| American Neopragmatism A Conference Honoring Hilary Putnam's Philosophy September 8 - 11, 1998 TORUN |
Program
| September 8 (Tuesday) |
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| Opening session 3 P.M. - 6 P.M. |
Pragmatism |
| Welcome | Stanis3aw Chwirot - Vice-Rector of the Nicholas Copernicus University Urszula M. ?eglen - Organizer |
| Moderator | Piotr Gutowski |
| Opening paper | Hilary W. Putnam (Harvard University) Pragmatism and non-scientific knowledge |
| 5.00 - 6.00 | Richard Warner (Kent College, Chicago) Pragmatism and legal reasoning |
| September 9 (Wednesday) |
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| Morning session 9 A.M. - 12.15 P.M. |
Mind, Language and Knowledge |
| Moderator | Gary Ebbs |
| 9.00 - 10.00 | W3odzis3aw Duch (Nicholas Copernicus University, Torun) What constitutes a good theory of mind? |
| 10.05 - 11.05 | John Heil (Davidson College, NC) Functionalism, realism and levels of being |
| 11.15 - 12.15 | Maciej B3aszak (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan) Putnam's functionalism and paradigms in cognitive science |
| Afternoon session 3 P.M. - 6.00 P.M. |
Mind, Language and Knowledge |
| Moderator | Wolfgang Künne |
| 3.00 - 4.00 | Charles Travis (Stirling University) Forms of thought |
| 4.05 - 5.05 | John Skorupski (St. Andrews University) Normativity and factuality |
| 5.15 - 6.00 | Adam Grobler (Pedagogic University, Zielona Góra/Jagiellonian University) Natural kinds terms in the Kripke-Putnam-Hintikka triangle |
| September 10 (Thursday) |
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| Morning session 9.00 A.M. - 11.05 A.M. |
Mind, Language and Knowledge |
| Moderator | John Heil |
| 9.00 - 10.00 | Ryszard Wójcicki (Polish Academy of Sciences) Objective and subjective aspect of scientific discovery |
| 10.05 - 11.05 | James Conant (Pittsburgh University) Putnam on perception |
| 11.30 A.M. - 1.30 P.M. |
Torun Guided Tour |
| Afternoon session 3 P.M. - 6.55 P.M. |
Realism |
| Moderator | Charles Travis |
| 3.00 - 4.00 | Tadeusz Szubka (Catholic University of Lublin) The casual theory of perception and natural realism |
| 4.05 - 5.05 | Damian Cox (Edith Cowan University, Australia) Realism: metaphysical and natural |
| 5.15 - 6.00 | El?bieta Ka3uszynska (Polish Academy of Sciences) Once more face of realism |
| 6.10 - 6.55 | Stanis3aw Judycki (Catholic University of Lublin) Idealism and anti-realism |
| September 11 (Friday) |
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| Morning session 9 A.M. - 12.25 A.M. |
Truth |
| Moderator | John Skorupski |
| 9.00 - 10.00 | Wolfgang Künne (Hamburg University) Putnam's variations on truth |
| 10.05 - 11.05 | Jan Wolenski (Jagiellonian University) Putnam contra Tarski |
| 11.25 - 12.25 | Gary Ebbs (Pennsylvania University/University of Illinois) Truth and trans-theoretical terms |
| Closing session 3 P.M. - 5 P.M. |
Pragmatism today |
| Moderator | James Conant |
| Panel discussion | What does it mean to be a pragmatist today? |
| with participation | Hilary W. Putnam, Ruth A. Putnam (Wellesley College, Mass.), Piotr Gutowski (Catholic Univerity of Lublin), Lech Witkowski (Nicholas Copernicus University, Torun) among others |
| Concluding remarks |