Having considered this form of the argument, I will turn to a recent response, that offered by Jackson himself (2004), and argue that this response is unsatisfactory. Finally, I will attempt to isolate what I take to be the deepest and most interesting issues raised by the argument. Wednesday, 5 December 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For further information, please visit: http://www.cogsci.buffalo.edu/ or contact: William J. Rapaport Colloquium Chair, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Professor of Computer Science Affiliated Faculty, Philosophy & Linguistics 201 Bell Hall | (716) 645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering | fax: (716) 645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) | rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 | http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport Buffalo Restaurant Guide: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Good Things about Buffalo: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html From owner-cse575-fa07-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Mon Dec 3 07:11:24 2007 Received: from ares.cse.buffalo.edu (ares.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.79]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lB3CBOek017805 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 07:11:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from front2.acsu.buffalo.edu (upfront.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.4.140]) by ares.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id lB3CBJMD086380 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 07:11:19 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 5713 invoked from network); 3 Dec 2007 12:11:14 -0000 Received: from deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.57) by front2.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 3 Dec 2007 12:11:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 6127 invoked from network); 3 Dec 2007 12:11:12 -0000 Received: from listserv.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.35) by deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 3 Dec 2007 12:11:12 -0000 Received: by LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 5850755 for CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 07:11:12 -0500 Delivered-To: cse575-fa07-list@listserv.buffalo.edu Received: (qmail 28643 invoked from network); 3 Dec 2007 12:11:12 -0000 Received: from mailscan6.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.95) by listserv.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 3 Dec 2007 12:11:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 9836 invoked from network); 3 Dec 2007 12:11:11 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.buffalo.edu (128.205.32.14) by smtp4.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 3 Dec 2007 12:11:11 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (rapaport@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lB3CBBT6017791; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 07:11:11 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rapaport@localhost) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.9/Submit) id lB3CBBPc017790; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 07:11:11 -0500 (EST) X-UB-Relay: (castor.cse.buffalo.edu) X-PM-EL-Spam-Prob: : 7% Message-ID: <200712031211.lB3CBBPc017790@castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 07:11:11 -0500 Reply-To: "William J. 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Rapaport" Subject: CogSci 12/5 M.McGlone: Conscious Experience and the Knowledge Argument Comments: To: cogsci-local-list@listserv.buffalo.edu To: CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU 1029; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/4980/Sun Dec 2 21:28:55 2007 on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Status: R Content-Length: 2531 ======================================================================== THIS WEEK THIS WEEK THIS WEEK THIS WEEK THIS WEEK THIS WEEK ======================================================================== Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo presents ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael McGlone ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Department of Philosophy, Unversity at Buffalo http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~mmcglone/ Wednesday, 5 December 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Conscious Experience and the Knowledge Argument ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABSTRACT Physicalism, as I will understand it, is the view that all correct information is physical information--information of the sort studied by the physical sciences. In this talk, I will be concerned with what philosophers call "the knowledge argument" against physicalism. According to this argument, there is correct information regarding the nature of conscious experience that is not itself information of the sort studied by the physical sciences. Although the key idea behind this argument has been with us for a long time, I will focus on a fairly recent formulation due to Frank Jackson (1982). Having considered this form of the argument, I will turn to a recent response, that offered by Jackson himself (2004), and argue that this response is unsatisfactory. Finally, I will attempt to isolate what I take to be the deepest and most interesting issues raised by the argument. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday, 5 December 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For further information, please visit: http://www.cogsci.buffalo.edu/ or contact: William J. Rapaport Colloquium Chair, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Professor of Computer Science Affiliated Faculty, Philosophy & Linguistics 201 Bell Hall | (716) 645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering | fax: (716) 645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) | rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 | http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport Buffalo Restaurant Guide: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Good Things about Buffalo: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html From owner-cse575-fa07-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Dec 5 06:42:14 2007 Received: from ares.cse.buffalo.edu (ares.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.79]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lB5BgEqx014033 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2007 06:42:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from front2.acsu.buffalo.edu (coldfront.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.6.89]) by ares.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id lB5BgBoa072344 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2007 06:42:11 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 1203 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2007 11:42:06 -0000 Received: from deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.57) by front2.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 5 Dec 2007 11:42:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 20689 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2007 11:42:03 -0000 Received: from listserv.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.35) by deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 5 Dec 2007 11:42:03 -0000 Received: by LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 5921151 for CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 5 Dec 2007 06:42:03 -0500 Delivered-To: cse575-fa07-list@listserv.buffalo.edu Received: (qmail 22176 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2007 11:42:01 -0000 Received: from mailscan4.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.6.136) by listserv.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 5 Dec 2007 11:42:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 11357 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2007 11:42:01 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.buffalo.edu (128.205.32.14) by smtp3.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 5 Dec 2007 11:42:01 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (rapaport@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lB5Bg0Do014023; Wed, 5 Dec 2007 06:42:00 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rapaport@localhost) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.9/Submit) id lB5Bg0ow014022; Wed, 5 Dec 2007 06:42:00 -0500 (EST) X-UB-Relay: (castor.cse.buffalo.edu) X-PM-EL-Spam-Prob: : 7% Message-ID: <200712051142.lB5Bg0ow014022@castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU> Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 06:42:00 -0500 Reply-To: "William J. 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Rapaport" Subject: CogSci TODAY M.McGlone Conscious Experience and the Knowledge Argument Comments: To: cogsci-local-list@listserv.buffalo.edu, snerg@cse.Buffalo.EDU To: CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU 1336; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/5011/Wed Dec 5 04:42:23 2007 on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Status: R Content-Length: 2458 ======================================================================== TODAY TODAY TODAY TODAY TODAY TODAY ======================================================================== Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo presents ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael McGlone ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Department of Philosophy, Unversity at Buffalo http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~mmcglone/ Wednesday, 5 December 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Conscious Experience and the Knowledge Argument ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABSTRACT Physicalism, as I will understand it, is the view that all correct information is physical information--information of the sort studied by the physical sciences. In this talk, I will be concerned with what philosophers call "the knowledge argument" against physicalism. According to this argument, there is correct information regarding the nature of conscious experience that is not itself information of the sort studied by the physical sciences. Although the key idea behind this argument has been with us for a long time, I will focus on a fairly recent formulation due to Frank Jackson (1982). Having considered this form of the argument, I will turn to a recent response, that offered by Jackson himself (2004), and argue that this response is unsatisfactory. Finally, I will attempt to isolate what I take to be the deepest and most interesting issues raised by the argument. Wednesday, 5 December 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For further information, please visit: http://www.cogsci.buffalo.edu/ or contact: William J. Rapaport Colloquium Chair, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Professor of Computer Science Affiliated Faculty, Philosophy & Linguistics 201 Bell Hall | (716) 645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering | fax: (716) 645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) | rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 | http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport Buffalo Restaurant Guide: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Good Things about Buffalo: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html