Wolfgang Spohn: Reflexive Rationality, Tartu, Estonia, June 25-27

GOTTLOB FREGE LECTURES IN THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY 2013

WOLFGANG SPOHN (KONSTANZ): REFLEXIVE RATIONALITY

Tartu's "Gottlob Frege Lectures in Theoretical Philosophy" will in 2013 be delivered by WOLFGANG SPOHN.
The title of this year's lecture series is "Reflexive Rationality". Wolfgang Spohn is chair of
philosophy and philosophy of science at the University of Konstanz (since 1996). Before, he held
professorships at Regensburg and Bielefeld. Wolfgang Spohn is one of the most distinguished
philosophers of science today, Fellow Elect at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences,
Stanford, and Member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina. In December 2012 he won the
Lakatos Award in Philosophy of Science for his book The Laws of Belief: Ranking Theory and its
Philosophical Implications (Oxford University Press, 2012). He has published widely on topics in
theoretical philosophy (epistemology and philosophy of science, in particular induction and
causation; metaphysics; philosophy of language and philosophy of mind; logic, philosophical logics,
and philosophy of logic and mathematics; action theory, decision theory, game theory, social choice
theory, and the theory of practical rationality in general), but is perhaps best know for his work on
Ranking Theory.
We are very glad that Wolfgang Spohn has accepted our inivitation to present the GOTTLOB FREGE LECTURES IN
THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY in 2013. Everyone interested is invited to participate. Please send us an email
to cohnitz@... if you want to attend the lectures, so we can estimate the
number of participants.

THE LECTURES

Tuesday, June 25

11.15 – 12.45: 1. Standard decision models

	• The normal form
	• The extensive form and its roll-back analysis

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CALL FOR REGISTRATION - New Perspectives on External World Scepticism - Munich 9-10 July 2013

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NEW PERSPECTIVES ON EXTERNAL WORLD SCEPTICISM 2013

Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) - LMU Munich

9-10 July 2013

http://www.scepticism2013.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de

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Is the external world largely as it appears to be? How can we rule out the possibility that we are constantly
deceived by a vicious demon or the Matrix? In response to the global sceptic, contemporary
epistemologists claim - for example - that perceptual justification is immediate in that it doesn't
require independent reason for rejecting sceptical alternatives. Others contend that we are a priori
entitled to trust "cornerstone" propositions that guarantee the reliability of our perceptions.
Another view is that ordinary hypotheses are preferable to sceptical alternatives because they better
explain our experiences. All these responses have been challenged with informal and formal objections.
Bayesian methodology seems to vindicate entitlement theories but it is arguably unsuitable to model the
initial state of radical ignorance presupposed by the sceptic. Immediate justification theories are
affected by gruelling difficulties, like the bootstrapping and the cognitive penetrability problem.
The thesis that explanatory force produces justification is controversial and - some contend -
incompatible with formal representations of rational belief.

The workshop focuses on these and other interesting responses to external world scepticism. It aims to
gather together traditional and formal epistemologists to foster collaboration between researchers
working from a variety of perspectives.

*** The registration is free. To register please send an email to   
l.moretti@...     by 1 July, 2013 ***

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:

Yuval Avnur (Scripps College, Clearmont)
Michael Blome-Tillmann (McGill University)
Berit Brogaard (University of Missouri, St Luis)
Thomas Grundmann (University of Cologne)
Carlos Ulises Moulines (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich)
Jim Pryor (NYU)
Martin Smith (University of Glasgow)
Ralph Wedgwood (University of Southern California).

ORGANISERS:

Luca Moretti (Aberdeen/MCMP)
Lars Weisbrod (MCMP).

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Department of Philosophy
University of Aberdeen (Scotland)

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New website for "metaphysics seminar - Aix en provence"

Dear all,

Please note that the weblog of the SEMa-Aix en Provence (Séminaire de
Métaphysique / metaphysics seminar), Aix-Marseille university, France, has a
new location : 

http://semaihp.blogspot.fr/

Most of the documents are in french, but texts in other languages will be added.

The blog will be regularly updated with new articles, translations and
recensions.

informations: aixsema(at)gmail(dot)com

Best

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CFP: (Re)thinking Global Connectedness (Qatar)

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Call for Papers

Theme: (Re)thinking Global Connectedness
Subtitle: Critical Perspectives on Globalization
Type: 2nd Annual Liberal Arts International Conference
Institution: Liberal Arts Program, Texas A&M University at Qatar
Location: Doha (Qatar)
Date: 26.–28.1.2014
Deadline: 15.9.2013

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The Liberal Arts Program at Texas A&M University at Qatar is pleased
to announce the Call for Proposals for its Second Annual Liberal Arts
International Conference. This second annual conference will explore
the impacts of globalization from a variety of disciplinary lenses.

How has globalization transformed us individually and collectively?
How is globalization shaping notions of ethics? Is globalization
merely a shrinking of the world or is it transforming human
experience? What challenges does globalization pose to understandings
of the self and the other? How do we sustain a globalized world in
terms of food, energy, and education? Are we already living in a
post-globalized world?

We welcome submissions from across the spectrum of academic fields,
including politics, history, linguistics, technology, language
studies, sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, philosophy,
ethics, law, religion, and cultural studies. We especially encourage
contributions from PhD students and scholars working in non-western
and/or underrepresented regions.

Possible Conference Panels and Discussions:
- Conceptualizing Globalization
- Connections: Globalization and Technology
- (Re)Thinking Ethics in a Globalized World
- Linguistic Perspectives on Globalization
- Education in a Globalized World
- Historical Perspectives on Globalization
- Globalization: Comparative East-West Perspectives
- Global Movements: Environment, Peace, Violence
- Legal Concerns of a Bordered/Borderless World
- Gendering Globalization

Submission of individual papers and complete panel proposals on these
or other related themes are welcome. The conference can provide
substantial travel bursaries for international participants who need
funding. Select papers will be considered for publication in a
peer-reviewed volume or a special issue of an international journal.

In order to be considered, please submit a panel proposal or
individual paper proposal to include author(s) names, institution
affiliation, email address, and an abstract of 250 words with 5
keywords by September 15, 2013 to: LAIC2014@...

Organizing Committee:

Dr. Leslie Seawright
Dr. Hassan Bashir
Dr. Phillip W. Gray
Dr. Troy Bickham

Contact:

2nd Annual Liberal Arts International Conference
Liberal Arts Program
Texas A&M University at Qatar
PO Box 23874
Education City
Doha
Qatar
Phone: +974 4423.0647
Email: laic2014@...
Web: http://liberalarts.qatar.tamu.edu

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PhD Scholarship in Philosophy at the University of Utrecht

Perspectives and Limits of Dialogism in Mikhail Bakhtin - Dialogue at the Boundaries

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CONF: Early receptions and reactions to Pre-Socratic thought, up to Plato (Stanford, 7-8 june)