Wednesday – April 25, 2007
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9:30-10:30
Bob Brandom:
Reason, Expression and the Philosophical Enterprise
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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. |
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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. |
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Thursday – April 26, 2007
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10:00-13:00
Björn Ramberg:
The Rortyan background to Brandom's rationalism
Anti-authoritarian romantic naturalism |
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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. |
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Friday – April 27, 2007
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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. |
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15:00-18:00
Paul Horwich:
Deflationism
An examination of the pros and cons of various alternative deflationary accounts of truth. |
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