Final conference of the national research project "Realism and Objectivity"

Final conference of the national research project "Realism and Objectivity" (PRIN 2010/2011)
Matera, via San Rocco, September 15-17, 2015

September 15, DAY 1
Philosophy of Language and Mind
09,00-09,15 Greetings from the academic authorities:
Aurelia SOLE, Rector of the University of Basilicata
Paolo A. MASULLO, Head of the Department of Human Sciences
Ferdinando F. MIRIZZI, Head of the Department of European and Mediterranean Cultures

09,15 -10,00 Opening Lecture: Tyler BURGE (UCLA) TBA
10,00 -10,30 Discussion
10,30-11,00 Coffee-break
11,00-11,45 Invited speaker: Genoveva MARTÌ (University of Barcelona), “Legal Disagreements and Theories of Reference”
11,45-12,15 Discussion
12,15-13,30 Sebastiano MORUZZI (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia), “Truth Relativism: A Puzzle About Retraction”
13,30-15,00 Lunch
15,00-16,15 Mario DE CARO (University of Roma Tre), "Naturalism and Realism"
16,30-17,45 Andrea IACONA (University of Torino), “Conditionals and Negation”
17,45- 19,00 Alberto VOLTOLINI (University of Torino), "Quantified Ontological Commitment to Nonexistents Vindicated"

September 16, DAY 2
Epistemology and Philosophy of the Sciences
09,00-09,45 Invited speaker: Timothy WILLIAMSON (University of Oxford), “Abductive Philosophy”
09,45-10,15 Discussion
10,15-10,45 Coffee-break
10,45-12,00 Francesca BOCCUNI (University of San Raffaele Milano), “Metaphysically Lightweight Abstraction”
12,00-13,15 Cristina AMORETTI (University of Genova), “On the Concept of Mental Disorder: Between Definitions and Prototypes”
13,15-15,00 Lunch
15,00-15,45 Invited speaker: Hans-Johann GLOCK (University of Zurich), “Objectivity, Truth and (Animal) Belief”
15,45-16,15 Discussion
16,30-17,45 Elena CASTELLANI (University of Firenze), "Theories, Models and Representation: The Role of Structures"
17,45-19,00 Pasquale FRASCOLLA (University of Basilicata), “On Wittgenstein’s Reflections on Truth”

September 17, DAY 3
Metaphysics and Ontology
09,00-09,45 Invited Speaker: Kevin MULLIGAN (University of Geneva), “The Mind and its Formal Objects”
09,45-10,15 Discussion
10,15-10,45 Coffee-break
10,45-12,00 Alfredo PATERNOSTER (University of Bergamo), “Leibniz’s Principle and the Identity Theory”
12,00-13,15 Paolo VALORE (University of Milano Statale), “The Question of Realism and the Question of Ontology: Do They overlap?”
13,15-15,00 Lunch
15,00- 16,15 Massimiliano CARRARA and Vittorio MORATO (University of Padova), “Semantic and Epistemic Compatibilism”
16,30-17,45
Giorgio LANDO (Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa), “Metaphysical Consequences of Relative Counting"
17,45-19,00 Lorenzo FOSSATI (Catholic University of Milano), “Which Variations? Bolzano and Husserl”