"Collingwood and Toulmin," Mind and Society 14, University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University, September 4-6, 2008.

Provisional Program: Thursday 4th September Evening – arrival, drinks and a meal (venues to be announced) Friday, 5th September 9.00 – 9.45: Professor Ivan Leudar, Psychology, Manchester University, Is psychology history? What can R. G. Collingwood do for Psychology today? 9.45 - 10.15: Discussion and Coffee 10.15 - 11.00: Dr Giuseppina D'Oro, Philosophy, Keele University, Re-enactment, Simulation and Folk-psychology 11.00 - 11.30: Discussion and Coffee 11.30 – 12.15: Professor Alan Costall, Psychology, Portsmouth University, Psychology as history: Frederic Bartlett and the myth and promise of 'Cambridge psychology' 12.15 – 12.45: Discussion and Coffee 12.45 - 2.15: Lunch 2.15 - 3.00: Professor John Pickstone, CHSTM, Manchester University, Collingwood, Whewell and Ways of Knowing: reflections on historicism and idealism in the study of science. 3.00 - 3.30: Discussion and Coffee 3.30 - 4.15: Michael Lynch, Cornell To be confirmed 4.15 – 5.00: Discussion and Coffee 5.00-5.45: General Discussion, 6.30 - Drink reception, Conference Dinner Saturday 6th September 9.00 – 10.00: Professor James Connelly, Politics, Hull University, From anthropology to metaphysics: Collingwood, culture and civilization. 10.00 – 10.30: Discussion and Coffee 10.30 - 11.15: Professor Baudouine Dupres, Institute of Social Sciences and Policy, Louvain "The Judge, the Spirits and the Law: Devil Possession, Personal Agency and Mind/Body Dichotomy in an Egyptian Courtroom" 11.15 - 11.45: Discussion and coffee 11.45 -12.30 Professor Wes Sharrock, Social Science, Manchester University, Perennial arguments about intelligibility and rationality in the philosophy of the social sciences. 12.30 - 13.00: Discussion and coffee 13.00 - 14.30: Lunch 14.30 – 15.15: Professor Mathieu Marion, Philosophy, Montreal University, Toulmin on Collingwood and Relativism: a Rejoinder. 15.15 - 15.45 Discussion and Coffee 15.45 - 17.45 Meeting Plenary - discussant Uffe Juul Jensen, Copenhagen University 18.00 Conference closes. Enquiries to Ivan Leudar: ivan.leudar@manchester.ac.uk.