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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.
For futher details, please see here.
Philosophy of Language Seminar on Pluralism 6 - reading seminar on Wright (ii)
Second seminar on Wright's pluralism.
Crispin Wright “A plurality of pluralisms” in N. Pedersen and C. Wright (eds.) Truth Pluralism: Current Debates, Oxford University Press, 2013, pages 123–153. [Preprint available online]
Venue: sala rossa, via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna.
Discussion leader: Luca Zanetti
Philosophy of Language Seminar on Pluralism 5 - reading seminar on Wright (i)
First seminar on Wright's pluralism.
Crispin Wright "Truth: A Traditional Debate Reviewed", Canadian Journal of Philosophy
Vol. 28, Iss. sup1, 1998
For the reading material, see file attached below.
Venue: sala rossa, via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna.
Discussion leader: Filippo Ferrari (online from Aberdeen)
Philosophy of Language Seminar on Pluralism 3 - Lynch's Truth Pluralism (ii)
Second seminar on Lynch's pluralism.
Micheal P. Lynch Truth as One and Many (OUP 2009) chapters 4 - 6
For the reading material, see file attached below.
Venue: sala rossa, via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna.
Discussion leader: Sebastiano Moruzzi
Philosophy of Language Seminar on Pluralism 2 - Lynch's Truth Pluralism (i)
First seminar on Lynch's pluralism.
Micheal P. Lynch Truth as One and Many (OUP 2009) chapters 1 -3
For the reading material, see file attached below.
Venue: sala rossa, via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna.
Discussion leader: Sebastiano Moruzzi
Marcin Schroeder "Mystery of Consciousness: From Artificial to Autonomous Intelligence”
Professor Marcin Schroeder (Akita International University, Akita Japan) will deliver a research talk on "“Mystery of Consciousness: From Artificial to Autonomous Intelligence”".
Venue: aula rossa, via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna.
Philosophy of Language Seminar on Pluralism 1: Planning Session + Reading
The research seminar is focused on pluralism on truth, ontology, logic and epistemology. The research focus will be on the connections between these different forms of pluralism.
Planning Session
In this first session we will plan the entire seminar schedule and (time permitting) start the first reading.
First Reading
The first reading (which will probably take two sessions) will be:
Compositionality solves Carnap's problem
Professor Dag Westersthal (Stockholm) will deliver a talk on Carnap's problem.
Speaker: Dag Westersthal
Title: Compositionality solves Carnap's problem
Date: June 11 2014
Time: 15-18
Venue: aula rossa, via Azzo Gardino 23 Bologna.
Abstract:
Carnap’s Problem, to which he devoted most of his 1943 book Formalization in Logic, is the existence of non-standard interpretations of the logical constants which are consistent with all classical laws of (mainly propositional) logic. For example, it is consistent with these laws to take A?B to be true when both A and B are false.
Elijah Millgram "Progressive Necessity"
Professor Elijah Millgram (Utah) will deliver a talk on "Progressive Necessity".
Abstract
Workshop on Robert Nozick - Modena
Workshop on Robert Nozick - Modena
Speakers: Carla Bagnoli, Annalisa Coliva, Elijah Millgram, Gianfranco Pellegrino.
Date: 21/11/2013
Time: 11-17
Venue: Aula D Comparto San Geminiano,
Via San Geminiano 3, 41121, Modena
Introduction
Carla Bagnoli (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
11:15-12:15
Annalisa Coliva (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Lessons from Tracking to let Closure Fail in Peace
12:15-14 Break
14-15
Elijah Millgram (University of Utah)
Nozick's Conception of Moral Standing and Its Consequences
15-16
Carla Bagnoli
Agustín Rayo's visit - (session 2) From Identity to Possibility
During his one-day visit to Cogito Agustín Rayo (MIT) will deliver two talks on his latest book .
In his second talk he will focus on issues connected to metaphysical possibility
Speaker: Agustín Rayo
Agustín Rayo's visit - (session 1) The Construction of Logical Space
During his one-day visit to Cogito Agustín Rayo (MIT) will deliver two talks on his latest book .
In his first talk he will present the overall project (see also file attached).
Speaker: Agustín Rayo
Cogito Summer Recess
Stefano Predelli "Opere e Suoni: Ontologia Musicale e Relativismo"
Prof. Stefano Predelli (Nottingham) terrà una conferenza su "Opere e Suoni: Ontologia Musicale e Relativismo"
Relatore: Stefano Predelli
Titolo: "Opere e Suoni: Ontologia Musicale e Relativismo"
Luogo: Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, aula Mondolfo, via
Zamboni 38, Bologna
Data: 27/6/2013
Ora: 15-18
Ulrich Meyer "Distances and Durations"
Ulrich Meyer (Colgate) will present his current research on metaphysics.
Speaker: Ulrich Meyer
Title: Distances and Durations
Date: June 19
Time: 11-13
Venue: aula rossa, via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna
ATTENZIONE: SEMINARIO CANCELLATO -Alessia Marabini "Carnap sulla definizione"
Alessia Marabini (Bologna) presenterà la sue ricerche in filosofia del linguaggio.
Relatore: Alessia Marabini
Titolo: Carnap sulle definizioni
Data: lunedì 17 giugno
Ora: 15-17
Luogo: Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, aula rossa, via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna
Francesco Bianchini "Conoscenza, rappresentazione, percezione: una prospettiva bio-inspired per colmare il gap"
Francesco Bianchini (Bologna) presenterà la sue ricerche in filosofia della mente.
Titolo: Conoscenza, rappresentazione, percezione: una prospettiva bio-inspired per colmare il gap
Data: lunedì 17 giugno
Luogo: Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, aula rossa, via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna
Ora: 17-19
Lukáš Bielik'talk on "The New Riddle of Induction – Either the Old Problem or No Induction?"
Lukáš Bieli (Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic) will visit Cogito giving a talk on "The New Riddle of Induction – Either the Old Problem or No Induction?"
Speaker: Lukáš Bieli
Title:The New Riddle of Induction – Either the Old Problem or No Induction?
Date: May 22 2012
Time:11-13
Venue: aula rossa, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna
Cogito Day VIII
Date: May 28 2013
Time: 9.30-19
Venue: Aula Rossa, via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna.
Speakers:
Questions for Chalmers
List of questions to ask Chalmers on June 7th.
Michele's questions:
(1) On Propositions
You believe that Quine’s last section of “Two Dogmas of Empiricism” raises a serious challenge to a priori scrutability since it undermines the a priori – a posteriori distinction.
MODENA - “Four Challenges to the A Priori - A Posteriori Distinction” Prof. Casullo & “Some Puzzles About Aesthetic Judgment and Judge-Dependence” Prof. Kölbel
UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI MODENA E REGGIO EMILIA
DIPARTIMENTO DI STUDI LINGUISTICI E CULTURALI
Largo S. Eufemia, 19 – 41121 MODENA
Il giorno 20 maggio 2013
nell’ambito dei corsi di laurea di scienze della cultura, lingue e culture europee, magistrale interateneo in filosofia e del dottorato in scienze umanistiche e del progetto prin 2010-2011 “realismo e oggettivita’”
si terranno le conferenze
“Four Challenges to the A Priori - A Posteriori Distinction”
Prof. Albert Casullo
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
