At this special workshop, we want to tackle specific logical and philosophical aspects of the notions of indeterminism and free action that are central in the work of Nuel Belnap.
The workshop
What is really possible for Nuel (WIRP-N): Nuel Belnap’s work on indeterminism and free action
will take place in Utrecht, at the Kannunikenzaal of the Faculty Club of Utrecht University, on Friday/Saturday, 15/16 June 2012. Street address: Achter de Dom 7a, Utrecht. Attendance is free, but limited due to space restrictions; if you wish to attend, please register via email to possibilities@phil.uu.nl.
Speakers & Participants
- Nuel Belnap (University of Pittsburgh): Internalizing case-relative truth in CIFOL
- Jan Broersen (Utrecht University): A formalization of moral luck
- Mark Brown (Syracuse University): Musings on foundations
- James Garson (University of Houston): Open futures in propositional logic
- Mitchell Green (University of Virginia, now UConn at Storrs): On saying what will be
- Thomas Müller (Utrecht University, now Konstanz)
- Peter Øhrstrøm (Aalborg): Belnap’s arguments against the so-called thin red line
- Tomasz Placek (Jagiellonian University, Kraków): On a GR-friendly version of BST
- Marek Sergot (Imperial College, London): Examples, illustrations, observations, problems
- Niko Strobach (University of Münster): In retrospect. Can BST models be reinterpreted for what decisions, speciation events and ontogenesis might have in common?
- Daniel Vanderveken (University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières): Intentionality and minimal rationality in the logic of action
Time Table
The workshop will start on both days at 10.00; coffee will be available from 9:30. Talks continue until 17.00, followed by a plenary discussion session until 18.00. We are planning to have 10 talks in total: 5 on the first day, and 5 on the second. Talks are 45 minutes, plus 15 minutes time for discussion.
| Friday, June 15 | Title | Saturday, June 16 | Title | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.30-10.00 | Coffee | 9.30-10.00 | Coffee | ||
| 10.00-10.15 | Müller | Introduction | 10.00-10.15 | Müller | Introduction |
| 10.15-11.15 | Belnap | Internalizing case-relative truth in CIFOL | 10.15-11.15 | Brown | Musings on foundations |
| 11.15-12.15 | Garson | Open futures in propositional logic | 11.15-12.15 | Green | On saying what will be |
| 12.15-13.30 | Lunch | 12.15-13.30 | Lunch | ||
| 13.30-14.30 | Vanderveken | Intentionality and minimal rationality in the logic of action | 13.30-14.30 | Placek | On a GR-friendly version of BST |
| 14.30-15.30 | Sergot | t.b.a. | 14.30-15.30 | Strobach | In retrospect. Can BST models be reinterpreted for what decisions, speciation events and ontogenesis might have in common? |
| 15.30-16.00 | Coffee | 15.30-16.00 | Coffee | ||
| 16.00-17.00 | Broersen | A formalization of moral luck | 16.00-17.00 | Øhrstrøm | Belnap’s arguments against the so-called thin red line |
| 17.00-17.15 | Break | 17.00-17.15 | Break | ||
| 17.15-18.00 | Plenum | General discussion of day 1 | 17.15-18.00 | Plenum | General discussion of day 2 |
Date/Time
Date(s) - 15/06/2012 - 16/06/2012
All Day
Location
Kannunikenzaal, Utrecht
