International Conference "Intentionality, Deliberation and Autonomy - The Action-Theoretic Basis of Practical Philosophy"
Certosa di Pontignano, March 11-13, 2005
For downloading the text of the papers please click on the respective paper's title.
  Thursday, March 10th
8.00 p.m. dinner and informal meeting of the participants already arrived  
     
  Friday, March 11th
 
  Arrival of further participants (in particular Europeans)  
12.30 Lunch  
14.00-14.15 Opening of the conference, welcome to the participants
 
  I. Action, Intention, Intentionality  
14.15-15.30 lecture and discussion 1st paper:
Sandro Nannini (Università di Siena, Italy): Action Theory and Cognitive Turn
 
15.40-16.55 lecture and discussion 2nd paper:
Frederick Adams & Annie Steadman (University of Delaware, USA): Folk Concepts, Surveys and Intentional Action
 
  Break  
17.20-18.35 lecture and discussion 3rd paper:
Neil Roughley (Universität Konstanz, Germany):
The Double Failure of 'Double Effect'.

 
18.45-20.00 lecture and discussion 4th paper:
Geert Keil
(Humboldt Universität Berlin, Germany): What Do Deviant Causal Chains Deviate From?
 
20.00 Dinner  
 

 
  Saturday, March 12th  
  II. Action-theoretical Conceptions of Practical Deliberation  
9.00-10.15 lecture and discussion 5th paper:
Hugh McCann (Texas A&M University, USA): The Will and the Good
 
10.20-11.35 lecture and discussion 6th paper:
Robert Audi (University of Notre Dame, USA): The Grounds and Structure of Reasons
 
11.55-13.10 lecture and discussion 7th paper:
Christoph Lumer (Università di Siena, Italy): Practical Reasons Empirically
 
  Lunch  
15.00-16.15 lecture and discussion 8th paper:
Michael Bratman
(Stanford University, USA): Anchors for Deliberation
 
  Break  
16.45-18.00 lecture and discussion 9th paper:
Eddy Carli (Università di Padova, Italy): Do Practical Syllogisms Systemize Practical Reasoning?
 
  III. Action-theoretical Approaches to Freedom, Autonomy and Responsibility  
18.15-19.30 lecture and discussion 10th paper:
Michael Quante (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany): Autonomy for real people
 
20.00 Dinner  
 
 
  Sunday, March 13th  
9.00-10.15 lecture and discussion 11th paper:
Gottfried Seebass (Universität Konstanz, Germany): Forming the Will Freely
 
10.20-11.35 lecture and discussion 12th paper:
Carl Ginet
(Cornell University, USA): An Action Can Be Both Uncaused and Up to the Agent
 
10.55-13.10 lecture and discussion 13th paper:
Alfred Mele
(Florida State University, USA): Free Will: Action Theory Meets Neuroscience
 
  Lunch
 
15.00-16.15 lecture and discussion 14th paper:
Carlos Moya (Universidad de Valencia, Spain): Belief and Moral Responsibility
 
  Break  
16.45-18.00 lecture and discussion 15th paper:
Ralf Stoecker (Universität Bielefeld, Germany): Responsibility and Action – a second look at ascriptivism
 
18.15-19.30 lecture and discussion 16th paper:
Thomas Spitzley
(Universität Duisburg, Germany): Autonomy and Weakness of the Will
 
20.00 Dinner and end of the conference