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"Logic and Knowledge"

16-19 June 2010
Rome, Italy

Logic and Knowledge

 Time: June 16-19, 2010, Rome.

Location:  Department of Philosophical and Epistemological Studies, 
University ??La Sapienza?, Villa Mirafiori, Via Carlo Fea 2, Ro
me.

 The conference subject is the relationship between logic and  knowle
dge, 
considered as a topic of current debate, or as an historical case study,
 or 
when appropriate as both.
Each paper has been assigned a discussant.
The Conference is open to public. No registration fee.

Program
Wednesday 16 June, Room V
 9:30 ?? 9:45 Opening
 9:45 ?? 10:30 D. Gillies (University College London), The empiricist
 view of 
logic
 10:30 ?? 10:45 Discussant: P. Pecere (University of Cassino)
 10:45 ?? 11:00 Coffee Break
 11:00 ?? 11:45 M. De Caro (University Roma Tre of Rome), What can th
e 
neurosciences tell us about freedom and morality?
 11:45 ?? 12:00 Discussant: A. Paese (University La Sapienza of Rome)
 12:00 ?? 12:30 General discussion
 15:00 ?? 15:45 M. Detlefsen (University of Notre Dame), Rigor, logic
 and 
intuition
 15:45 ?? 16:00 Discussant: M. Antonutti (University of Bristol)
 16:00 ?? 16:45 G. Sundholm (University of Leiden), A garden of gr
ounding 
trees
 16:45 ?? 17:00 Discussant: L. Incurvati (University of Cambridge)
 17:00 ?? 17:15 Coffee Break
 17:15 ?? 18:00 C. Posy (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), On the
 finite: 
Part I, Lessons learned from Kant about knowledge   and indetermin
acy
 18:00 ?? 18:15 Discussant: S. Di Paolo (University La Sapienza of Ro
me)
 18:15 ?? 19:00 General discussion

Thursday 17 June, Room V
 9:00 ?? 9:45 M. Capozzi (University La Sapienza of Rome),
 9:45 ?? 10:00 Discussant: C. Fabbrizi (University La Sapienza of Rom
e)
 10:00 ?? 10:45 R. Chiaradonna (University Roma Tre of Rome), Galen
??s 
medical epistemology
 10:45 ?? 11:00 Discussant: D. Quarantotto (University La Sapienza of
 Rome)
 11:00 ?? 11:15 Coffee Break
 11:15 ?? 12:00 J. von Plato(University of Helsinki), On the dimen
sionality 
of deductive arguments
 12:00 ?? 12:15 Discussant: A. Iacona (University of L?Aquila)
 12:15 ?? 12:45 General discussion
15:00 ?? 15:45 T. Williamson (University of Oxford), Logics and metal
ogics
 15:45 ?? 16:00 Discussant: C. Cozzo (University La Sapienza of Rome)
 16:00 ?? 16:45 C. Cozzo (University La Sapienza of Rome), Is knowled
ge the 
most general factive stative attitude?
 16:45 ?? 17:00 Discussant: T. Williamson (University of Oxford)
 17:00 ?? 17:15 Coffee Break
 17:15 ?? 18:00 E. Ippoliti (University La Sapienza of Rome), Between
 data 
and hypotheses: the quest for knowledge
 18:00 ?? 18:15 Discussant: F. Sterpetti (University La Sapienza of
 Rome)
 18:15 ?? 19:00 General discussion

 Friday 18 June, Room V
 9:45 ?? 10:30 D. Prawitz(University of Stockholm), Perfect syllogism
s, 
proofs, and knowledge
 10:30 ?? 10:45 Discussant: J. Murzi (University of Sheffield)
 10:45 ?? 11:00 Coffee Break
 11:00 ?? 11:45 R. Hersh (University of New Mexico), Mathematical 
intuition 
(Poincare, Polya, Dewey)
 11:45 ?? 12:00 Discussant: C. Bernardi (University La Sapienza of Ro
me)
 12:00 ?? 12:45 General discussion
 15:00 ?? 15:45 C. Cellucci(University La Sapienza of Rome), Classify
ing and 
justifying inferences
 15:45 ?? 16:00 Discussant: N. Goethe (University of Gottingen)
 16:00 ?? 16:45 E. Grosholz (Penn State University), Referring and
 
analyzing: Logic, Mathematics, Mechanics
 16:45 ?? 17:00 Discussant: V. Giardino (Institut Jean Nicod Paris)
 17:00 ?? 17:15 Coffee Break
 17:15 ?? 18:00 R. Thomas (University of Manitoba), Assimilation: Not
 only 
indiscernibles are identified
 18:00 ?? 18:15 Discussant: D. De Simone (University La Sapienza of
 Rome )
 18:15 ?? 19:00 General discussion

 Saturday 19 June, Room V
9:30 ?? 10:15 R. Cordeschi (University La Sapienza of Rome), Artificial
 
Intelligence, cognitive science and evolutionary theory: a unifying  fra
mework 
by Herbert Simon
 10:15 ?? 10:30 Discussant: F. Ervas (Institut Jean Nicod Paris)
 10:30 ?? 11:15 J. Azzouni (Tuft University), The nonexistence of
 
nominalistic content and its impact on metaphysics
 11:15 ?? 11:30 Discussant: S. De Bianchi (University La Sapienza of
 Rome)
 11:30 ?? 11:45 Coffee Break
 11:45 ?? 13:00 Round Table

 Contact : emiliano.ippoliti@uniroma1.it
 Website: http://w3.uniroma1.it/logic

Scientific Committee
 Carlo Cellucci
 Emily Grosholz
 Emiliano Ippoliti
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