The Logical Alien at 20
Are there forms of thought alien to us, but home to others? Is our form of thought just one among many? Or is it (in essentials) the form of thought per se? Are these even sensible issues? Descartes, Kant, Frege, Wittgenstein, among many, were exercized by such questions. 20 years ago, a landmark paper by James Conant, In Search of Logically Alien Thought, gave illuminating perspective to these issues. In this conference, some of the most insightful current writers in the area look at the state of the issues today.
Speakers:
Jocelyn Benoist (Paris 1)
Matthew Boyle (Harvard)
James Conant (Chicago)
Fernando Ferreira (Lisboa)
Adrian Moore (St. Hugh’s, Oxford)
Barry Stroud (Berkeley)
Peter Sullivan (Stirling)
Chairs/commentators:
Juan José Acero (Granada)
María José Frapolli (Granada)
Concha Martínez (Santiago)
Sofia Miguens (Porto)
Jean Phillipe Narboux (Bordeaux)
Tommaso Piazza (Porto)
Paulo Tunhas (Porto)
Organisation:
Charles Travis (King’s College, London)
Sofia Miguens (Porto)
João Alberto Pinto (Porto)
Mattia Riccardi (Porto)
Paulo Tunhas (Porto)
Registration
The registration fee is 20€. For students, however, the conference is free (Phd students included). To register, please send an e-mail to: riccardi@letras.up.pt (Dr. Mattia Riccardi) until May, 15th.
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Contact
Dr. Mattia Riccardi (riccardi@letras.up.pt)
Round Table The Logical Alien At 20 (Porto, Junho de 2011)
Barry Stroud (Berkeley), Adrian Moore (Oxford), James Conant (Chicago), Charles Travis (KCL e Porto), Fernando Ferreira (Lisboa) Peter Sullivan (Striling) e Matt Boyle (Harvard).
João Alberto Pinto, Sofia Miguens, Charles Travis, Mattia Riccardi (Organizing Committee)
Projecto The Bounds of Judgement – Frege, cognitive agents and human thinkers (PTDC/FIL-FIL/109882/2009)
