ARC Colloquium: Free Will, Language, and Neurosciences

Registration and distribution of materials

Welcome

André Bazzoni - Language and Free Will

André Bazzoni (UC Berkeley)

Andreas Schönau - The free will debate from an action-oriented perspective

Andreas Schönau (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)

Andrew Sims - To bind and to bias: language and affordance competition

Andrew Sims (Université catholique de Louvain)

Coffee break

Lászlo Bernáth - Why Libet-style experiments cannot refute all forms of libertarianism

Lászlo Bernáth (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

Marcus Missal - Free will, inhibition and impulsivity

Marcus Missal (Université catholique de Louvain)

Lunch

Ariel Furstenberg & Haim Sompolinksy - Neuronal noise and free-will behaviour

Ariel Furstenberg & Haim Sompolinksy (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Joana Rigato - Spontaneous decisions and free will: experiments with rodents and their implications for the philosophical debate

Joana Rigato (Champamilaud Research, Lisbon)

Anna Drozdzewska - The physical, the mental, and the informational

Anna Drozdzewska (Université catholique de Louvain)

Coffee break

Alfred Mele - Free will and neuroscience: three persisting problems

Alfred Mele (Florida State University)

	Wed. 30	Thu. 31
09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00	Registration and distribution of materials 9:00 - 9:25 (25min) Registration and distribution of materials Registration and distribution of materials Welcome 9:25 - 9:30 (05min) Welcome André Bazzoni - Language and Free Will 9:30 - 10:10 (40min) André Bazzoni - Language and Free Will André Bazzoni (UC Berkeley) Andreas Schönau - The free will debate from an action-oriented perspective 10:10 - 10:50 (40min) Andreas Schönau - The free will debate from an action-oriented perspective Andreas Schönau (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg) Andrew Sims - To bind and to bias: language and affordance competition 10:50 - 11:30 (40min) Andrew Sims - To bind and to bias: language and affordance competition Andrew Sims (Université catholique de Louvain) Coffee break 11:30 - 11:45 (15min) Coffee break Lászlo Bernáth - Why Libet-style experiments cannot refute all forms of libertarianism 11:45 - 12:25 (40min) Lászlo Bernáth - Why Libet-style experiments cannot refute all forms of libertarianism Lászlo Bernáth (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Marcus Missal - Free will, inhibition and impulsivity 12:25 - 13:00 (35min) Marcus Missal - Free will, inhibition and impulsivity Marcus Missal (Université catholique de Louvain) Lunch 13:00 - 14:30 (1h30) Lunch Ariel Furstenberg & Haim Sompolinksy - Neuronal noise and free-will behaviour 14:30 - 15:10 (40min) Ariel Furstenberg & Haim Sompolinksy - Neuronal noise and free-will behaviour Ariel Furstenberg & Haim Sompolinksy (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Joana Rigato - Spontaneous decisions and free will: experiments with rodents and their implications for the philosophical debate 15:10 - 15:50 (40min) Joana Rigato - Spontaneous decisions and free will: experiments with rodents and their implications for the philosophical debate Joana Rigato (Champamilaud Research, Lisbon) Anna Drozdzewska - The physical, the mental, and the informational 15:50 - 16:30 (40min) Anna Drozdzewska - The physical, the mental, and the informational Anna Drozdzewska (Université catholique de Louvain) Coffee break 16:30 - 16:45 (15min) Coffee break Alfred Mele - Free will and neuroscience: three persisting problems 16:45 - 18:00 (1h15) Alfred Mele - Free will and neuroscience: three persisting problems Alfred Mele (Florida State University)	George Stamets - What would constitute evidence against free will? 9:00 - 9:40 (40min) George Stamets - What would constitute evidence against free will? George Stamets (University of Leeds) J. Brian Pitts - How science constrains mind-body interaction 9:40 - 10:20 (40min) J. Brian Pitts - How science constrains mind-body interaction J. Brian Pitts (Cambridge) Anna Michalska - Moral responsibility, free will, and executive control 10:20 - 11:00 (40min) Anna Michalska - Moral responsibility, free will, and executive control Anna Michalska (Polish Academy of Sciences) Coffee break 11:00 - 11:15 (15min) Coffee break Peter Ulric Tse - The neural basis of the volitional mental operations in human imagination that afford our metafreedom 11:15 - 12:30 (1h15) Peter Ulric Tse - The neural basis of the volitional mental operations in human imagination that afford our metafreedom Peter Ulric Tse (Dartmouth) Lunch 12:30 - 14:00 (1h30) Lunch Lieke Asma - Conscious guidance and conscious causation 14:00 - 14:40 (40min) Lieke Asma - Conscious guidance and conscious causation Lieke Asma (Abraham Kuyper Center) Hanoch Ben-Yami - Libet’s confusions 14:40 - 15:20 (40min) Hanoch Ben-Yami - Libet’s confusions Hanoch Ben-Yami (Central European University) Olivier Sartenaer and Bernard Feltz - Free will, language, and the causal exclusion problem 15:20 - 16:00 (40min) Olivier Sartenaer and Bernard Feltz - Free will, language, and the causal exclusion problem Olivier Sartenaer and Bernard Feltz (Université catholique de Louvain) Coffee break 16:00 - 16:15 (15min) Coffee break Eddy Nahmias - Free will in the brain 16:15 - 17:30 (1h15) Eddy Nahmias - Free will in the brain Eddy Nahmias (Georgia State University)