Intentionality: Past and Future

Miskolc, June 21-23, 2002

Programme and Abstracts    

Arrival and Hotel Information


Invited speakers include:        Laird Addis (U Iowa)
                                             Ned Block (NYU)
                                             Tim Crane (UCL)
                                             Daniel C. Dennett (Tufts)
                                             Brian McLaughlin (Rutgers)
                                             Jesse Prinz (WU St. Louis)
                                             Howard Robinson (CEU)
                                             Ruth G. Millikan (U Connecticut)

Organizers:   Gábor Forrai (University of Miskolc), forrai@ludens.elte.hu
                    György Kampis (Loránd Eötvös University), gk@hps.elte.hu


Conference Topic

Intentionality has been a central issue in the analytical philosophy of mind and in cognitive science since the seventies. The conference aims at exploring the various problems connected with the notion, conceptual as well as empirical: intentionality and the representational theory of mind, mental content, intentionality and mental causation, intentionality and consciousness, intentionality and the theory of evolution, intentionality and agency, etc. An equally important objective is to examine how the understanding of intentionality prevalent in the analytic approach is related to the continental approaches stemming from Brentano and Husserl.

Venue 
University of Miskolc (UM), Hungary ( www.uni-miskolc.hu )
During the conference there will be an organized excursion to the famous wine growing region of Tokaj.
Miskolc is located in the northeast of Hungary, two hours from Budapest by express train.
UM is located on a separate campus outside town with lots of green and a pleasant atmosphere for discussion.

Program Committee
Gábor Forrai (University of Miskolc), forrai@ludens.elte.hu
Ferenc Huoranszki (Central European University), huoransz@ceu.hu
György Kampis (Loránd Eötvös University), gk@hps.elte.hu
Balázs Mezei (Loránd Eötvös University), bmmezei@ludens.elte.hu
Csaba Pléh (University of Szeged), pleh@edpsy.u-szeged.hu
Tibor Schwendtner (University of Miskolc), h6171sch@ella.hu

Acknowledgments
The conference is partially sponsored by the Hungarian National Research Foundation (OTKA) and the
Hungarian Ministry of Education (FKFP and NKFP target programmes).