Amsterdam Graduate Philosophy Conference 2009 |
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Book of AbstractsThe book of abstracts for the talks can be downloaded here. Conference ProgrammeThe conference programme consists of five keynote speeches and eleven graduate talks. The confirmed keynote speakers are Kathrin Glüer-Pagin (Stockholm); Alexander Miller (Birmingham); Peter Pagin (Stockholm); François Recanati (Paris & St. Andrews); and Martin Stokhof (Amsterdam).
The schedule for Thursday, Friday and Saturday is:
Schedule for ThursdayVenue: VOC-Zaal, Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX, Amsterdam (Street view)
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Morning Session --- Chair: Dora Achourioti |
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10:00-10:40 |
Graduate Talk |
Title: Carnap's categoricity problem and the meaning of the logical constants Commentator: Dick de Jongh |
10:45-11:25 |
Graduate Talk |
Title: The computational power of self-referential truth Commentator: Frank Veltman |
11:30-12:10 |
Graduate Talk Florian Demont |
Title: Against Crude Semantic Realism Commentator: Martin Stokhof |
12:15-14:15 |
Lunch |
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Afternoon Session --- Chair: Michael Franke |
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14:15-14:55 |
Graduate Talk |
Title: Meteorological Sentences, Unarticulated Constituents and Relativism Commentator: Katrin Schultz |
15:00-15:40 |
Graduate Talk |
Title: Is Simplicity of a Theory of Meaning an Alethic Virtue? Commentator: Catarina Dutilh Novaes |
15:40-16:00 |
Coffee Break |
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16:00-17:00 |
Keynote Speech |
Title: Meaning, Truth-Conditions and Kripke's Wittgenstein |
17:00-18:30 |
Conference Boat Trip |
Venue: Doelenzaal, Singel 425, 1012 WP, Amsterdam (Street view)
Morning Session --- Chair: Lucian Zagan |
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10:15-11:15 |
Keynote Speech |
Title: Assertion and Actuality |
11:15-11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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11:30-12:10 |
Graduate Talk |
Title: Meaning Hidden under the Surface Commentator: Wolfram Hinzen |
12:15-12:55 |
Graduate Talk |
Title: Truth, Meaning, Triviality? Commentator: Paul Dekker |
13:00-15:00 |
Lunch |
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Afternoon Session --- Chair: Edgar Andrade |
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15:00-15:40 |
Graduate Talk Meredith Plug |
Title: HOT theories of thought, autistic speakers and the concept of truth and falsity Commentator: Michiel van Lambalgen |
15:40-16:00 |
Coffee Break |
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16:00-17:00 |
Keynote Speech |
Title: Varieties of Contextualism |
19:00-22:00 |
Conference Dinner |