Fiction and Imagination
Mid-Term Conference: Fiction and Imagination as Grounds for Counterfactual Reasoning, Scientific Modeling, and Thought Experiments
June 17-18, 2019
University of Turin
Sala Rossa, Campus Luigi Einaudi, Lungodora Siena 100, Torino
June 17, morning
9.30-11 Gregory Currie (University of York),
“Fictions as thought experiments”
11-11.30 coffee break
11.30-12.15 Alessandro Cavazzana (University of Venice Ca’ Foscari),
“The importance of imagination in picture perception: mental imagery and visual metaphors”
12.15-13 Julien Gusthiot (University of Paris 1),
“Fiction and non-fiction. Some comments on extreme intentionalism”
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June 17, afternoon
15-15.45 Michal Hladky (University of Geneva) and Steve Humbert-Droz (University of Fribourg),
“Imaginary invalid! Deflating the model bubble”
15.45-16.30 Malvina Ongaro (University of Eastern Piedmont),
“Narratives and the normativity of the rational agent”
16.30-17.00 coffee break
17.00-18.30 Deena Weisberg (Villanova University, Philadelphia),
”From fiction to reality: Learning from stories and counterfactual scenarios”
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June 18, morning
9.30-11 Mauricio Suarez (Complutense University, Madrid)
“Scientific representations for thought experiments”
11-11.30 coffee break
11.30-12.15 Rawad El Skaf (University of Salzburg),
“The structure of scientific thought experiments, or an inconsistency revealers and eliminators account”
12.15-13 Peter Hawke and Tom Schoonen (ILLC at University of Amsterdam & Arché, University of St. Andrews),
“Are Gettier cases disturbing?”
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June 18, afternoon
15-15.45 Aybüke Özgün and Tom Schoonen (ILLC at University of Amsterdam & Arché, University of St. Andrews),
“Modelling the pretense-Imagination over time”
15.45-16.30 Jacopo Frascaroli (University of York),
“The unprejudiced reader: fiction and cognitive flexibility”
16.30-17.00 coffee break
17.00-18.30 Fred Kroon (University of Auckland),
“Models, fiction, and the problem of the gap”
For more info contact the organizers Carola Barbero (carola.barbero@unito.it), Fabrizio Calzavarini (fabrizio.calzavarini@unito.it), Vincenzo Crupi (vincenzo.crupi@unito.it), Andrea Iacona (andrea.iacona@unito.it), Matteo Plebani (matteo.plebani@unito.it), Alberto Voltolini (alberto.voltolini@unito.it)