COLLECTIVE INTENTIONALITY V

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Professor Michael E. Bratman, Stanford University.

Professor Bratman is a distinguished expert on philosophy of action, intentionality and moral psychology. He is the author of several widely read books and articles. Professor Bratman's work on shared agency forms an important contribution to the themes of the conference.

Professor Margaret Gilbert, University of Connecticut.

Professor Gilbert works on philosophical social theory. Her 1989 book, On Social Facts, introduced the plural subject theory to the world and remains a major inspiration behind the contemporary theory of collective intentionality. Professor Gilbert's three books and many articles continue to shape the discussion on collective intentionality, shared agency and collective responsibility.

Professor Larry May, Washington University.

Professor May is a leading specialist on philosophical questions relating to collective responsibility, the main theme of the conference. Professor May specialises in ethics, philosophy of law and social and moral philosophy. In addition to numerous articles, Professor May is the author of six books and editor of 10 others.

INVITED PAPERS BY

Professor Seumas Miller, Charles Sturt University & Australian National University.

Professor Miller is Director of Centre of Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) at the Australian National University and the author of numerous academic articles and books. Professor Miller's book Social Action: A Teleological Account forms a leading individualistic approach to the theory of collective intentionality and collective responsibility

Professor David Copp, University of Florida.

Professor Copp works mainly on Moral and Political Philosophy, on which he has written a book and a number of articles, and edited several anthologies. Recently Professor Copp has been defending an anti-individualistic approach to collective responsibility.

Professor Cristiano Castelfranchi, University of Siena & The Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC), Rome.

Professor Castelfranchi is Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of Siena, Department of Communication Science and Director of the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies of the National Research Council, in Rome. He has published several books and more than 100 conference and journal articles on cognitive, computational and formal-theoretical models of social interaction and social mind.