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Revelation and Humility: Our Knowledge of Mental and Physical Properties

The ANU Centre for Consciousness held a one-day workshop on "Revelation and Humility: Our Knowledge of Mental and Physical Properties" on Friday 18 November, 2005. The conference was held in the HC Coombs Building on the ANU Campus.

Revelation (concerning a property) is the thesis that the nature of that property is revealed to us, or at least that it is knowable under certain conditions. Humility (concerning a property) is the thesis that the nature of that property is not knowable by us, or at least that it is not knowable by certain methods. Many philosophers hold revelation about mental properties, and many philosophers hold humility about fundamental physical properties. Sometimes the theses are combined, with consequences for the mind-body problem. The papers at this conference discussed the revelation and humility theses, separately and together.

 

FRIDAY 18 NOVEMBER
9.45am	Reception
10.00am-12.00pm	Daniel Stoljar (ANU) "Lewis on Revelation"
1.30-3.30pm	Derk Pereboom (Vermont) "The Nature of Fundamental Intrinsic Properties"
4.00-6.00pm	David Chalmers (ANU) "Revelation, Humility, and the Structure of the World"