6th eidos and 13th sequitur meeting, 29th to 31st May 2008, Berne




p>sequitur, the Swiss association of graduate students in philosophy, is proud to invite you to their 13th meeting, this year to be held jointly with eidos, the Genevan Centre for Metaphysics and built around the 3rd International Lauener Symposium.

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Prelims: Wednesday, 28th of May (Geneva)



Thursday, 29th of May: 13th sequitur graduate conference (Geneva, location TBA)

  • 9.15-10.15: Philipp Keller, Reducing Relations Again?
  • 10.45-12: Alexandra Arapinis, IHPST (Paris): Phenomenological approach to systematic polysemy: the object, its parts, its aspects
  • lunch [Philipp Keller, Nick Mantegani, Johannes Stern, Amanda Garcia, Jessica Leech, Keith Hossack, Akiko Frischhut, Alexandra Arapinis, Fraser MacBride, Andri Töndury, Ghislain Guigon]

  • 15.45-17: presentation of www.philosophie.ch (A301, UniS, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, 3012 Berne)
  • 18: Lauener Prize Award Ceremony (Haus der Universität, Schlösslistrasse 5, 3008 Bern)
  • 20.30: dinner [Nick Mantegani, Amanda Garcia, Johannes Stern, Jessica Leech, Keith Hossack, Akiko Frischhut,, Alexandra Arapinis, Fraser MacBride, Kevin Mulligan]

Friday, 30th of May: Lauener Foundation Symposium (Haus der Universität, Schlösslistrasse 5, 3008 Bern)

  • 6.30: we meet in the hall of the station (Gare Cornavin)
  • 6.45-8.26: train to Berne (tickets can be bought at the station, no reservation necessary)
  • 09.00-09.50 Prof. Dr. Erik J. Olsson (Lunds Universitet), Marcus on Belief and Rationality
  • 10.00-10.50 Prof. Dr. Joëlle Proust (Institut Jean-Nicod, C.N.R.S., Paris), Thinking about Thinking - without a Language?
  • 11.10-12.00 Prof. Dr. Pascal Engel (Université de Genève), Is Identity a Functional Concept?
  • 12.10-13.00 Prof. Dr. Dagfinn Føllesdal (Stanford University), Ruth Marcus, Modal Logic and Rigid Reference
  • lunch (Haus der Universität) [Philipp Keller, Fabrice Correia, Nick Mantegani, Amanda Garcia, Jessica Leech, Keith Hossack, Akiko Frischhut, Alexandra Arapinis, Fraser MacBride, Andri Töndury, Stephan Leuenberger, Kevin Mulligan, Johannes Stern, Julien Dutant, Sanna Hirvonnen]

  • 14.30-15.20 Prof. Dr. Timothy Williamson (University of Oxford), Barcan Formulas in Second-Order Modal Logic
  • 15.30-16.20 Prof. Dr. Edgar Morscher (Universität Salzburg), Moral Dilemmas: From a Logical Point of View
  • 16.40-17.30 Prof. Dr. Ruth Barcan Marcus (Yale University), Recollections
  • dinner (Haus der Universität) [Philipp Keller, Fabrice Correia, Nick Mantegani, Amanda Garcia, Jessica Leech, Keith Hossack, Alexandra Arapinis, Fraser MacBride, Stephan Leuenberger, Johannes Stern, Julien Dutant, Sanna Hirvonnen]


Saturday, 31st of May: Symposium on Keith Hossack,"The Metaphysics of Knowledge" (A201, UniS, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, 3012 Bern)

Participants: Keith Hossack, Mark Textor, Fraser MacBride.

  • 9.30-10: Keith Hossack (King's College, London): Causing Knowledge
  • 10.30-11.30: Fraser MacBride (Birkbeck College, London): Facts, Relations and Bradley's Regress: eine Schottische Phantasie?
  • 12-13: Mark Textor (King's College, London): Some Questions for Scottish Realism
  • 13-14.30: lunch (Casa d'Italia Bern Bühlstrasse 57 CH-3012 Bern 0313019074) [Philipp Keller, Fabrice Correia, Fabian Dorsch, Barbara Erni, Luc Schneider, Ghislain Guigon, Nick Mantegani, Amanda Garcia, Jessica Leech, Keith Hossack, Akiko Frischhut, Alexandra Arapinis, Andri Töndury, Mark Textor, Fraser MacBride, Stephan Leuenberger, Johannes Stern, Julien Dutant, Sanna Hirvonnen]
  • 14.30-17: Genevan ruminations on the metaphysics of knowledge
  • 20.30: dinner (Bistro Marzer, Brückenstrasse 12, 3005 Bern 0313112929) [Philipp Keller, Fabrice Correia, Fabian Dorsch, Nick Mantegani, Jessica Leech, Keith Hossack, Akiko Frischhut, Alexandra Arapinis, Fraser MacBride, Stephan Leuenberger, Johannes Stern, Julien Dutant, Sanna Hirvonnen]

  • (open-end): alternatively, "Volksfest zur Einweihung des neuen Bahnhofplatzes" or "Antifaschistischer Abendspaziergang"


Sunday, 1st of June: brunch and boat ride on the Aare (subject to weather conditions)

Bring bathing suits.

Inquiries

For all inquiries, please contact the organiser, Philipp Keller.