Lauener Foundation for Analytical Philosophy
Symposium
Thursday 27 May 2010
Bern, Switzerland
4th International Lauener Symposium
on Analytical Philosophy
In Honour of Professor Sir Michael Dummett
Programme
Chair: Prof. Dr. Richard Glauser (Université de Neuchâtel)
09.00-09.50 Dr. Daniel Isaacson (University of Oxford)
Theories of Meaning, Realist and Anti-Realist (Abstract)
10.00-10.50 Prof. Dr. Eva Picardi (Università di Bologna)
The Significance of Frege’s Context Principle. Some Remarks
10.50-11.10 Coffee Break
11.10-12.00 Prof. Dr. Dale Jacquette (Universität Bern)
Dummett on Truth-Makers, Frege's Analysis of Sentence Meaning, and the Slingshot Argument
12.10-13.00 Prof. Dr. Crispin Wright (New York University/University of Aberdeen)
Whence the Paradox? Axiom V and Indefinite Extensibility (Abstract)
13.00-14.30 Lunch Break
Chair: Prof. Dr. Alex Burri (Universität Erfurt),
Member of the Foundation Council
14.30-15.20 Prof. Dr. Timothy Williamson (University of Oxford)
Logics and Metalogics (Abstract)
15.30-16.20 Prof. Dr. Dagfinn Føllesdal (Stanford University/Universitetet i Oslo)
Are There Non-Material Objects and If So, How Can They Be Known? Husserl and Gödel
16.20-16.40 Coffee Break
16.40-17.30 Prof. Sir Michael Dummett (University of Oxford)
Closing Speech (Abstract)
17.30 End of the Symposium
Venue: Haus der Universität, Schlösslistrasse 5, Bern, Switzerland
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