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SUMMARY:Talking to our selves: reflection\, scepticism and agency - John D
 oris (Washington University in St Louis)
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CONTACT:Helen Curry
DESCRIPTION:In philosophy\, agents are often distinguished by a propensity
  for reflection – conscious and self-conscious mentation effecting contr
 ol of behaviour. In psychology\, quantities of research on parallel proces
 sing suggest that the philosophical conception of agency is empirically in
 adequate\; much human behaviour is not consciously controlled\, and is eva
 luatively incongruent with the deliverances of reflection. A psychological
 ly lifelike conception of agency will therefore de-emphasize reflection\; 
 instead\, the forms of self-direction marked with the honorific morally re
 sponsible agency emerge in the social dialogue by which humans regulate th
 eir behaviour.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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