Friday, May 3

Silver Bronzo (University of Chicago)
“Symbols, Signs, and Figures in Frege and Wittgenstein”
1:30–4:20pm
Cobb 430

The paper will not be distributed in advance.

Friday, April 26

Michael Williams (Johns Hopkins University)
“A pragmatic approach to knowledge”
3:30–5:30pm
Cobb 430

The paper will not be distributed in advance.

Friday, March 15

Peter Hylton (UIC)
Problems of Philosophy as a stage in the evolution of Russell’s views on knowledge”
Rosenwald 432
1:30–4:20pm

The paper will not be distributed in advance.

Friday, March 1

William Taschek (The Ohio State University)
“On the Tractarian Critique of Frege’s use of ‘⊢’”
Rosenwald 432
1:30–3:50pm

The paper will not be distributed in advance.

Friday, February 15

Francey Russell (University of Chicago, graduate student)
“I want to know more about you: knowing and acknowledging in Chinatown
1:30–4:20pm
Rosenwald 432

Two versions of the paper, a long and a short, are available here.

Friday, February 8

Clinton Tolley (University of California, San Diego)
“Kant, Bolzano, Frege, and the Universalist Conception of Logic”
1:30–4:20pm
Cobb 105

This will be a joint meeting with the German Philosophy Workshop. Background readings are available here. The paper itself will not be distributed in advance.

Friday, February 1

Patricia Blanchette (Notre Dame)
“Conceptual analysis and logic in Frege”
1:30–4:20pm
Rosenwald 432

Professor Blanchette has recommended that, in advance of the workshop, participants read Chapter 4 of her book Frege’s Conception of Logic. The chapter is available here. The talk will presuppose that participants have read the chapter.

(If you need the password to access the papers, please contact Nic at nkoziolek at uchicago dot edu.)

Friday, January 18

Sandra Lapointe (McMaster University)
“Bolzano, Quine, and Logical Truth”
1:30–4:20pm
Rosenwald 432

The paper and a handout are available here. (If you need the password, please email Nic at nkoziolek at uchicago dot edu.)

Friday, December 14

Joshua Schwartz (University of Chicago, graduate student)
“Quine and the Problem of Truth”
1:30–4:20pm
Rosenwald 432

The paper is available here. (As always, if you need the password, please contact Nic at nkoziolek at uchicago dot edu.)

In August, the International Ludwig Wittgenstein Institute will be hosting a Summer School, “Wittgenstein’s Conception of Philosophy: Sections 89–133 of the Investigations,” with Cora Diamond (Charlottesville) and James Conant (Chicago). See the poster here.

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