Wittgenstein Today
Wittgenstein Today- Sifa Mid-Term 2001 Conference
December 20-22, 2001
University of Bologna
General aim
50 years after the death of one of the greatest philosophers of our time, there is a widespread need of a critical reflection on both his general conception of the aims of philosophy (in relation to the practice of science and other features of human experience), and the specific aspects of his doctrines. The current prevealing perspectives in some areas of analytic philosophy with respect to the naturalisation of intentionality and semantics, the re-descovery of mentalism, the loss of centrality of the reflection on language as the starting point for dealing with (and dissolving) metaphysical, epistemological and ontological problems, are all symptoms of an intellectual climate that is very distant from the doctrines of Wittgenstein, or at least from the current interpretations of his thought. The aim of this conference is to promote a critical reflection on Wittgenstein’s legacy in four main areas:
(a) Philosophy of language
(b) Logic, epistemology and philosophy of mathematics
(c) Ethics, anthropology, meta-philosophy
(d) Philosophy of psychology
The program is available here
Invited Speakers
Marilena Andronico, Ansgar Beckermann, Stewart Candlish, Cesare Cozzo, Piergiorgio Donatelli, Alberto Emiliani, Pasquale Frascolla, Aldo Gargani, Hans-Johann Glock, Saul Kripke, Diego Marconi, Marie McGinn, Brian McGuinness Kevin Mulligan, Luigi Perissinotto, Davide Sparti, Goeran Sundholm, Alberto Voltolini
Organizing Committee
Annalisa Coliva (Coliva@philo.unibo.it)
Sebastiano Moruzzi (mer0090@iperbole.bologna.it )