Wittgenstein Workshop 2012–2013

The Too Early Wittgenstein? International Conference and Graduate Workshop on the Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein. Birkbeck, University of London Call for papers and more details here.

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Amos Browne (University of Chicago, graduate student) “Rationality, intelligibility, and explanation: Davidson and Wittgenstein” Cobb 430 1:30–4:20pm The paper will not be distributed in advance, but Amos recommends reading pp. 104–114 of David Finkelstein’s Expression and the Inner.

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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.

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Michael Williams (Johns Hopkins University) “A pragmatic approach to knowledge” 3:30–5:30pm Cobb 430 The paper will not be distributed in advance.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 [...]

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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.)

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