We are glad to announce this workshop on the notion of organismal agency, which will take place in hybrid form at the University of the Aegean, Syros, Greece. Those who wish to attend the workshop online please contact Argyris Arnellos at arar@aegean.gr before the 3rd of July. Please be aware that times indicated below correspond to EEST.
Program
Day 1 – Tuesday 04
9:30-9:45 Introduction
9:45-11:00 Johannes Jaeger (University of Vienna, Complexity Science Hub, Vienna, Ronin Institute): An evolutionary account of relevance realization
11:00-11:30 Break
11:30-12:45 Matteo Mossio (IHPST/CNRS): From agency to adaptive agency and cognition: explanatory challenges in autonomy theory
13:00-15:00 Lunch
15:00-16:15 Samir Okasha (University of Bristol): The concept of agency in biology: meanings and motivations
16:15-16:45 Break
16:45-18:00 Kepa Ruiz-Mirazo (UPV/EHU): Agency before life: primordial (metabolic, ecological, and evolutionary) reasons to conceive protocells as minimal agents
Day 2 – Wednesday 05
10:00-11:45 Fred Keijzer (University of Groningen): How to slice the evolutionary steps towards mind? Why agency may not cut it
11:15-11:45 Break
11:45-13:00 Argyris Arnellos (University of the Aegean): Visual perception, minimal representation, and the emergence of cognitive functions within a biological organization
13:00-15:00 Lunch
15:00-16:15 Alvaro Moreno (Donostia International Physical Center): Where mind begins: an evolutionary approach to conscious agency
16:30-18:00 General discussion
