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Speaker:

Achim Stephan

Content:

This course will have two topics. The first one introduces to a variety of theories of emergence, their different strengths, and particularly, to their application in cognitive science and philosophy of mind (e.g. to the problem of free will and the qualia debate). The second topic concerns the philosophy of affective phenomena such as emotions, moods, and existential feelings. Here, we will discuss the interrelationship of cognitive and affective aspects in our mental life, the adequacy of emotions, typical forms of intentionality as deployed in emotions, and emotion regulation.

Disciplines:
Philosophy of Cognitive Science: Emergence and Emotions

References:

• Stephan, Achim (1999). Emergenz. Von der Unvorhersagbarkeit zur Selbstorganisation. (Theorie & Analyse / Theory & Analysis, Band 2). Dresden, München: Dresden University Press. 2. Aufl.
  Paderborn: mentis, 2005. 3. Aufl. Paderborn: mentis, 2007.
• Stephan, Achim (2006). The dual role of ‚emergence’ in the philosophy of mind and in cognitive science. Synthese 151, 485-498.
• Slaby, Jan & Achim Stephan (2008). Affective Intentionality and Self-Consciousness. Consciousness & Cognition 17 (2), 506-513. DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2008.03.007
• Stephan, Achim (2009). Affect Programs and Feelings. Mind and Matter 7(2), 163-176.

CV:
Achim Stephan is Professor for Philosophy of Cognition at the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Osnabrück. His main research topics include since years theories of emergence, and more recently, the philosophy of emotions, to which he co-directs international (with Matthew Ratcliffe, Durham, UK) and interdisciplinary (with Henrik Walter, Neuroscience, Berlin) research
projects.