30 Jan 2013
Bochum, Germany
*Invitation to the Honorary Doctorate Ceremony Prof. John Perry (Stanford University)* *Wednesday, January 30, 2013* On Wednesday, January 30, 2013 Prof. John Perry (Stanford University) will receive an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Philosophy and Education at the Ruhr-University Bochum. Prof. John Perry will give a talk within the program of the Academic Ceremony. You can find the whole program of both events below. Please note that there will be only limited space at the Academic Ceremony. Therefore we would kindly ask you to register for both or only one event by sending an e-mail to sekretariat-newen@rub.de <mailto:sekretariat-newen@rub.de> until December 19^th 2012. Wednesday, January 30, 2013 9:00 -- 12:00 Scientific Symposium in Honor of Prof. John Perry Venue: Ruhr-University Bochum, GA 2/41 (Comenius-Raum) Reflexivity, Beliefs and Belief Reports 9 -- 10Francois Recanati (Institut Jean Nicod, Paris) Mental Files and Reflexivity 10 -- 11Wolfgang Spohn (Universität Konstanz) How Perrys Problem about continued Belief refutes the Primacy of Sentence Meaning 11 -- 11.30Coffee Break 11.30-12Albert Newen (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) Person Files in Belief Reports 14:00 -- 16:30 Academic Ceremony Venue: Ruhr-University Bochum, "Veranstaltungszentrum", Room 2a _Introduction:_ ·Musical Performance ·Opening Speech (Prof. Joachim Wirth -- Decan) ·Welcoming Speech (Prof. Elmar Weiler -- Rector, Ruhr-University) ·Laudatio (Prof. Albert Newen) ·Musical Performance _Keynote Lecture:_ ·Prof. John Perry: "Meaning and the Self" _Further Program:_ ·Musical Performance ·Reception to follow -- Ruhr-Universität Bochum Institut für Philosophie II Sekretariat Prof. Dr. Albert Newen GA 3/151 Tel.: 0234/32-28139 Fax: 0234/32-14963 http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/philosophy/staff/newen/ mail to: nadine.overkamp@rub.de