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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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Truth and Relativism Conference Schedule
June 3-4 2010, University of Turin
University of Turin, Aula “M. Allara”, Palazzo del Rettorato, via Po 17.
June 3
- 9.30
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Marian David (Notre Dame)
"Relative Is Absolute”
- 11.15
- break
- 11.30
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Cesare Cozzo (Roma "La Sapienza")
“Gulliver's Travels. Part Five”
Philosophy of Language Research Seminar: Wiggins visit in Bologna on the Paradox of Analysis and the Paradox of Synonymy
David WIggins will be visiting the Department of Philosophy of Bologna in May 2010 giving series of talks. This talk is hosted by Cogito Philosophy of Language Seminar.
- Speaker: David Wiggins (Oxford)
- Title: "The Paradox of Analysis and the Paradox of Synonymy"
- Venue: Sala Mondolfo,
Via Zamboni, 38 – III Piano, Bologna.
Wiggins visit in Bologna III: Sense and the Paradox of Analysis
David WIggins will be visiting the Department of Philosophy of Bologna in May 2010 giving series of talks. This talk is hosted by the seminar "I modi della scienza e le forme della logica" (prof. G. Corsi and prof. R. Lupacchini).
- Speaker: David Wiggins (Oxford)i
- Title: "Sense and the Paradox of Analysis"
- Venue: Sala Mondolfo, III floor, via Zamboni 38, Bologna
Philosophy of Language Research Seminar: Giorgio Volpe on Truth and Justification
Philosophy of Language Reading Seminar: MacFarlane's book, chapter 5
- MacFarlane J. (draft) Reading: Assessment Sensitivity: Relative Truth and Its Applications, chapter 5
- Discussion leader: Sara Neva
- Venue: sala Rossa, III floor, Via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna
Reading material attached below
Further optional readings:
Philosophy of Language Reading Seminar: MacFarlane's book, chapter 4
- MacFarlane J. (draft) Reading: Assessment Sensitivity: Relative Truth and Its Applications, chapter 4
- Discussion leader:Elisabetta Lalumera
- Venue: sala Rossa, III floor, Via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna
Reading material attached below
Further optional readings:
Philosophy of Language Reading Seminar: MacFarlane Book - chapter 3
- MacFarlane J. (draft) Reading: Assessment Sensitivity: Relative Truth and Its Applications, chapter 3
- Discussion leader: Delia Belleri
- Venue: sala Rossa, III floor, Via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna
Reading material attached below
Further optional readings:
Philosophy of Language Reading Seminar: Soames on Relative Truth
- Reading: S. Soames (forthcoming)True at
- Discussion leader: Michele Palmira
- Venue: sala Rossa, III floor, Via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna
Reading material attached below
Further optional readings:
Philosophy of Language Reading Seminar: Truth and Antirealism
- Reading: C. Wright, 2001 "On Being in a Quandary. Relativism vagueness logical revisionism" Mind, 110 (437):45-98
- Discussion leader: Sebastiano Moruzzi
- Venue: sala Rossa, III floor, Via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna
Reading material attached below
Further optional readings:
Philosophy of Language Reading Seminar: Truth and Success
- Discussion leader: Giorgio Volpe
- Venue: sala Rossa, III floor, Via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna
Reading material:
- P. Kitcher, 'On the Explanatory Role of Correspondence Truth', Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 64 (2002), pp. 346-364 [attached below]
Further optional readings:
Background reading
Philosophy of Language Reading Seminar: Kripke on Truth
- Reading: Kripke, S., 1975, “Outline of a theory of truth”, Journal of Philosophy, 72: 690–716 [attached below]
- Discussion leader: Paolo Leonardi
- Venue: sala rossa, III floor, via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna
Reading material attached below
Further optional readings:
- The Revision Theory of Truth http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/truth-revision/
- Field, H, Saving Truth from Paradox, chap.3, [attached below]
Philosophy of Language Reading Seminar: Planning Session
Venue: Sala Rossa, III floor, via AzzoGardino 23, Bologna.
We we will have a planning session dedicated to select the next readings on truth and relativism (focusing on themes related to the Truth&Relativsm June conference).
Please think about a possible reading list before the session.
You can already make proposals here:
Philosophy of Language Research Seminar: *EXTRA SLOT* Lo Piparo on Names and Numbers
Speaker: Franco Lo Piparo (University of Palermo)
Title: "Nomi e numeri"
Venue: Sala Rossa, via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna.
Dinner with Berto
Dinner with Berto:
- Time: Wednseday February 24th, 7.30pm
- Place: Cucchiaio D'oro, via Petroni 6a, Bologna
Please sign up, if you are interested.
Philosophy of Language Reaserch Seminari: [extra slot] Francesco Orilia on Relational Properties
Prof. Francesco Orilia (Macerata) will deliver a talk on relational properties.
- Speaker: Francesco Orilia (Macerata)
- Title: "Il problema dell'ordine relazionale"
- Venue: sala rossa, via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna.
Philosophy of Language - Reading Seminar - Recanati on relativism
- Reading: 'Moderate Relativism' by François Recanati, in (eds.) M. Garcia-Carpintero, M. Koelbel: Relative Truth, Oxford: OUP, 2008, pp. 41-62
- Discussion leader: Delia Belleri
- Venue: Sala Rossa, II floor, via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna
Reading material attached below
Further optional readings:
Philosophy of Language Research Seminar (joint event with Logic Seminar): Cesare Cozzo on Truth
Prof. Cesare Cozzo (University of Rome - La Sapienza) will deliver a talk.
- Speaker: Cesare Cozzo
- Title: Il ruolo della nozione di verità
- Venue: aula Mondolfo, III floor, via Zamboni 38, Bologna
The talk will be followed by another talk of Gabriele Usberti.
Philosophy of Language - Research Seminar: Andrea Marino's talk
Andrea Marino will deliver a talk related to "Referential Uses", his PhD project.
- Speaker: Andrea Marino
- Venue: sala rossa, III floor, via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna
Philosophy of Language Research Seminar: Alessia Marabini'talk on Analiticity
Alessia Marabini will deliver a talk related to her PhD project.
- Speaker: Alessia Marabini
- Title: "Some remarks on Analyticity and the A Priori in the Williamson-Boghossian debate"
- Venue: sala rossa, III floor, via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna
Philosophy of Language Seminar: Micheal Devitt on Linguistic Intuitions
Prof. Micheal Devitt (CUNY) will give a talk on linguistic intuitions.
- Speaker: Micheal Devitt
- Title: Linguistic Intuitions Revisited [paper attached below, focus on Part I with some brief mentions of II and III.]
- Venue: aula Roveri, ground floor, via Zamboni 38, Bologna
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See also the papers listed in this page for further bibliography on the topic.
