1-3 October 2007
Tartu, Estonia
During the Estonian-German academic week, "Academica XI", the Theoretical Philosophy Section at the University of Tartu and the Chair of Philosophy and Philosophy of Science of the University of Konstanz are organizing a workshop on "Truth", to take place in Tartu from October 1-3. Everyone interested is invited to participate. To plan the event, however, we would need your registration. Please send us an email to cohnitz (at) ut.ee. We have reserved a limited number of places in a nearby student hostel. Please indicate, when you register, whether you would be interested in staying at the hostel (250-300 EEK per night). For more information see: http://daniel.cohnitz.de/index.php?id=35,144,0,0,1,0 Topic: Truth is one of the central subjects in philosophy. It is also one of the largest and perhaps oldest. Moreover, a huge variety of issues in philosophy relate to truth, either by relying on theses about truth, or implying theses about truth. In this workshop the contributors will sketch some of the various roles the concept of truth is playing in the different philosophical subdisciplines. Programme: (All lectures take place in Domus Dorpatensis, ~\likooli 7) Monday, October 1 10:30-11:45 Wolfgang Spohn (Konstanz) Two-Dimensional Truth 16:00-17:15 Jaan Kangilaski (Tartu) Künne on Truth 17:30-18:45 Volker Halbach (Oxford) Necessities and Necessary Truths Tuesday, October 2 10:00-11:15 Holger Leerhoff (Konstanz) Bradley~@~Ys regress, Russell~@~Ys states of affairs and some general remarks on the problem 11:30-12:45 Wolfgang Freitag (Konstanz) Truthmakers (are indexed combinations) 18:00-19:45 Manuel Bremer (Düsseldorf) Why and How to be a Dialetheist Wednesday, October 3 10:00-11:15 Bruno Mölder (Tartu) Normativity and Deflationary Theories of Truth 11:30-12:45 Juho Ritola (Turku) Epistemic and Logical Circularity