Logic and Knowledge Conference - June 16-19, 2010, Rome.

Logic and Knowledge
Conference

June 16-19, 2010, Rome.
Department of Philosophical and Epistemological Studies, University “La Sapienza”, Villa Mirafiori, Via Carlo Fea 2, Rome.

The conference subject is the relationship between logic and knowledge, 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 the 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
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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 grounding 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 indeterminacy
18:00 – 18:15 Discussant: S. Di Paolo (University La Sapienza of Rome)
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 Rome)
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 dimensionality of deductive arguments
12:00 – 12:15 Discussant: A. Iacona (University of L'Aquila)
12:15 – 12:45 General discussion
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15:00 – 15:45 T. Williamson (University of Oxford), Logics and metalogics
15:45 – 16:00 Discussant: C. Cozzo (University La Sapienza of Rome)
16:00 – 16:45 C. Cozzo (University La Sapienza of Rome), Is knowledge 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 syllogisms, 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 Rome)
12:00 – 12:45 General discussion
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15:00 – 15:45 C. Cellucci (University La Sapienza of Rome), Classifying 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 framework 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