Workshop
Acting As If: Perspectives on Pretending
Département de Philosophie
Université de Genève
27 May 2026
Espace Colladon
Rue Jean-Daniel Colladon 2
1205 Genève
Organized by:
Julia Langkau, Université de Genève
Michael Balmer, Université de Neuchâtel
PROGRAM
09:30-10:45
Monika Dunin-Kozicka (Catholic University of Lublin):
“Pretending as Experience-Making“
11:00-12:15
Michael Balmer (University of Neuchâtel):
“From Pretending to Collective Intentional Attitudes”
14:00-15:15
Neil Van Leeuwen (Florida State University):
“Pretense is Representation”
15:30-16:45
Julia Wolf (Ruhr University Bochum/University of Osnabrück):
“The Status of Pretence – Between Acting As-If and Thinking As-If”