24 Feb
2014
24 Feb
'14
11:55 a.m.
The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk
(as part of its Departmental Colloquium series)
by
Howard Robinson (CEU)
on
`Is there such a thing as cognitive phenomenology?`
Tuesday, 25 February, 2014, 5.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412
ABSTRACT
Everyone - or almost everyone - agrees that there is 'something it is like' to
have sensations or perceptual experiences. These are the famous 'quaia'. But is
there 'anything it is like' to think, understand, and, generally, to entertain
propositional attitudes. The empiricist tradition is sceptical of this - including modern
empiricists, such as Jesse Prinz. Others, like Galen Strawson and David Pitt, think there
is 'cognitive phenomenology'. I agree with them, but it is not so clear how to
characterize it.