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The project in Philosophy of Language will focus on the problem of predication, on contextualism and minimalism in semantics and on whether the concept of truth requires a relativistic treatment.
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EXTRA SESSION * "Constructing the World" Seminar -Chapter 4 sections 6-9 "The Case for A Priori Scrutability"
Extra session "Constructing the World" Seminar -Chapter 4 ("The Case for A Priori Scrutability"), with focus on sections 6-9.
Discussion leader: Giuliano Torrengo
As usual, the seminar will be broadcast and it is possible to partcipate via the webconference software, go this address and log in as "Ospite" (please use headphones and earhpones during the connection):
Michele Palmira on "The Objection from Moral Deference"
Michele Palmira will deliver a talk on his research.
Speaker: Michele Palmira (joint work with Cory Davia, UCSD)
Title: The Objection from Moral Deference
Date: April 17 2013
Time: 15-18
Venue: Aula rossa, via Azzo Gardino 23, Department of Philosophy and Communication, Bologna.
Francesca Boccuni on "A Theory of Fregean Abstract Objects"
Francesca Boccuni will deliver a talk on her research.
Speaker: Francesca Boccuni
Title: A Theory of Fregean Abstract Objects
Date: 29/5/2013
Time: 14-16
Venue: Aula Rossa, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna.
Antonella Mallozzi on "Scrutability and negative facts"
Antonella Mallozzi (CUNY, New York) will deliver a talk at the Cogito Centre.
Speaker: Antonella Mallozzi
Title: Scrutability and negative facts
Venue: Aula Rossa, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna.
Date: May 29 2013
Time: 14-16
Ori Simchen on Referential Determinacy
Professor Ori Simchen (University of British Columbia) will deliver a talk at Cogito.
Speaker: Ori Simchen
Title: Referential Determinacy
Venue: Aula rossa, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna
Date: Monday June 3 2013
Time: 15-18
David Chalmers' Talk
Professor David Chalmers (NYU) will deliver a talk at the Cogito Centre.
Speaker: David Chalmers
Title: Constructing the World
Date: Friday June 7
Time: 15-18
Venue: Sala rossa, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna.
Philosophy of Action Seminar 6 - J. D. Velleman
Reading material:
ATTENTION: the seminar has been postponed to JUNE 6
J. D. Velleman (2006) 'The Centered Self', in Self to Self, Cambridge University Press, 2006, 253-284.
Time: 10.30-13.30
Discussion leader: Michele Palmira
Venue: TBA
Philosophy of Action Seminar 5 - C. Korsgaard
Reading material:
C. Korsgaard (2008) 'Acting for a Reason', in The Constitution of Agency, Oxford University Press, 2008, 207-231.
Time: 10.30-13.30
Discussion leader: Federica Berdini
Venue: AULA MONDOLFO, III FLOOR, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, VIA ZAMBONI 38, Bologna.
Philosophy of Action Seminar 4 - C. Korsgaard
Reading material:
C. Korsgaard (1999) 'Self-Constitution in the Ethics of Plato and Kant', in The Constitution of Agency, Oxford University Press, 2008, 100-126.
Time: 10.30-13.30
Discussion leader: Luca Zanetti
Venue: Sala Rossa, III floor, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, Via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna.
Philosophy of Action Seminar 3 - M. Bratman
Reading material:
M. Bratman (2006) 'What is the Accordion Effect?'. Journal of Ethics 10 (1-2): 5-19.
Time: 10.30-13.30
Discussion leader: Marianna Ginocchietti
Venue: Sala Rossa, III floor, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, Via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna.
Philosophy of Action Seminar 2 - D. Davidson
Reading material:
D. Davidson (1970) 'Agency', in Essays on Actions and Events, Oxford University Press, 1980, 43-62.
Time: 10.30-13.30
Discussion leader: Gregory Bochner
Venue: Sala Rossa, III floor, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, Via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna.
"Constructing the World" Seminar -Chapter 8 "The Structure of the World"
Discussion of chapter 8 of Constructing the World "The Structure of the World".
Discussion leader: Sebastiano Moruzzi
Venue: aula rossa, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, via Azzo Giardino 23, 40126 Bologna
Date: 6/6/2013
Time: 15-18
"Constructing the World" Seminar -Chapter 7 "Minimizing the Base"
Discussion of chapter 7 of Constructing the World "Minimizing the Base".
Discussion leader: Luca Zanetti
Venue: aula Mondolfo, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, via Zamboni 38, Bologna
Date: 29/5/2013
Time: 11-13
"Constructing the World" Seminar -Chapter 6 "Hard Cases"
Discussion of chapter 6 of Constructing the World "Hard Cases".
Discussion leader: Vittorio Morato
Venue: aula rossa, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, via Azzo Giardino 23, 40126 Bologna
Date: 8/5/2013
Time: 15-18
"Constructing the World" Seminar -Chapter 5 "Revisability and Conceptual Change"
Discussion of chapter 5 of Constructing the World "Revisability and Conceptual Change".
Discussion leader: Michele Palmira
Venue: aula rossa, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, via Azzo Giardino 23, 40126 Bologna
Date: 24/4/2013
Time: 15-18
"Constructing the World" Seminar -Chapter 4 "The Case for A Priori Scrutability"
Discussion of chapter 4 of Constructing the World "The Case for A Priori Scrutability".
Discussion leader: Giuliano Torrengo
Venue: aula rossa, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, via Azzo Giardino 23, 40126 Bologna
Date: 10/4/2013
Time: 15-18
"Constructing the World" Seminar -Chapter 3 "Adventures with a Cosmoscope"
Discussion of chapter 3 of Constructing the World "Adventures with a Cosmoscope".
Discussion leader: Gregory Bochner
Venue: aula rossa, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, via Azzo Giardino 23, 40126 Bologna
Date: 27/3/2013
Time: 15-18
"Constructing the World" Seminar -Chapter 2 "Varieties of Scrutability"
Discussion of chapter 2 of Constructing the World "Varieties of Scrutability".
Discussion leader: Sebastiano Moruzzi
Venue: aula rossa, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, via Azzo Giardino 23, 40126 Bologna
Date: 13/3/2013
Time: 15-18
"Constructing the World" Seminar - Chapter 1 "Scrutability and the Aufbau"
Discussion of chapter 1 of Constructing the World "Scrutability and the Aufbau".
Discussion leader: Sebastiano Moruzzi
Venue: aula rossa, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, via Azzo Giardino 23, 40126 Bologna
Date: 6/3/2013
Time: 15-18
Workshop on Truth and Reference
One-day workshop on truth and reference.
Organizer: Paolo Leonardi
Date: 25/2/2013
Venue: Dipartimento di Filosofia e comunicazione
Sala Rossa, III piano via A. Gardino 23
Time 10-18
Schedule:
10.00
Giuseppe Spolaore, Padova
Unsettled reference.
Descriptive names, empty names, and future contingents
11.45
Sebastiano Moruzzi, Bologna, and Matteo Plebani, Venezia
Is Truth-relativism compatible with Deflationism?
14.30
Jessica Pepp, Oslo
Referring as experiencing