Early British Metaphysics of Mind
Conference. University of Liège, 18-19 June 2026
Organized as part of the Creph ARC research project: MIND - The British Sources of Philosophy of Mind 1888-1949
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Program
Venue: Philosophy Department Meeting Room (Place du Vingt-Août 7, Central Building A1, 3rd floor)
Thursday, June 18
- 9:30-11:00 Frederique Janssen-Lauret (University of Manchester), Susan Stebbing's Anti-Idealist Philosophy of Physics.
- 11:00-11:15 coffee break.
- 11:15-12:45 Kevin Morris (Tulane University): Parallelism, Epiphenomenalism, and Overdetermination Circa 1900.
- 12:45-14:00 lunch break.
- 14:00-15:30 Ethan Field (University of Liège): Where are the fault lines in Samuel Alexander's structure of mind?.
- 15:30-15:45 coffee break.
- 15:45-17:15 Julie Yoo (California State University, Northridge): Varieties of Downward Causation.
Friday, June 19
- 9:30-11:00 Sam Coleman (Birkbeck, University of London): Consciousness and Intersubjective Awareness: C.D. Broad on Telepathy.
- 11:00-11:15 coffee break.
- 11:15-12:45 Bruno Leclercq (University of Liège): I do mind, and it does matter. Wilful attempts to accommodate subjectivity with natural sciences at the end of the nineteenth century.
- 12:45-14:00 lunch break.
- 14:00-15:30 Olivier Sartenaer & Maxime Hilbert (University of Namur): Varieties of Emergentism in Early British Philosophy of Mind.