27 July 2020 - 6 August 2020
An Online Zoom Conference
Truth 20/20
Monday, 27 July
10:00AM EDT
15:00PM BST
16:00PM CEST
11:00PM KST
12:00AM AEST +1day
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Moderator:
Adam Podlaskowski
Wittgenstein on Truth
Paul Horwich (New York University)
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Why is Truth So Elusive
María Jose Frapolli (University of Granada | University College London)
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Directionality for Minimalism: A Piecemeal Approach
Susanna Melkonian-Altshuler (University of Connecticut)
Tuesday, 28 July
10:00AM EDT
15:00PM BST
16:00PM CEST
11:00PM KST
12:00AM AEST +1day
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Moderator:
Joe Ulatowski
History of Early Analytic Theories of Truth:
"De Veritate: Austro-Polish Contributions to the Theory of Truth from Brentano to Tarski" 30 Years Later
Jan Woleński & Peter Simons
Analysis of Concepts from Brentano to Tarski: Austro-Polish Contributions to Methodology of Philosophy
Anna Brożek (University of Warsaw)
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Judgements as Bearers of Truth
Maria van der Schaar (Leiden University) [SLIDES]
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Reminiscence and comments by Jan WoleÅ„ski (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) and Peter Simons (Trinity College, Dublin)
Thursday, 30 July
10:00AM EDT
15:00PM BST
16:00PM CEST
11:00PM KST
12:00AM AEST +1day
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Moderator:
Chase Wrenn
Propositions and their Truth Conditions
Arvid Båve (University of Kent / Stockholm University)
An Inferentialist Redundancy Theory of Truth
Marcus Rossberg (University of Connecticut)
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Thursday, 30 July | Friday, 31 July
19:00PM EDT
12:00AM BST +1day
1:00AM CEST +1day
8:00AM KST +1day
9:00AM AEST +1day
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Moderator:
Joe Ulatowski
Smoke and Flickering Shadows: Strawson and Evans on Truth and Factuality
Huw Price (University of Sydney / Cambridge University)
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Discussion Panelists:
Douglas Edwards (Utica College)
Cheryl Misak (University of Toronto)
Amie Thomasson (Dartmouth College)
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Monday, 3 August
10:00AM EDT
15:00PM BST
16:00PM CEST
11:00PM KST
12:00AM AEST +1day
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Moderator:
Chase Wrenn
Author Meets Critics:
Douglas Edwards' The Metaphysics of Truth
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Nathan Kellen (Kansas State University)
Michael Lynch (University of Connecticut)
David Taylor (University of Minnesota)
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Author:
Douglas Edwards (Utica College)
Tuesday, 4 August
10:00AM EDT
15:00PM BST
16:00PM CEST
11:00PM KST
12:00AM AEST +1day
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Moderator:
Bob Barnard
Author Meets Critics:
Cheryl Misak's Frank Ramsey: Sheer Excess of Powers
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Critics:
Simon Blackburn (UNC / Cambridge University)
Jennifer Hornsby (Birbeck College, London)
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Author:
Cheryl Misak (University of Toronto) [HANDOUTS]
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Thursday, 6 August
10:00AM EDT
15:00PM BST
16:00PM CEST
11:00PM KST
12:00AM AEST +1day
Morning Tea Social Hour
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Recap of the conference
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Discussions regarding the Future of Truth project at the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute
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An Introduction to the Virtual International Consortium for Truth Research