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

Philosophy Department Meeting Room (Place du Vingt-Août 7, Central Building A1, 3rd floor)

Thursday, June 18

  • 11:00-12:30 Ethan Field (University of Liège): Samuel Alexander and Phenomenal Consciousness: Revolutions and Reforms.
  • 12:30-14:00 lunch break.
  • 14:00-15:30 Kevin Morris (Tulane University): Parallelism, Epiphenomenalism, and Overdetermination Circa 1900.
  • 15:30-16:00 coffee break.
  • 16:00-17:30 Julie Yoo (California State University, Northridge): Varieties of Downward Causation.

Friday, June 19

  • 11:00-12:30 Sam Coleman (Birkbeck, University of London): Consciousness and Intersubjective Awareness: C.D. Broad on Telepathy.
  • 12:30-14:00 lunch break.
  • 14:00-15:30 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.
  • 15:30-16:00 coffee break.
  • 16:00-17:30 Olivier Sartenaer & Maxime Hilbert (University of Namur): Varieties of Emergentism in Early British Philosophy of Mind.
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