10th - 14th of July 2022

FLUP | Department of Philosophy Room

2nd Meeting of the Contextualism Network

Epistemology and Occasion-Sensitivity

Presentation and Objectives: July 2022 MLAG Meeting brings together members of MLAG’s International Network Contextualism for an internal discussion of the RG’s ongoing research agenda. The main objective of the workshop is to explore the relation between two ideas that have been central to various areas of recent philosophy. Both of the two relevant ideas first rose to prominence in a particular field – in the case of occasion-sensitivity, it was in the philosophy of language; in the case of disjunctivism, it was perception. Yet, both have also had an impact well beyond the field in which they initially emerged: they have shaped the treatment of a variety of issues in several areas. Now, while some authors have taken there to be a close relation between those two ideas, many others have denied any such relation – and some have even embraced one while rejecting the other. It thus remains to be settled whether there is any significant relation between those two ideas – and if so, what that relation is and how it matters to the issues for which those ideas are relevant.

Participants:

• Sofia Miguens, João Alberto Pinto, Mattia Riccardi, Manuela Teles (University of Porto)
• Charles Travis (King’s College London, University of Porto)
• Mark Kalderon (University College London)
• David Zapero (University of Bonn, University of Paris – Sorbonne)
• Michael Williams (John’s Hopkins University – Baltimore)
• Matthew Boyle (University of Chicago)

Sunday, 10th July

14h00-18h00

Closed Discussion Group on Mark Kalderon’s work on perception

Participants: Sofia Miguens, Charles Travis, Mark Kalderon, David Zapero, Michael Williams

Monday, 11th July

10h30 | Mark Kalderon – Disjunctivism – What’s in a name ?

13h00 | Lunch

15h00 | Michael Williams – Disjunctivism and Skepticism

17h30 | Charles Travis – Some notes on Disjunctivism: Perception, Knowledge, My Real Worry

19h00 | Dinner

Tuesday, 12th July

10h30 | Matt Boyle – Some questions about disjunctivism

13h00 | Lunch

15h00 | David Zapero – Proof and Perception

17h30 | General discussion

19h00 | Dinner

Wednesday, 13th July

10h00 – 12h30 | Closed Discussion Group on Michael Williams’ work on skepticism

Participants: Sofia Miguens, João Alberto Pinto, Mattia Riccardi, Manuela Teles, Charles Travis, Michael Williams, David Zapero

Thursday, 14th July

10h00 – 12h30 | Closed Discussion Group on Michael Williams’ work on contextualism

Participants: Sofia Miguens, João Alberto Pinto, Mattia Riccardi, Manuela Teles, Charles Travis, Michael Williams, David Zapero

À volta da mesa: Mark Kalderon, Michael Williams, Sofia Miguens, Charles Travis, Matthew Boyle e David Zapero Maier

Organization:
Mind, Language and Action Group (MLAG)
Instituto de Filosofia da Universidade do Porto – FIL/00502
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
U.Porto e Banco Santander - Programa Santander Universidades

With the support of:
American Corner – American Embassy