Paris Toronto Agency Workshop

When and Where

Monday, November 27, 2023 9:00 am to Tuesday, November 28, 2023 12:00 pm
Nov 27, Northrop Frye Room NF 205
Nov 28, Emmanuel College Room EM 205
Monday: 73 Queen's Park Crescent East & Tuesday: 75 Queen's Park Cres East (Toronto)

Speakers

Philippe Huneman (Paris), Louis Virenque (Paris), Matteo Mossio (Paris), Emma Sigsworth (Toronto), Fermín Fulda (Toronto), David Rattray (Toronto), Auguste Nahas (Toronto)

Description

This workshop addresses current approaches to the understanding natural agency. It is supported by the University of Toronto, CNRS (France) Mobility Grant entitled “Steps to a Theory of Biological Agency: Integrating Evolutionary and Organisational Perspectives”.

This is a workshop supported by the University of Toronto, CNRS (France) Mobility Grant entitled “Steps to a Theory of Biological Agency: Integrating Evolutionary and Organisational Perspectives”.

Hybrid event

Schedule:

Day 1: November 27 (9:00-12:00) Northrop Frye, Victoria University Room NF 205 (and online)

9:00 -9:55 Welcome

9:05 -9:55 Matteo Mossio and Louis Virenque (IHPST, Paris): Agency, Innovation and Function (partially online)

9: 55 - 10:05 Break

10:05 – 10:55 Auguste Nahas (IHPST, Toronto): What’s Teleology Got to do with Existence?

10:55-11:05: Break

11:05-12:00 Fermín Fulda (IHPST, Toronto): Naturalizing Agency: Two Strategies

12:00- Lunch St. Michael’s College

 

Day 2: November 28 (9:00-12:00) *Note change of location* Emmanuel College, Room EM 205 Victoria College (and online)

9:00 -9:55 Philippe Huneman (IHPST, Paris): TBA (online)

9: 55 - 10:05 Break

10:05 – 10:55 Emma Sigsworth (IHPST, Toronto): Memory and Agency

10:55-11:05 Break

11:05-12:00 David Rattray (Philosophy, Toronto): Agency and the Capacity to Represent

 

Registration is free, but (in person) spaces are limited. Please contact Denis Walsh [denis.walsh@utoronto.ca] if you wish to attend in person or to get the Zoom invite if you want to join online.

Contact Information

Professor Denis Walsh

Sponsors

IHPST/Department of Philosophy

Map

Monday: 73 Queen's Park Crescent East & Tuesday: 75 Queen's Park Cres East (Toronto)