The Philosophy of Penelope Mackie: A Memorial ConferenceInfo Location Attendee Categories Contact More Info Event Information
DescriptionPenelope Mackie (1953-2022) was a long-time member and former Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham. Her philosophical contributions span the areas of (1) essence, modality, identity; (2) philosophy of mind; (3) causation and counterfactuals; and (4) free will and determinism. A superbly perceptive critic, Penelope is best known for her 2006 book How Things Might Have Been. Her most recent work provides invigorating contributions to debates about neo-Aristotelian essentialism (in constructive opposition to the work of Kit Fine), Transworld identity, persistence, and the nature of perceptual experience. This conference will celebrate Penelope’s life and work.
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Additional ItemsContactNeil Sinclair - [email protected] More InformationConfirmed speakers: Helen Beebee (Leeds) Bill Brewer (Kings College London) Ben Curtis (Nottingham Trent University) Kit Fine (New York University) John Martin Fischer (University of California; online) Antonella Mallozzi (Providence) Howard Robinson (Oxford) Sonia Roca-Royes (Stirling) Helen Steward (Leeds) Matthew Tugby (Durham) The conference will begin at 2pm on Wednesday 3rd July and finish by 6pm on Friday 5th July. On the Wednesday there will be an opening lecture followed by speeches, before the philosophical talks begin (the first talk will be at 4pm on Wednesday). The conference will be fully hybrid, with online and in-person attendance available for all sessions. The conference is open to all and everyone is welcome. The conference organisers are grateful for the financial support of the Aristotelian Society, and the School of Humanities at the University of Nottingham, for making this conference possible. |