14-17 Jun 2016
Padua, Italy
*School of Philosophy - Padua University * *Lectures 2016* *Dialetheism and the History of (Western) Philosophy* *Graham Priest * Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and Boyce Gibson Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne (Australia) *Palazzo del Capitanio and Palazzo Liviano* *P.zza Capitaniato 3, Padua (Italy)* 1. *Paraconsistent* *Logic* *(14* *June* *2016*, *15.30*-*18.30, Sala delle Edicole)* In this class we will look at paraconsistent logics (logics which tolerate contradictions). We will look at the history of such logics, and some of the basic ideas involved in them. This will involve a little formal logic, but not much. 2. *Dialetehesim* *(15* *June* *2016*, *15*-*18, Sala delle Edicole)* In this class we will look at the possibility that some contradictions are true (dialetheism), the arguments against it, and some of the arguments for it. 3. *Hegel* *(16* *June* *2016*, *10*-*13, aula FILM, Palazzo del Capitanio)* Interpretations of Hegel vary. However, he is arguably the most notable dialetheist in the history of Western philosophy. In this class, we will look at his thought from the perspective of modern dialetheism. 4. *The* *Limits* *of* *Thought* *(16* *June* *2016*, *15*-*18, aula FILM, Palazzo del Capitanio)* In this class we will look at one of the most important places where dialetheism seems to appear in philosophy: where a position holds that there are some things that go beyond language, and explains why?in the process, engendering contradiction. 5. *Heidegger* *(17* *June* *2016*, *10*-*13, aula DIANO, palazzo Liviano)* In this class we will look in detail at one of the philosophers for whom this situation arises: Heidegger, in his wrestling with the problem of being. We will see that he should have been a dialetheist?and perhaps that towards the end of his life actually became one. Scientific organization: Massimiliano Carrara, FISPPA Department - Section of Philosophy, University of Padua P.zza Capitaniato 3, 35139 Padova (Italy) massimiliano.carrara@unipd.it -- [LOGIC] mailing list http://www.dvmlg.de/mailingliste.html Archive: http://www.illc.uva.nl/LogicList/ provided by a collaboration of the DVMLG, the Maths Departments in Bonn and Hamburg, and the ILLC at the Universiteit van Amsterdam