School Program

INFEREINFERENTIALIST SCHOOLNTIALIST SCHOOL

INFERENTIALIST SCHOOL

Wednesday – April 25, 2007


9:30-10:30
Bob Brandom:
Reason, Expression and the Philosophical Enterprise


10:30-13:30
Michael Williams:
Meaning and Metaphysics: Sellars's Inferentialism


The relation of Sellars's inferentialism to his broader philosophical aims and concerns.

15:00-18:00
James Conant:
Wittgenstein on Following a Rule


Overview of some of the most influential attempts to make sense of the discussion that runs from sections 185 to 201 of Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations.
Thursday – April 26, 2007


10:00-13:00
Björn Ramberg:
The Rortyan background to Brandom's rationalism


Anti-authoritarian romantic naturalism

15:00-18:00
Mark Lance:
Normative Pragmatism


A survey of ways in which the social pragmatist tradition anchored in the work of Wilfrid Sellars emphasizes normativity.
Friday – April 27, 2007


10:00-13:00
Michael Kremer:
Inferentialism and Logic


The meaning of the traditional logical constants, such as 'and,' 'or,' 'not,' 'if...then...,' 'all,' 'some,' and 'is' explained in inferential terms.

15:00-18:00
Paul Horwich:
Deflationism


An examination of the pros and cons of various alternative deflationary accounts of truth.