The Logical Alien at 20 (2011)

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 exercised 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.

Barry Stroud (Berkeley), Adrian Moore (Oxford), James Conant (Chicago), Charles Travis (KCL and Porto), Fernando Ferreira (Lisboa) Peter Sullivan (Striling) e Matt Boyle (Harvard).

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)

João Alberto Pinto, Sofia Miguens, Charles Travis, Mattia Riccardi

Organisation:

Charles Travis (King’s College, London)
Sofia Miguens (Porto)
João Alberto Pinto (Porto)
Mattia Riccardi (Porto)
Paulo Tunhas (Porto)