Logic List Mailing Archive

"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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