Research Group
in Analytic Philosophy

Philosophy of Psychology: Action, Consciousness (PhPs)

This reading group covers recent papers primarily from philosophy of psychology that address issues related to (the capacities that enable) action control and to the role of aspects of conscious experience in action control.

 

Below is the reading list and dates for our consciousness/agency reading group. We will meet on the weeks opposite the implicit bias reading group, at the same time of day (10-12). I'll send out zoom links and pdfs of the articles a week early each time. If you don't have access to the pdf and want to see it early, let me know (joshualshep at gmail).


Feb 4

Sripada, C. (2020). The atoms of self‐control. Noûs.

 

Feb 18

Wu, W. (2016). Experts and deviants: The story of agentive control. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 93(1), 101-126.

 

March 4

Pacherie, E., & Mylopoulos, M. (2020). Beyond Automaticity: The Psychological Complexity of Skill. Topoi, 1-14.

 

March 18

Christensen, W. (2020). The skill of translating thought into action. Review of Philosophy and Psychology.

 

April 1

Langland-Hassan, P. (2016). On choosing what to imagine, in Knowledge through Imagination, OUP.

 

April 15

Pacherie, E. (2014). How does it feel to act together?. Phenomenology and the cognitive sciences, 13(1), 25-46.

 

April 29

Davies, W. (2020). Colour Relations in Form. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.

 

May 13

Spurrett, D. (2019). The descent of preferences. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.

 

May 27

Irving, Z. (n.d.) Drifting and directed minds.

 

June 10

Glasscock, J.P. (forthcoming). Authoritative knowledge. Erkenntnis. 



Convenor:

Joshua Shepherd