Paris Toronto Agency Workshop
When and Where
Speakers
Description
This workshop addresses current approaches to the understanding natural agency. It is supported by the University of Toronto, CNRS (France) Mobility Grant entitled “Steps to a Theory of Biological Agency: Integrating Evolutionary and Organisational Perspectives”.
This is a workshop supported by the University of Toronto, CNRS (France) Mobility Grant entitled “Steps to a Theory of Biological Agency: Integrating Evolutionary and Organisational Perspectives”.
Hybrid event
Schedule:
Day 1: November 27 (9:00-12:00) Northrop Frye, Victoria University Room NF 205 (and online)
9:00 -9:55 Welcome
9:05 -9:55 Matteo Mossio and Louis Virenque (IHPST, Paris): Agency, Innovation and Function (partially online)
9: 55 - 10:05 Break
10:05 – 10:55 Auguste Nahas (IHPST, Toronto): What’s Teleology Got to do with Existence?
10:55-11:05: Break
11:05-12:00 Fermín Fulda (IHPST, Toronto): Naturalizing Agency: Two Strategies
12:00- Lunch St. Michael’s College
Day 2: November 28 (9:00-12:00) *Note change of location* Emmanuel College, Room EM 205 Victoria College (and online)
9:00 -9:55 Philippe Huneman (IHPST, Paris): TBA (online)
9: 55 - 10:05 Break
10:05 – 10:55 Emma Sigsworth (IHPST, Toronto): Memory and Agency
10:55-11:05 Break
11:05-12:00 David Rattray (Philosophy, Toronto): Agency and the Capacity to Represent
Registration is free, but (in person) spaces are limited. Please contact Denis Walsh [denis.walsh@utoronto.ca] if you wish to attend in person or to get the Zoom invite if you want to join online.