Manuel Garcia Carpintero

Demain, mercredi 28 mars 2007, de 11h à 13h, M.G. Carpintero fera à l' IHPST une présentation sur les 'empty terms'. Voir abstract ci-contre.

Paul Cohen

Paul Cohen has died. He was 72.

See the FOM post for further information. See also the post on Terence Tao's blog for further information on Paul Cohen's work.

[via FOM]

Workshop : Ontological Commitment

Vendredi 23 mars 2007 à l'IHPST (13, rue du Four, 75006)
ATELIER "ONTOLOGICAL COMMITMENT"
Programme :
Chair: Nicholas Asher (University of Texas / IRIT)
10.00-11.30: Jacques Dubucs / Friederike Moltmann (IHPST): Criteria of Ontological Commitment 11.30-11.45: Coffee 11.45-13.00: Zoltan Szabo (Yale University): Ontological Disagreement
13.00-14.30: lunch
Chair: Mark van Atten (IHPST)
14-30.15.45: Gabriel Uzquiano (University of Oxford): Absolute Generality and Realism 15.45-16.00: Coffee 16.00-17.15: Philipp Keller (University of Geneva): Getting a Grip: Ontological Commitment, Truthmaking, and Aboutness 17.15-17.30: Coffee 17.30- 18.45: Crispin Wright (St Andrews/NYU): Higher-Order Quantification without Ontological Commitment: Steps toward Neutralism

Prix Jean Nicod 2007 : Stephen Stich

Stephen Stich reçoit le Prix Jean Nicod 2007 et donnera trois conférences à Paris à cette occasion.

The Reasoner

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Sonja Smets

La prochaine séance de Philform aura lieu lundi 12 mars de 14h à 16h à l'IHPST (salle spéciale). L'invité est Sonja Smets (Vrije Universiteit, Bruxelles) qui exposera ses travaux sur: "Quantum Dynamic Propositional Logic"