[visionlist] phiVis: Philosophy of Vision Science (VSS Satellite Event)

[Chaz Firestone]

Dear colleagues,

I am excited to announce (the fifth iteration of) a satellite event of 
the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society: **phiVis – 
Philosophy of Vision Science**. 

Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in the intersection 
between vision science and the philosophy of perception. But 
opportunities for conversation between vision scientists and 
philosophers are still hard to come by. The phiVis workshop is a forum 
for promoting and expanding this interdisciplinary dialogue. 
Philosophers of perception can capitalize on the experimental knowledge 
of working vision scientists, while vision scientists will have an 
opportunity to connect their research to longstanding philosophical 
questions. The workshop will feature short talks by philosophers of 
perception that engage with the latest research in vision science, 
followed by prepared comments by vision scientists, on topics such as 
attention, perceptual learning, feature binding, and more. Our first 
event, at VSS 2021, drew nearly 300 live and virtual attendees, and our 
subsequent events drew a capacity crowd in person. We are now gearing up 
for Round 5!

This year's event will take place on **Tuesday, May 20, from 
1:15pm-3:15pm ET**, and will be held **onsite at VSS** (at the 
TradeWinds Island Grand Resort in St Pete Beach, FL). The in-person 
event is open to VSS attendees; a limited number of non-VSS-attendees 
may also attend virtually. The event will feature the following talks:

**Gabriel Greenberg (UCLA) | Neural Images: Retinotopy, Representation, 
and Convolution**
with comments by Jennifer Groh (Duke)

**Jacob Beck (York) | Resurrecting a Primary-Secondary Quality 
Distinction**
with comments by Darko Odic (UBC)

**Kathleen Akins (Simon Fraser) | Color Perception is High-Level 
Perception**
with comments by Rosa Lafer-Sousa (UW-Madison)

You can learn more about the phiVis workshop at our website 
— [www.phivis.org](https://www.phivis.org/) — and also in the 
attached flyer.

**All are welcome**, though we encourage interested attendees to RSVP: 
[in person](https://www.phivis.org/events/phivis-in-person/form); 
[virtual](https://www.phivis.org/events/phivis-online/form). These links 
can also be found on the workshop's website.

Hope to see you there!

Sincerely,

Chaz Firestone
Kevin Lande
co-organizers, phiVis

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Chaz Firestone
Associate Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences
Director, Perception & Mind Laboratory | 
[perception.jhu.edu](https://perception.jhu.edu)
Co-Director, Foundations of Mind Group | 
[mind.jhu.edu](https://mind.jhu.edu/)
Johns Hopkins University



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