Back to Past Conferences Robert Solomon and the Philosophy of Emotion: 1/2 Day Workshop 2006 Venue: Riverview Room, Emmanuel College, University of Queensland, St Lucia campus. From left to right: Kathleen Higgins, Robert Solomon, Paul Redding, Paul Griffiths, Richard Joyce, Stefan Linquist 9.00   Robert Solomon:  'Is that what an emotion really is?' 9.40   Discussion 10.00  Paul Griffiths - 'Ask not what your emotions can do for you… Emotions and Machiavellian intelligence' 10.30  Robert Solomon – response 10.40  Discussion 11.00  Coffee 11.30  Stefan Linquist -  ‘Solomon’s influence on Anthropology: Is there room for an evolutionary perspective?’ 12.00  Robert Solomon – response 12.10  Discussion 1.00    Lunch Note: Kathleen Higgins will deliver a paper on a related topic, 'Aesthetically Refined Emotions:  A Cross-Cultural Comparison?' in the Philosophy Seminar Series at 3.00 in Rm 302, Parnell Building (Bldng.7). The workshop is organised by the Biohumanities Project and supported by ARC Grant #FF0457917. Keynote Speaker Robert C Solomon is Quincy Lee Centennial Professor of Business and Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He has been instrumental in making the emotions a major topic of research in contemporary philosophy. Through his role in the International Society for Research on the Emotions, of which he was a founding member, he has also played a key role in encouraging interaction between emotion researchers in philosophy and in the sciences. He is the author or editor of more than forty books, including the influential The Passions (1976/1993), Not Passion's Slave: Emotions and Choice (2003), the widely used collection What is an Emotion: Classic and Contemporary Readings (1984/2003), and Thinking about Emotion: Contemporary Philosophers on Emotion (2004). He appeared, via his animated alter-ego, in the film 'Waking Life'. Speakers Paul Griffiths is Federation Fellow and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Queensland, where he heads the Biohumanities Project. A graduate of Cambridge and the ANU, his publications include What Emotions Really Are: The Problem of Psychological Categories (Chicago, 1997) and (with Kim Sterelny) Sex and Death: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Biology (Chicago 1999).   Stefan Linquist is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Biohumanities Project, University of Queensland. He received a B.A. (hon.) in philosophy from Simon Fraser University and an MSc in biology from the State University of New York at Binghamton. Working in the lab of David Sloan Wilson, Stefan conducted research on domain-specific learning in octopus dofleini and in guppies.  His masters thesis explores the role of modularity in evolutionary psychology and animal learning. Stefan received a PhD from Duke University in 2005.  His doctoral research examines human emotions from an evolutionary perspective.   Invited Discussants Kathleen Higgins is Professor of Philosophy at The University of Texas at Austin. She is a prolific writer and recognized Nietzsche scholar, her books include The Music of Our Lives (Temple University Press) and Nietzsche’s Zarathustra (Temple University Press), which was named one of the Outstanding Academic Books of 1988-1989 by Choice. She has co-edited numerous books with her husband, Professor Robert Solomon, including Reading Nietzsche, A Short History of Philosophy, and the Routledge History of Philosophy, Volume IV: The Age of German Idealism.   Paul Redding is Associate professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney. He works predominantly on German idealism, and hermeneutic directions in philosophy in the continental and analytic traditions. His publications include Hegel's Hermeneutics (Cornell University Press, 1996) and The Logic of Affect (Cornell University Press & Melbourne University Press, 1999). Richard Joyce is a Research Fellow in the Philosophy Program, RSSS, ANU. A graduate of Auckland University and Princeton University, his primary research interest is in metaethics (increasingly with a biological twist), and his philosophical interests range over philosophy of language, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and aesthetics. His publications include The Myth of Morality (Cambridge, 2001) and The Evolution of Morality (MIT 2002)   Participants   Adrian Carter Queensland Brain Institute Catherine Hynes School of Psychology, UQ (PhD student) Clem van der Weegen EMSAH, UQ Daniel Schweitzer MD/PhD student, UQ Emma Hutchison University of Queensland, Political Science Gerald Keaney University of Queensland, Philosophy Hugh Breakey UQ Jia Meng Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics, UQ John Wilkins University of Queensland, Philosophy Jonathan Crowe School of Law, University of Queensland Kaylene Ascough UQ Business School Laura Roberts Philosophy, UQ (PhD student) Liz Ferrier Business School, University of Queensland Luke Patterson School of Education, UQ (student) Marguerite La Caze Philosophy, University of Queensland Marissa Edwards UQ Business School Neal Ashkanasy UQ Business School Nenad-Danny Bakaj QTMHC Nicola Keays School of Psychology, UQ Ning Xiang School of Psychology, UQ Ottmar Lipp School of Psychology, UQ Roland Bleiker Political Science, UQ Sally Russell UQ School of Business Simon Duffy European Philosophy Research Group, UQ Steven R. Livingstone ITEE, University of Queensland Sue Kentlyn School of Social Science, UQ Timothy Weinberg University of Queensland (student) William Grey Philosophy UQ Willy Bach Peace & Conflict Studies, UQ