Edinburgh women in philosophy

Speaker: Professor Adina Roskies (Dartmouth)

Title: Free will and responsibility in the age of neuroscience

Abstract: Philosophers have long been worried about whether the sciences will show free will and moral responsibility to be illusory. In this talk I argue that two kinds of claims that neuroscience undermines freedom are mistaken, and that neuroscience does not pose a credible threat to our concept of moral responsibility. Instead, other work in cognitive science and experimental philosophy suggests that moral responsibility rests on non metaphysical factors, and that these can be elucidated by cooperation between philosophy and cognitive science.

Schedule

Room 7.01 - 14:00 - 15:00 Round Table Discussion with Adina Roskies, Michela Massimi, Aidan McGynn, Elinor Mason, Alix Cohen, and Joey Pollock

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break

Room 1.17 - 15:30 - 17:30 Lecture by Adina Roskies

17:30 - 18:00 Wine after Lecture

18:15 Dinner at Spoon (for those who registered)

Contact

Michaela van Esveld